History – Amethyst’s Archive

arjuna-vallabha: Hekate, roman sculpture Source: arjuna-vallabha

wilwheaton: bookoisseur: dduane: petermorwood: blacksheepboybucky: trapperweasel: justabrowncoatedwench: proserpine-in-phases: obstinate-nocturna: coelasquid: dracofidus: stillwaterseas: tokensouthernbelle: dracofidus: palindromordnilap: dracofidus: adeterminedloser: dracofidus: Needless to say, I am HORRIFIED. ‘All that you need to know about boars can be summed up in the fact that if you wish to hunt them, you must have a specially made boar spear. ThisContinue reading

airdramon: awenyddogamulosx: ruthlesswoodcarver: mothensidhe: fatfury: omgxchrissy: cumleak: deux-zero-deux: demands-with-menace: Queen Hatshepsut of Ancient Egypt. She has a lovely smile for someone who’s been dead for thousands of years. she wasn’t a queen. she was a pharaoh and wanted to be referred to as such. she even had her statues modeled after the male pharaoh’s statues toContinue reading

ophidiansabbat: hermitshollow: The Cave-Dwelling Hermitess of Colonial America A graphic history of Sarah Bishop’s unusual life near the Connecticut-New York border. By Jamison Odone. source: Atlas Obscura This is beautiful.

archaeologicals: fun facts! leonardo da vinci was a year younger than christopher columbus. stalin, freud, Ttto, trotsky and hitler walk into a bar……no really, it’s possible since they all lived in vienna in 1913. aristotle tutored alexander the great. abraham lincoln was twelve when napoleon bonaparte died. an unusually well-traveled person in 5th century BCContinue reading

Please correct me if I’m wrong but weren’t the witch trials also used as another tool to murder Jewish people? I’ve always found it really crappy that people leave out how a lot of people killed during the witch craze were jewish.

breelandwalker: Why YES! Yes they were, you are absolutely correct! Anyone who’s ever read about the history of the Spanish Inquisition will be familiar with this. Because a whole lot of accusations of “witchcraft” were leveled alongside accusations of HERESY, which basically just meant you didn’t happen to practice the form of religion that wasContinue reading “Please correct me if I’m wrong but weren’t the witch trials also used as another tool to murder Jewish people? I’ve always found it really crappy that people leave out how a lot of people killed during the witch craze were jewish.”

benjiscloset: thefingerfuckingfemalefury: spart117mc: viridieanfey: romanimp: beatnikdaddio: admiring the stockings. 1940’s. #[40S COMMERCIAL ANNOUNCER VOICE] WHAT’S BETTER THAN THIS? GALS BEING PALS Fun fact: Though being gay in the 40s sucked, being gay in the military was easier, and pretty common. There were apparently, at one point in time time so many lesbians in the militaryContinue reading

Listen.

thedappledsky: You don’t have to do enemy works in hoodoo. But you have to respect them and their purpose. To not respect these works and their place in history is to disrespect the history of African Americans. Instead of saying ‘I don’t like that hoodoo was used to harm people’, You should be saying ‘IContinue reading “Listen.”