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Anfor
@anforsorrow.bsky.social
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Graphic Designer and tired bird, I doodle from time to time. I also like to talk about history. You can also follow me on tutexe.newgrounds.com and https://anforsorrow.tumblr.com ENG/ESP I have a shop!: https://ko-fi.com/magpies_nest/shop
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Anfor @anforsorrow.bsky.social · 10d
We are in the SPOOKY MONTH!! It's the perfect time to do some tarot and divination activities! (like people used to do in the early 1900)
For that reason I'm bringing back a 50% DISCOUNT on the two variants of the Animalia Tarot, for the whole month!!

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Animalia Tarot OCTOBER SALE 50% discount during the whole month
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Anfor @anforsorrow.bsky.social · 3h
There is a group of historical "warriors" that have been romanticized so much over the centuries, that the pop culture version of them has virtually nothing to do with the historical proof.
I'm talking about gladiators, vikings, knights, pirates, samurai, ninjas, cowboys...
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Anfor @anforsorrow.bsky.social · 2h
Indiana Jones and the City Hall who decided to just bury the site under a car park, because it is cheaper.
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Anfor @anforsorrow.bsky.social · 2h
Indiana Jones and the lack of funding for the project.
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Anfor @anforsorrow.bsky.social · 6h
I love history, but one of the reasons I never pursued a career in archaeology (besides being terrible at remembering dates) is that it's a very unkind job and not at all as "adventurous" as it seems in the movies.
Honestly archaeologists and historians have my upmost respect, they are hard jobs.
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Classical Studies Memes for Hellenistic Teens @csmfht.bsky.social · 7h
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Jason Cann @zurichcrow.bsky.social · 2h
Moulting, moulted. What's going on with your local murder?
#corvid #cawmunity #crow 🪶
A crow standing on a wooden beam with lots of brown feathers showing that it is in the middle of the moult A crow with shiny black feathers showing that it has completed the moult
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Anfor @anforsorrow.bsky.social · 3h
You can kind of justify it on a fantasy setting, because fantasy is usually just a bunch of historical archetipes mixed together, both in aesthetics and concepts.
It is just rule of cool, if it looks cool together, why not?
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Anfor @anforsorrow.bsky.social · 3h
Also, a good number of these groups have been portrayed as the shining example of white straight masculinity, when most of them (if not all) have historical examples of non-white and queer members.
Hell, even some groups like the cowboys were mostly black and hispanic individuals!!
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Anfor @anforsorrow.bsky.social · 3h
There is a group of historical "warriors" that have been romanticized so much over the centuries, that the pop culture version of them has virtually nothing to do with the historical proof.
I'm talking about gladiators, vikings, knights, pirates, samurai, ninjas, cowboys...
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Anfor @anforsorrow.bsky.social · 3h
The Shinkansen experience sounds so cool! I would love to ride a bullet train some day!
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Anfor @anforsorrow.bsky.social · 3h
Btw, the reason that I always place "viking" under quotes when talking about this period and area, is because viking was a job, not a culture!! Vikings were basically pirates!! What you are thinking of are a bunch of late roman/early medieval communities who lived around the north of Europe!!
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Anfor @anforsorrow.bsky.social · 7h
Also check out these reconstructions of medieval Norse clothing made by the National Museum of Denmark, and this blog post that discusses it in detail:

alexandramakin.com/2021/06/30/e...
Reconstruction of two examples of early medieval Norse male and female outfits. Photo: Roberto Fortuna, The National Museum of Denmark. Finished male outfit of an early medieval norse. Photo: Roberto Fortuna, The National Museum of Denmark Finished female outfit of an early medieval norse. Photo: Roberto Fortuna, The National Museum of Denmark
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Anfor @anforsorrow.bsky.social · 8h
This is how "vikings" actually dressed like (a prince in this case). Not that black and brown biker jacket nonsense they are depicted like these days. Colour! People always liked colour!!
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North Ages @northages.bsky.social · 1d
No medieval filter here! A modern recreation of a Viking ruler for Denmark’s National Museum, based on the depiction of Cnut in the New Minster Liber Vitae and on clothes found at a grave in Mammen, Denmark. #medievalsky
A man wearing a thigh-length red tunic beneath a cloak of a darker red, both richly embroidered, blue leggings and soft, tan-coloured shoes.
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Anfor @anforsorrow.bsky.social · 3h
Ranny
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Beren's Reverie @berensreverie.bsky.social · 1d
Sobek 🐊

#paleoart #berensart2025
a black and white drawing of a spinosaurus perching on a stone plinth shrine. He wears atef crown and the markings on his sailed spine resemble ankh.
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Anfor @anforsorrow.bsky.social · 4h
Pretty sure that all of these are AI generated as well.
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Anfor @anforsorrow.bsky.social · 1d
You know what, Tron Legacy is not a bad movie, with amazing visuals and a great soundtrack by Daft Punk; but the original Tron also has its charm, in a more stylized way. And a soundtrack by music legend Wendy Carlos!!
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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 4h
Marvellous Minoan clay vessels made by creative potters on the island of Crete during the Aegean Bronze Age around 3,500 years ago! 🤩

Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me

#Archaeology
From the Aegean Bronze Age, Minoan clay vessels with black handpainted decoration.on a pale biscuity-coloured slip Top left - clay flask decorated in Minoan ‘Marine Style’’ with an octopus with tentacles writhing around the body of the vase. Additional motifs such as seaweed and rocks represent the seabed. From Palaikastro, 1500-1450 BC Top right - clay rhyton in the shape of a bull’s head. A rhyton is a type of pouring vessel used for filling cups or making liquid offerings. There is a pouring hole at the bull’s mouth. From Knossos Little Palace, 1450-1375 BC Bottom left - Nautilus vessel - clay rhyton depicting the seabed with nautili, corals and seaweed. From Phaistos Palace, 1500-1450 BC Bottom right - Basket shaped rhyton decorated with double-axe motif. There is a small pouring hole in one of the bottom corners. From Pseira, 1500-1450 BC
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Themefinland @themefinland.bsky.social · 12d
Helmets for long faces, which one would you choose to protect your noggin?
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HolBolDoArt🏳️‍🌈 @holboldoart.bsky.social · 5h
🎂 It's my special cake and candles day you all have to be nice to me because it's been QUITE the year 🎂

So share some of my paintings??
In the pew-lined interior of a dim medieval church lit by rows of candles on tall staffs and pale sunlight coming through a window, a tall humanoid crow figure with flowing black robes and a glowing yellow eye stands beneath an ornately carved semicircular arch in Norman Romanesque style. On the wall surrounding the arch are many colourful murals depicting more humanoid crow figures with halos, carrying various items including swords, spears, harps, and chalices. A painting set in a cosy shady woodland clearing on a sunny summer's day. In the centre of the frame, two figures sit on a fallen log mostly hidden by vegetation. The figure on the right has wavy blonde hair down past her shoulders, and wears a flowing white floor-length dress with long sleeves, with delicate lacework around the cuffs and neckline. She looks into the distance with a contemplative, sad expression. On her lap rests a small green book, covered by both of her hands. The figure on the left sits leaning with her head against shoulder of the other figure. She wears a similar dress but simpler, and in a dark slate grey. Her hair is dark and straight, and flows down her tilted face, and she looks off towards a nightingale bird perched on a nearby branch. She raises a hand towards the other figure as if to get her attention. Both figures are surrounded by various flowers. On the left of the frame are many spires of foxglove flowers in vivid pink and white, interspersed among green stinging nettles. On the right are the purple flowers of monkshood/wolfsbane. Wrapping around the figures is a clear stream flowing from a distant pond that descends in a series of steps. Around the stream are many small mossy rocks, and shoots of dark green dog's mercury. Above and behind the figures and flowers are two trees; on the left is a weeping willow with dangling dark green leaves. On the right are the branches of an old ash tree. A snowy scene in which a humanoid figure in long black robes with the head of a rook stands in a churchyard holding a long spear. By its feet is a red fox. Both are flecked with fallen snow. Around them are many weathered snow-covered graves. In the background is a medieval church of warm coloured stone with large rectangular windows and a battlemented parapet topped with pinnacles. Behind the main body of the church is the tower with clock face and belfry. Behind the church are tall but bare trees dusted with snow. More snow falls in the air. A snowy scene in which a humanoid figure in long black robes with the head of a rook stands in a churchyard holding a long spear. By its feet is a red fox. Both are flecked with fallen snow. Around them are many weathered snow-covered graves. In the background is a medieval church of warm coloured stone with large rectangular windows and a battlemented parapet topped with pinnacles. Behind the main body of the church is the tower with clock face and belfry. Behind the church are tall but bare trees dusted with snow. More snow falls in the air.
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Anfor @anforsorrow.bsky.social · 5h
Tbf, linen is pretty expensive these days.
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Anfor @anforsorrow.bsky.social · 5h
It looks lovely! Lovely color as well :>
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Anfor @anforsorrow.bsky.social · 5h
Colorful embroidery should be used more in general these days.
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Mircalla @inplacesdeep.bsky.social · 8h
This is old and it's not even the first time I've seen it but I need to stress to everyone that I am the reincarnation of this teenage girl
Tale Foundry @TheTaleFoundry Brainrot this, chronically online that... Meanwhile some teenage girl in the 1930s was sending these to her faourite horror magazine: Devil's Croft is enticing. Raggh---woof---grr---I like so very much. If you can get me any more story-length poems like Lovecraft's Psychopompos---by all means 'gimme.' Ah---ahaha---haw haww---chuckle!
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80dayvisits @80dayvisits.bsky.social · 6h
#Cardiff #MermaidQuay #landscape #photography
The Pierhead Building and Mermaid Quay at Cardiff Bay.
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Anfor @anforsorrow.bsky.social · 6h
I'm happy working for archaeologists as a designer. They work a lot, I trust their judgement (most of them, anyway).
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