February 2012
215 posts
I'm Not Really Here: Plagiarism →
wolvensnothere:
VNV Nation - [Chosen]—- It can safely be said that these have been two of the most infuriating weeks of my life. Especially In my life as a professional instructor. In addition to having little or no time to do the things I need to do, while grading this batch of papers, I’ve found two separate…
Stop Spike TV from Looting our Collective Past! →
fuckyeahanthropologymajorfox:
jangojips:
This show, as advertised by Spike TV (http://aroundthenetworks.com/spike-tv-announces-unscripted-show-american-digger/), will follow a team “led by former professional wrestler-turned-modern- day relic hunter Ric Savage as they scour … battlefields and historic sites, in hopes of striking it rich by unearthing and selling rare pieces of American...
The Scatological Human Sundial
wtfarthistory:
Unknown artist after Peter Flötner, Human Sundial, after 1540, woodcut. The British Museum, London
Why bother buying a portable sundial (left) or using an hourglass (right) when you can tell time with your own personal human sundial?!? That’s the satire behind this 16th-century print likely made in or around the city of Nuremberg, Germany.
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Which Venus Do You Prefer?
wtfarthistory:
Woman (Venus) of Willendorf, 24,000-22,000 B.C., limestone. Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna; Praxiteles (original model), Capitoline Venus, 138-192, marble. Musei Capitolini, Rome; Titian, Venus of Urbino, 1538, oil on canvas. Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
All three please?!
