An Athenian white-ground lekythos by the Achilles Painter showing a Muse seated on Mount Helicon. The inscription above praises the youth Axiopeithes. About 440 BC . Height of figure frieze about 17 cm. (Munich, von Schoen)
Acne-prone dirt movers like myself, if you can afford this for your faces I really recommend it. Super light, effective, and if you just use it on your face and go for cheaper stuff on your body, mine lasts a good 6 months before I have to buy another. It’s non-comedogenic, but make sure you always apply it with clean hands.
As the palest of the dirt children, I used this on my face plus a spray on 50 spf sport sunscreen. It works fantastically on noses and ears. But remember sunscreen only works if you apply and RE-APPLY it!
Pro tip for dirtlings who are digging in sunny places:
I’m sure you’ve gotten the lecture about putting sunscreen on your body. I’m here to tell you to please remember to get a chapstick with spf to protect your lips. Sunburned lips are seriously not fun.
This is the brand I use. You can get it on Amazon, but a lot of drug and grocery stores sell it too.
There are lion burials from the predynastic period at Hierakonpolis, which are the ones mentioned in this article. It wouldn’t be much of a surprise to find more, given that we believe they were kept as symbols of power and fear. I’m wondering why they say it’s a mummy, though. The photo doesn’t seem to show mummification. Have to wait and see, I guess.
This means that Saqqara was a cemetery from Dynasty 1 until the last vestiges of the ancient civilisation and more. 4000 years of dead people and veneration.
Good heavens, that’s an old sewer, but I shouldn’t be surprised by that. Other Neolithic sites like Göbekli Tepe show how advanced the civilisations were at that time, so sewers should be expected, I reckon.
