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Post #322- Images from dives at Camia Shipwreck with fundivers this morning.
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Mutunus Tutunus was an ancient Roman phallic deity associated with marriage and fertility.
The name may derive from an Egyptian word for "phallus". In wedding rituals, brides symbolically "rode" his phallic representation to invoke fertility and prepare for marital intercourse.
Deity and role: Mutunus Tutunus was a marriage god embodying male virility and procreation. His double name possibly linked male and female aspects of sexuality.
Worship: His shrine was once located on the Velian Hill in Rome.
Wedding ritual: During marriage ceremonies, brides would straddle the phallus of Mutunus Tutunus, an act interpreted by some as a way to symbolically remove their shame and prepare for the wedding night, while others saw it as an obscene rite.
Name origin: The name's origin is debated, but some scholars suggest the Latin "mut" is a loanword from the Egyptian word for "phallus".
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In Ancient Rome, these things were called Tintinnabula.
Shaped like phalluses, they hung in doorways, courtyards, and gardens. The wind would make them jingle, and Romans believed the sound (and the shape) would ward off evil spirits, bring luck, and protect the home.
The phallic figure represented Fascinus, a protective spirit so powerful that even generals wore him for protection. Kids, too, were given tiny versions as amulets.
What happened? When Christianity spread, they erased most traces of Rome’s “too sexual” gods, like Fascinus and the hilariously named Mutunus Tutunus.
So yeah… Romans didn’t just hang wind chimes. They hung these.
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A 1934 BUGATTI Tpye 57 Grand Raid.
In the pampas of Argentina, farmer Pedro Martin Ureta spent more than forty years planting over seven thousand trees to fulfill the dream of his late wife.
The result is an enormous guitar-shaped forest stretching nearly a kilometer, visible even from satellite images.
Started in 1979 as a tribute, it grew year after year into a living expression of love, memory, and dedication.
Today, the forest stands as one of the world’s most poetic natural monuments created by human hands.
via: @marcoguoliphoto
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Exemplary skills with needle felting by wildlife artist Mikaela Bartlett Felt.
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The wreck of the Mary Rose.
She was built in 1510-11 at the start of Henry VIII’s reign and was one of his favourite ships for 34 years, until it sank in 1545.
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Chateau de Menthon-Saint-Bernard is a gothic revival castle standing on 200m tall cliff facing Lake Annecy in Haute-Savoie department in France. The first castle was built here in the 10th century. It was made of wood.
The present-day castle has been owned by the same Menthon family since late 12th century.
Most of the buildings in the castle were constructed in 13-19th centuries. On the whole it underwent two major reconstructions: in the Renaissance period when it was made into a cozy palace and in the early 19th century when it was remodeled to meet the neogothic trending standards.
Legend has it that Walt Disney was inspired by this chateau (and not Neuschwanstein) when designing his Sleeping Beauty castle. The 23rd generation of the same family lives in the castle but they keep their residence open to tourists.
Name | Chateau de Menthon-Saint-Bernard
Place | Haute-Savoie, France
Photo by | @yael_boutroixx
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The World's Oldest Known Carpet: A Turkish Carpet, Pazyryk Kurgan.. Pazyryk Carpet.
The world's oldest known carpet, the Pazyryk Carpet, is believed to be a Turkish carpet and a carpet from the Steppe region, and has been attributed to the Asian Huns. With 36,000 Gördes knots per 10 square centimeters, this carpet is a masterpiece of craftsmanship unmatched in later periods.
The world's oldest known carpet was discovered during archaeological excavations at the monumental tombs known as the Pazyryk Kurgans in Central Asia, dating back to the 5th-4th centuries BC. The Pazyryk carpet, unearthed in this tomb belonging to the Hun tribes, is also the world's oldest knotted carpet. The main kurgans representing the culture of the Great Hun Empire in the Altai region are the Katanda, Noyun Ula, Pazyryk, Shibe, and Esik kurgans. These kurgans are the oldest tigin (princely) tombs in the Altai region.
The Pazyryk kurgans date back to the Hun Turkic period due to numerous religious, mythological, archaeological, and art historical evidence. Felt Cover from the Pazyryk Kurgans: The Pazyryk kurgans were found between the Chulisman and Baskhaus Rivers in the Great Ulagan Valley, 1600 meters above sea level.
Here's a 1959 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz Convertible.
