Dr. Carly Maris
@vintagehistorian
Assistant Professor of World History at Wilmington College, researching ancient women in Rome, fashion, and empires Also known as Vintagehistorian
Showing students why not to rely on genAI for essays by seeing what Google AI thinks different ancient objects are. For this photo it said these are pipe stems made of animal or human bone like those “from the Anker site in Chicago” with “linear or carved markings.” ⭐️ if you know what it really is
Love when it’s dark and stormy and the glass door is foggy and THERE IS A HANDPRINT ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE GLASS IN THE LOCKED PORCH AREA WHAT THE HELL and the lights are flickering a little
Brb working on my paper “You Don’t Want No Beef Boy: the Roman Triumph of Optimism in Obama’s America”
Little Leaf farms grows its lettuce in greenhouses and has never had a human pathogen contaminate their lettuce!
I need you all to know that when you type “slutty guy into Socrates” into Google, this is what Google AI generates (correct answer is Alcibiades)
Someone needs to offer classes to husbands on how to take flattering photos of their wives because what the hell is this
The Attila the Hun account is recorded on the Cathedral, in a Medieval sculptural relief seen here (bottom photo with the horse) with an accompanying inscription that calls Attila the “scourge of God.”
Went to Modena to see if there are local documents about the story of St. Geminianus stopping Attila the Hun from attacking by sending down fog. The story appears in much later sources & according to the very knowledgeable woman at the museum, the story was passed down orally, not written.
I’ve got 5,000 questions about Modena, Italy and 4,999 of them are about this specific sculptural relief from the Teatro Comunale Modena
Guys I rolled my ankle I can’t do anything but make memes right now
A top-tier Hermes. Elite. The bar is high for this role. Robert Pattinson has big (winged) shoes to fill.
When (if) I publish my book on Nonius Marcellus I think I want this as a tattoo (initial from VFL 73, 9th century). I’m not a medievalist though so idk what animal he is. A dragon?
You don’t need to see the manuscript, you have a digitized version accessible at home. The digitized version accessible at home:
A high school student who attends the school my husband works at is missing. Her name is Maya Barreto. Please share
How I woke up this morning (my face is basically under the cat)
Somehow my dinosaur slipper ended up in the den? It was in the closet. Hmmmmm 🐈⬛ or 🐶 ?
Once again I have made Valentines using Marcus Aurelius’ letters to Fronto (more are on my insta and TikTok)
I actually started looking this up when the files were released. Epstein referred to himself as Julius Caesar a few times. It also appears he bought ancient art from Christie’s. Then there’s this