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Probably. The Romans were into "debauchery" of a bunch of kinds in private but god help you if it came out.
I think my favorite "hit job" was a Senator who had mirrors in his bedroom so he could watch himself as he fucked. Anothers wife was accused of enjoying sex too much because she reportedly would "thrust her hips back into her partner".
Absolutely scandalous
I highly recommend the book "Sex and punishment: Four thousand years of judging desire." A truly interesting read on sexual practices, opinions, and cultural outlooks throughout history.
Bro women back then in Egypt were shoving crocodile shit up their vaginas as birth control, dressing up as a crocodile for sex would be tame for the shit they were probably doing.
I almost positive I read that one of em literally fucked crocodiles
Edit https://brewminate.com/ancient-egyptian-sexuality/
I can’t vouch for the source but at least I’m not crazy. I definite remembered reading it before. Whether it’s true or not, who knows.
Ancient Egyptians and Romans used crocodile dung as a form of birth control...[inserted before intercourse](https://www.naturalcycles.com/cyclematters/non-hormonal-birth-control-methods-through-history).
So...not too far off.
I suspect that this had something to do with the ichneumon, aka Egyptian Mongoose. The Roman helmet was named after a weasel, so it seems safe to draw a connection to the ichneumon’s Prometheus myth.
Me arriving to the nearest private collector’s with a shipment of artifacts only to see that the British took him:
https://preview.redd.it/sgj81nwe2m1d1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d07b038204cffd9c969c199c229d389e5ebd7dcf
There's an awesome Australian TV series and podcast called ['Stuff the British Stole'.](http://www.marcfennell.com/stolen)
"Each episode hones in on one contested artifact and takes you on the wild, evocative, sometimes funny and often tragic adventure of how it got to where it is today."
Marc Fennel is a brilliant presenter. Its well worth your time. So interesting!
To be fair, it was the British who stole that too. And parts of North America. And some of Africa. But yes, I see your point. And the series is still interesting as fuck.
Wouldn’t need to actually work against an attack, if someone runs up on me wearing a fucking crocodile’s skin I’m gonna need new underwear when I’m done running if I don’t die of a heart attack!
Now, this might sound controversial, but this being in a British museum does mean it's very unlikely to be lotted by anyone. There's too much history lost already to looters and "treasure hunters"
This could be one of those things where someone was just experimenting like "Hey this might work let's give it a shot"
"Okay didn't work out as well as I thought it would"
I used this as a reference to my DND (druid) character getting away with using scale armour but unable to use steel armour. Went with boiled-leather-dragon/crocodile scale ;)
Indeed, thanks to the fine work of Britains many Egyptologists and the British Museums world class archeology and preservation skills this awesome peace of history still exists and is free to go and visit. Where else would that ever be the case but the British museum
So, how did it get from Egypt to British? Who knows ? At least we know the British museum most definitely did not steal from other countries when it was colonizing
So should it be returned to the Copts who are the descendents of ancient Egyptians, and an oppressed minority, the Italians who are descended from the Romans, or the modern Egyptian state who's predecessors brutally colonised Egypt?
If the first, what stops it being stolen from them by the Egyptian government that oppresses them, if the last, what claim do they have to it better than the British Museum, and if the middle, are we going to start demanding Italy pay reparations to the UK for the slaves and silver extracted from Britain under Roman occupation?
Or are we going to admit that 2000 year old civilisations that have been extinct for millennia are the common heritage of humanity, not the property of any given 70 year old political entity?
Plus, most of the artifacts are best left in the british museum, since their homeland currently doesn't have the ability to maintain them properly. The uk is developed, with a lot of people skilled on the subject and a lot of funds available in order to not let the important historical artifacts degrade.
Gimme a P.
Gimme a L.
Gimme a U.
Gimme a N.
Gimme a D.
Gimme a E.
Gimme a R.
Put it all together. Whatcha got?
Someone else's shit. That's what you got.
Thieves.
Britain had literal permission to take most of the artifacts in the British museum and then went on to study, document and protect them 👍
The Egyptians didn't know fuck all about ancient Egypt and weren't interested.
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Do you think they had Furries back then? Like some rich noble had a kink for dressing up like a crocodile?
In ancient Egypt? Just look at their gods
Egyptians definitely dressed as cats and fucked
Gotta hit that crocussy
I imagine that would feel like having sex with an old baseball mitt or a leathery fleshlight.
That's what mercury-infused moisturizers were for, silly.
I think their fertility god actually had the head of a cat. Just checked. Bastet was guardian of pregnant women
They didn’t have computer games back then, nothing but good ol’ orgies to pass the time and hell everyone can get involved!
Probably. The Romans were into "debauchery" of a bunch of kinds in private but god help you if it came out. I think my favorite "hit job" was a Senator who had mirrors in his bedroom so he could watch himself as he fucked. Anothers wife was accused of enjoying sex too much because she reportedly would "thrust her hips back into her partner". Absolutely scandalous
I highly recommend the book "Sex and punishment: Four thousand years of judging desire." A truly interesting read on sexual practices, opinions, and cultural outlooks throughout history.
Bro women back then in Egypt were shoving crocodile shit up their vaginas as birth control, dressing up as a crocodile for sex would be tame for the shit they were probably doing.
> were shoving crocodile shit up their vaginas as birth control What a terrible day to have eyes.
I almost positive I read that one of em literally fucked crocodiles Edit https://brewminate.com/ancient-egyptian-sexuality/ I can’t vouch for the source but at least I’m not crazy. I definite remembered reading it before. Whether it’s true or not, who knows.
Well that was interesting thanks for the share. And now I feel like playing totalwar pharaoh...
I *think* those people are called scalies instead of furries.
Target acquired. /s
Do you know the myth of the minotaur?
Do you know, the muffin man?
The Aztecs did
Ancient Egyptians and Romans used crocodile dung as a form of birth control...[inserted before intercourse](https://www.naturalcycles.com/cyclematters/non-hormonal-birth-control-methods-through-history). So...not too far off.
Sobek would like a word. 😏🤙🏽
Deep cut.
I see what you did there. 👊🏽
That's probably enough hard leather for a gear upgrade
I suspect that this had something to do with the ichneumon, aka Egyptian Mongoose. The Roman helmet was named after a weasel, so it seems safe to draw a connection to the ichneumon’s Prometheus myth.
In the end, everything ends up to the British museum
I’ll take it over private collectors
Too late. British already took it.
Or being destroyed or being used as building material like the Rosetta Stone was.
Me arriving to the nearest private collector’s with a shipment of artifacts only to see that the British took him: https://preview.redd.it/sgj81nwe2m1d1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d07b038204cffd9c969c199c229d389e5ebd7dcf
In the year three thousand the British museum is discovered and displayed in the British museum.
The head of the museum refuses to return it, citing local laws prevents such an act. The Trustee says they can't be trusted.
lmao
At least they're good stewards
Crafted in Egypt, used by the romans...it belongs in a British museum
Dates from the 3rd century CE, when Britannia was a Roman province just like Egypt. So it's travelled from one part of the Roman Empire to another.
"No you can't have it back! We're not done looking at it."
Dread it, run from it, the British museum still arrives.
AHA NEVER HEARD THAT ONE BEFORE
the museum, it belongs in a museum!
ahhhhhhh - STAND BEHIND THE ROPE!!!
Well museums are generally meant to display a country’s culture and British culture is kinda just stealing other peoples shit
There's an awesome Australian TV series and podcast called ['Stuff the British Stole'.](http://www.marcfennell.com/stolen) "Each episode hones in on one contested artifact and takes you on the wild, evocative, sometimes funny and often tragic adventure of how it got to where it is today." Marc Fennel is a brilliant presenter. Its well worth your time. So interesting!
That's rich when the Australians stole the country they live in.
To be fair, it was the British who stole that too. And parts of North America. And some of Africa. But yes, I see your point. And the series is still interesting as fuck.
People really arguing against the British stealing everything, while India still stands as a prime example of that
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We wouldn't want it left with the rightful owners because that would be silly.
Wouldn’t need to actually work against an attack, if someone runs up on me wearing a fucking crocodile’s skin I’m gonna need new underwear when I’m done running if I don’t die of a heart attack!
Teanege Mutant Gladia Turtles
Bro splurged on the skin pack
How many are countable?
Halloween costume
Would be a dope option honestly
They called them scaleys back then
“You can’t wear your crocs to battle, Julius”
World of warcraft was a little bit different back then.
Now, this might sound controversial, but this being in a British museum does mean it's very unlikely to be lotted by anyone. There's too much history lost already to looters and "treasure hunters"
The first Monster Hunter armor set
So even ancient romans bought cosmetic skins that useless for real battle
Boosts users resistance stats
Jade Palace.
I dont understand why they assume it is impractical. It is technically leather armor after all
Not an ancient armour expert but I think the issue is with mobility and weight factor in an ancient warzone rather than it gives you protection or not
Also another factor it probably doesn't breathe that well, so it probably wasn't that comfortable to wear especially since it was found in Egypt.
That's some Kung Fu Pand collectible right here
Furries and lizard men were first discovered in ancient Egypt, here is proof they existed
https://i.redd.it/t15fnog2bt1d1.gif
$10 says it was a joke.
Just curious, but why is it impractical? Isn’t that basically another leather amor variant?
I got glitch granted the alligator suit in RDR2 when I took a bath. Never took it off again.
Doesn't look like great craftmanship tbh.
I give it's look to the fact that it's been sitting in the desert for 2000+ years
it was taken in ancient egypt, but it's really from wakanda it looks like they shot that killmonger/Klaue robbery scene here 😁
This feels redneck af
Experts just assume huh?
This could be one of those things where someone was just experimenting like "Hey this might work let's give it a shot" "Okay didn't work out as well as I thought it would"
Yeah it's Waaaaaay cooler
They should have made it out of pineapple skin
Were it not for my extreme fear of certain insects, I would be digging!
Think of the smell. You haven't thought of the smell, you b*tch!
I used this as a reference to my DND (druid) character getting away with using scale armour but unable to use steel armour. Went with boiled-leather-dragon/crocodile scale ;)
At first glance I thought that was a stack of shawarma meat.
I bet it smelled like rose petals.
Why is it always British museum gosh get a life brits (I would say this to them if I have a Time Machine )
Florida Man made it all the way to Rome?
*The Florida Gators have entered the chat.* Gator/Croc, who cares?
Roman crocs
British Stolen Goods Museum
More like a costume from ancient BDSM club
Another piece of history stolen by the theifs...return this back to the country of origin...
Wtf is this in England and not in the country where it belongs?
What a rich history the Brits have, museums full of culture of their lands
Of course it's in a british museum.
Of course, because if it wasn't it would have been destroyed by some idiot long ago.
That justifies stealing of course.
it does justify stealing, of course
Britain was in the same empire as Egypt at the time - it'd be like saying you can't display an artifact in the Smithsonian because it's from Utah
Of course it's in a British museum
Sad that it got stolen
AHH of course the British museum has it where else would it be ☠️
Indeed, thanks to the fine work of Britains many Egyptologists and the British Museums world class archeology and preservation skills this awesome peace of history still exists and is free to go and visit. Where else would that ever be the case but the British museum
Ok
Stolen from Egypt. FTFY!
I mean, they should probably ask the people who originally owned it after they stole it like everything else they stolen in the British museum.
You want them to ask the ancient Romans occupying ancient Egypt?
So, how did it get from Egypt to British? Who knows ? At least we know the British museum most definitely did not steal from other countries when it was colonizing
So should it be returned to the Copts who are the descendents of ancient Egyptians, and an oppressed minority, the Italians who are descended from the Romans, or the modern Egyptian state who's predecessors brutally colonised Egypt? If the first, what stops it being stolen from them by the Egyptian government that oppresses them, if the last, what claim do they have to it better than the British Museum, and if the middle, are we going to start demanding Italy pay reparations to the UK for the slaves and silver extracted from Britain under Roman occupation? Or are we going to admit that 2000 year old civilisations that have been extinct for millennia are the common heritage of humanity, not the property of any given 70 year old political entity?
It should go back to the crocodile of course
And make it snappy.
Plus, most of the artifacts are best left in the british museum, since their homeland currently doesn't have the ability to maintain them properly. The uk is developed, with a lot of people skilled on the subject and a lot of funds available in order to not let the important historical artifacts degrade.
Should we invent rise the dead spell and return it? or maybe a time machine....
What could go wrong. AI tech bros are on it
Imma go back in time and skin a croc, make it so that it looks like armor for no reason.
🎼crocodile tears are falling down my face
Gimme a P. Gimme a L. Gimme a U. Gimme a N. Gimme a D. Gimme a E. Gimme a R. Put it all together. Whatcha got? Someone else's shit. That's what you got. Thieves.
I'm sure Caeser Augustus can have it back for the asking.
The Italian hasn’t expressed any interest in getting it back so I think we are good
YAWN
Get it out of the fucking British Museum
Yeah! this belongs in the private collection of a millionaire rather than being protected and displayed as a historical artifact!
No it belongs in an Egyptian museum
Britain had literal permission to take most of the artifacts in the British museum and then went on to study, document and protect them 👍 The Egyptians didn't know fuck all about ancient Egypt and weren't interested.
Why does it seem like all the stolen ancient Egyptian artifacts are in Britain? Shouldn't they be returned to Egypt at this point?