💤 German pharmacist Friedrich Sertürner (1783-1841) named morphine after Morpheus, the Greek god of sleep and dreams.  #History #HistoryTidbit #Mythology #GreekMythology #Morpheus #Morphine #HistoricalFacts #WorldHistoryEncyclopedia

😉😆😆 🖼️ Cartoon courtesy of Scott Hilburn.  #HistoryHumour

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🗺️ The Black Death was the catastrophic first great wave of the Second Plague Pandemic, caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis. Ancient DNA links its pandemic lineage to an outbreak near Lake Issyk-Kul in Central Asia in 1338–39. 🗺️ Map created by Simeon Netchev.  #History

📝 Did you know that the word '#weird' had very different meaning in Old #English?  Learn more about real word #etymologies at wordineer.com

🍗 A painting of a 16th-century CE kitchen by Joachim Beuckelaer, c. 1560-1565 CE. (Mauritshuis, The Hague, Netherlands).

🍑 A detail of a wall fresco showing peaches and a water jug, Herculaneum. From the House of the Stags, c. 50 CE. (National Archaeological Museum, Naples). Photo by Carole Raddato.

🍇 A fresco showing a silver tray containing prunes, dried figs and dates, and a glass cup with red wine. From the House of the Deer (Casa dei Cervi) at Herculaneum. Naples National Archaeological Museum (Italy). Photo by Carole Raddato.

🥐🍕 Happy World Food Day! 🍣🍫 🥧 A still-life painting by Clara Peeters showing typical dishes of 16-17th century CE Northern Europe. Olives and oranges would have been luxury items in northern Europe at that time. Painted c. 1611 CE. (Museo del Prado, Madrid). #Food #History

➡️ Read more about the Trial and Execution of Marie Antoinette here: worldhistory.org/article/209…

👑 On this day in 1793: French Revolution: Accused of a series of crimes that included conspiring with foreign powers against the security of France, Marie Antoinette was found guilty of high treason and executed.  📝 Article by Harrison W. Mark.  #MarieAntoinette #History #OTD

✨ Statue of a girl playing knucklebones. Marble. Around 150 CE, head around 200 CE. From the Eastern slope of Caelian Hill in Rome, Italy. It is on display at the Altes Museum in Berlin, Germany.  📷 Photo ©️ by Osama S.M. Amin.  #Sculpture #Roman #History

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Temple building, following the great mortuary complex of Mentuhotep II at Thebes, worked to create a seamless relationship between the structure and the surrounding landscape. The kings of the 12th Dynasty encouraged this kind of expression.

Sculpture and painting also often focus on daily life and common surroundings. Images of everyday life and activities were painted in tombs so that the soul would be reminded of the life it had left behind on earth and move toward the Field of Reeds.

In the Middle Kingdom, true literature developed, which dealt not just with kings or gods but the lives of common people and the human experience. Works such as the Lay of the Harper question whether there is life after death, as does Dispute Between a Man and his Ba (his soul).

📜 The Middle Kingdom (2040-1782 BCE) is considered ancient Egypt's Classical Age, during which it produced some of its greatest works of art and literature.  📝 Article by Joshua J. Mark.  📷 Photo 1 is ©️ Osama S. M. Amin.  #Egypt #AncientEgypt #History #AncientHistory

In this gallery of 75 images, we examine the key features of WWII's Pacific War. whe.to/ci/9-328-en/  #history worldhistory.org/collection/…

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👑 On this day in 1586: Mary, Queen of Scots, goes on trial for conspiracy against Queen Elizabeth I of England. Despite protesting her innocence and denying the court's right to try a queen, she was condemned to death.  🖼️ Paintings by Nicholas Hilliard.  #History #OnThisDay