Good morning 💪🏻

The Bride of Lammermoor (1878)

~Sir John Everett Millais~

English Upright harp piano by F. Beale & Co., 1843.

The difference in language between the continental Celts and Germanics in pre-Roman times was not as big as we imagine it to be. It was not as different from each other as modern Gaelic and modern English. Also not as big of a gap as French vs German.

It was probably more like Dutch vs German or maybe Danish. Not the same and with a lot of differences, but still similar enough so that people would’ve recognized and probably also understood each other surprisingly well.

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Shetland

Modern DNA studies show that Southern Italians and Sicilians have significant, high-affinity genetic ancestry from Greece. Due to ancient colonization (Magna Graecia) and later Byzantine presence, Southern Italians often share nearly identical genetic markers with mainland Greeks and islanders.

Who could have thought?

Most Vikings had short hair. See traditional viking bowlcut below. 🤣

3rd century grave monument from Neumagen in Germany, in the shape of a wine ship importing barrels of wine.

Maybe the deceased was a wine merchant

🇮🇷⚡️🇺🇸 In memory of victims of Epstein island"

- Written on an Iranian missile prior to its launch towards US-Israeli positions.

Germania (1848)

~Philipp Veit~