@paninid I recently listened to an episode of the superb Empire podcast that covered this moment, which led to the end of the EIC and start of the imperial Raj proper. Many of the iconic stories of this era turn out to be apocryphal but def seems like the belief they were going to be made to use pig grease was the flash point for the rebelling troops; it was linked to a current rumor or belief that the (increasingly evangelical) British were going to start forcible religious conversions.
"lock her up" - a quick #history
"They wanted to see Democratic rival Hillary #Clinton in prison over the use of her private email server while secretary of state.
And Mr #Trump was more than willing to back their calls for, at the very least, a fresh investigation. During the debates, he told Mrs Clinton:
"If I win, I am going to instruct my attorney general to get a special prosecutor to look into your situation.""
Turtle (also called American Turtle) was the world’s first submersible vessel with a documented record of use in combat. It was built in 1775 by American David Bushnell as a means of attaching explosive charges to ships in a harbor, for use against the Royal Navy during the American Revolutionary War.
A Greek Kylix with an erotic scene, made around 480 BC. during the Late Archaic Period.
The woman's position, bent forward and leaning on a stool, could indicate her slave status. On the left is a sofa on which a padded cushion with a striped theme rests.
Human bodies created by filling liquid plaster from the outside into the gaps created by the disappearance of the bodies of people who died in the city of Pompeii as a result of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius approximately 2,000 years ago are exhibited.
An Ornate agate sword hilt with inlayed gold disks. From tomb 81 (Mycenae's chamber tombs excavated by the Greek archaeologist Christos Tsountas 1887-1898).
#SeaHenge: "consisting of an upturned tree-stump surrounded by 55 closely fitted oak posts, was originally built on the saltmarsh away from the sea and specialists estimate it to have been built of timbers dating from the spring of 2049 BC.
…positioned in an area protected from the sea by sand dunes and mud flats…this swampy area created a layer of peat which slowly covered the timbers, protecting them from decay." #Archaeology https://phys.org/news/2024-05-seahenge-ritual-summer-climate.html
The Watch Stone standing beside the road at the bridge between the Stenness and Harray Lochs, this is between Stenness Stones and the ring of Brodgar. The Watchstone measures 5.6 metres high (18 feet 6in), is 1.5 metres wide (5ft) and 40.6cm thick (16in). #StandingStoneSunday#PreHistory#Orkney
