A human rights official has resigned from the US state department over Gaza saying the Biden administration is flouting US law by continuing to arm Israel, and is hushing up evidence that the US had seen on Israeli human rights abuses.
Explanation: The top figure is a depiction of the Roman Emperor Aurelian, who put a great deal of effort into encouraging sun worship in the Roman Empire. There is some controversy over whether Aurelian's sun worship was derived from Syria and had only Roman influences, or was derived from native Roman traditions and had Syrian influences. He is generally highly regarded as a general and a driven man, both contemporarily and by modern historians.
The bottom figure is a bust of Akhenaten, I believe, who tried to implement sun worship in Egypt and failed.
Explanation: The top figure is a depiction of the Roman Emperor Aurelian, who put a great deal of effort into encouraging sun worship in the Roman Empire. There is some controversy over whether Aurelian's sun worship was derived from Syria and had only Roman influences, or was derived from native Roman traditions and had Syrian influences. He is generally highly regarded as a general and a driven man, both contemporarily and by modern historians.
The bottom figure is a bust of Akhenaten, I believe, who tried to implement sun worship in Egypt and failed.
BLOODY MARY please I need someone to talk to
Armor of Sultan Mustafa III, Ottoman Empire, 18th century AD
State department official’s resignation highlights rifts over US Gaza policy (www.theguardian.com)
A human rights official has resigned from the US state department over Gaza saying the Biden administration is flouting US law by continuing to arm Israel, and is hushing up evidence that the US had seen on Israeli human rights abuses.
Medieval Iberian helmets
Orthodox Christian services in Gaza, Palestine
The DM's fault, really
A troubled doggo
SOL INVICTUS!
Talisman of Charlemagne, France/Frankish Empire, gold and gemstones, 9th century AD
Palestinian workers around Ramallah making water pots, early 20th century
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Important addition (lemmy.world)
Some things are just universally true.
saying what doesn't need to be said (lemmy.cafe)
edit: for posterity, this was satire but i’m comfortable recognizing it wasn’t opaque enough hence the poor reception. we’ll get em next time....
Warrior's helmet from Nuremberg, Germany, 14th century AD
First Human Patient to Receive a Neuralink Brain Implant Used it to Stay Up All Night Playing Civilization 6 (www.ign.com)
A dangerous guide