Goat of the Week

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Thu Apr 05, 2018 1:22 am

Archaeology wrote:Tut’s Mesopotamian Side

Although the treasure of the Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun’s grave, one of the most famous archaeological discoveries of all time, was found nearly 100 years ago, researchers are still learning new things about ancient Egyptian society by studying the grave assemblage. In 1922, British archaeologist Howard Carter uncovered the lavish 3,300-year-old tomb in the Valley of the Kings. Now, a German-Egyptian project has analyzed hundreds of embossed decorative gold items from the grave for the first time. The fragmented gold pieces were boxed up shortly after they had been discovered and remained in museum storage until recently.

Experts have painstakingly reassembled the ornamental applications, which would have been attached to objects in the pharaoh’s tomb, such as quivers, bow cases, and bridles. They were surprised to detect decorative motifs foreign to Egyptian art at the time. Scenes such as fighting animals and goats at the tree of life were typical of Mesopotamian art, and their presence on the objects from Tutankhamun’s grave demonstrates how Egyptian artists were cognizant of and influenced by outside cultural styles that had seemingly passed to Egypt through the Levant. Although chemical analyses of the gold artifacts with Egyptian motifs and those with foreign motifs showed that they had different chemical compositions and sources, it is not thought that the eastern-style objects were imported. Instead, they were likely created in workshops specializing in Mesopotamian styles.

https://www.archaeology.org/issues/291- ... utankhamun

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Mon Apr 16, 2018 12:30 am

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Fri Jun 01, 2018 11:31 pm

Goat.exe has crashed.

sparks · Post by **sparks** » Sat Jun 02, 2018 6:08 am

Please stop the service and then restart.

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Tue Jun 05, 2018 12:05 am

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Wed Jun 06, 2018 1:57 pm

shemp · Post by **shemp** » Thu Jun 07, 2018 2:33 am

There's something else goats are good for, but I guess she wanted to keep it clean.

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Sat Jun 09, 2018 4:23 am

Very painterly – where is Rubens when we need him?

Rob Lister · Post by **Rob Lister** » Sat Jun 09, 2018 9:48 am

Do you know what happens when you mix human DNA with goat DNA?

Spoiler:

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Wed Jun 27, 2018 12:40 am

Auckland Council funded $91,000 goat hunt that didn't kill any goats

Auckland Ratepayers' Alliance spokesperson Jo Holmes said it is "absurd expenditure", but the council has defended itself.

In the Hunua Ranges in the 2016/17 year, the council spent $91,742 on goat hunting, according to figures obtained by Stuff through the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act.

A council spokesperson told Stuff that feral goats had been eliminated in the area in the previous five years but "can re-establish a large population from a few remnant individuals".

"This is why it is important to continue intensive surveillance for a couple of years to eliminate any remaining animals that could lead to a resurgence of the population," the spokesperson said.

Ms Holmes disagrees.

"The council is literally paying professional hunters to take bush walks. We hope the exercise was worth it," she said.

"Over the last five years the average per-kill cost was $1600. This is ridiculous considering amateur hunters would happily do the job free of charge, if the council would let them."

https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zeal ... goats.html

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Wed Jul 04, 2018 12:49 am

sparks · Post by **sparks** » Wed Jul 04, 2018 1:09 am

Happy goat.

Grammatron · Post by **Grammatron** » Fri Jul 06, 2018 5:27 pm

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Sun Jul 08, 2018 2:01 am

[Link adapted to the new idiosyncrasies.]

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Mon Jul 16, 2018 1:05 am

[Link ditto.]

Doctor X · Post by **Doctor X** » Sat Aug 04, 2018 3:47 am

--J.D.

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Sun Aug 05, 2018 2:32 am

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Tue Aug 21, 2018 1:33 am

Gravity is for lesser creatures.

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Wed Aug 22, 2018 2:23 am

It's a goat, right?

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Tue Aug 28, 2018 1:41 am

From Ur.

Grammatron · Post by **Grammatron** » Tue Aug 28, 2018 9:16 pm

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Tue Aug 28, 2018 10:41 pm

↑ What a smug smile!

Pyrrho · Post by **Pyrrho** » Wed Aug 29, 2018 3:12 am

Grammatron · Post by **Grammatron** » Wed Aug 29, 2018 7:14 pm

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Wed Aug 29, 2018 9:20 pm

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Tue Sep 04, 2018 2:36 am

Roman capricorn, bronze, 1st – 2nd c. CE.

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Tue Sep 11, 2018 2:38 am

I'm already an old goat...

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Thu Sep 27, 2018 12:54 am

OK, stretching the definition.

Grammatron · Post by **Grammatron** » Thu Sep 27, 2018 5:45 pm

Don't try to ram wrong animals into this thread

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Fri Sep 28, 2018 3:31 am

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Mon Oct 01, 2018 11:24 pm

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Tue Oct 09, 2018 12:17 am

You may want to kill the "music":

https://www.thecollegefix.com/college-s ... de-stress/

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Mon Dec 03, 2018 12:00 am

asthmatic camel · Post by **asthmatic camel** » Mon Dec 10, 2018 12:03 pm

ed · Post by ed » Mon Dec 10, 2018 2:40 pm

Witness wrote: ↑Fri Sep 28, 2018 3:31 am

They pern to the left. Is that evidence of handedness in rams I wonder. Does the first to tilt his head define the tilt of the other's or do that just do it that way? Is there evidence of right handed tilts?

Handedness in critters has been an interest of mine, another arcane hobby.

Anaxagoras · Post by **Anaxagoras** » Mon Dec 10, 2018 3:26 pm

I'd hesitate to infer broad conclusions from just one picture.

ed · Post by ed » Mon Dec 10, 2018 3:55 pm

Hence my headache.

What was that about inferring oceans from a drop of water?

asthmatic camel · Post by **asthmatic camel** » Mon Dec 10, 2018 4:09 pm

Having some Welsh ancestry, I know a little about sheep farming. Rams are vicious little cunts and the farmers generally kill them for meat or cut their bollocks off before they're too old to breed.

I've seen it done and it's not a surgical procedure.

Think cable clips tied tightly about your scrotum and you'll be close...