Abuwtiyuw is one of the earliest domestic animals whose name is known. A lightly built Egyptian hunting dog similar to a greyhound, with erect ears and a curly tail, he is believed to have been a royal guard dog of the 6th Dynasty (2345–2181 BC). He received an elaborate ceremonial burial in the Giza Necropolis at the behest of an unknown pharaoh. An inscribed stone listing the gifts donated by the pharaoh for Abuwtiyuw's funeral was discovered by Egyptologist George A. Reisner in October 1935. It was apparently part of the spoil material incorporated into the structure of a 6th-Dynasty mastaba (pharaonic-era tomb) in Cemetery G 2100 in Giza West Field, close to the western side of the Great Pyramid of Giza. The inscription on the white limestone tablet, which measures 54.2×28.2×23.2 cm (21.3×11.1×9.1 in), is composed of ten vertical rows of hieroglyphs, separated by vertical lines. The stone was probably originally installed in the demolished funerary chapel of Abuwtiyuw's owner.
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1602:
The Bodleian Library (pictured), one of Europe's oldest libraries, opened on the grounds of the University of Oxford in England. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodleian_Library
1892:
Despite racial divisions, black and white union members united in a general strike in New Orleans, Louisiana, US. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1892_New_Orleans_general_strike
1912:
First Balkan War: The Greek Army accepted the surrender of the Ottoman garrison at Thessaloniki, one day before the Bulgarian Army arrived to do the same. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thessaloniki
1940:
The Italian invasion of Greece failed as outnumbered Greek units repulsed the Italians in the Battle of Elaia–Kalamas. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Elaia%E2%80%93Kalamas
1987:
A Provisional Irish Republican Army bomb exploded during a Remembrance Sunday ceremony in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, killing at least eleven people and injuring sixty-three others. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remembrance_Day_bombing
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nubcake: (Internet slang, pejorative or humorous) A noob; a newb; a newbie. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nubcake
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
If any such lover be in earth which is continually kept from falling, I know it not: for it was not shewed me. But this was shewed: that in falling and in rising we are ever preciously kept in one Love. --Julian of Norwich https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Julian_of_Norwich