Chakafella ♌

Peace. I am a seeker of knowledge: All life is interrelated nothing exists in isolation, every single thing on earth contributes to every thing else. #DoTheMath

[Chakafella ♌ @thirdfagon]

Losers say "yesterday". Winners say "yes, today"

Meaning: Dwelling on the past leads nowhere but dormancy. Focus on today's decisions.

Dormancy is a state of suspended growth, development, and reduced metabolic activity adopted by organisms to survive environmental stress.

[Chakafella ♌ @thirdfagon]

I am loving the bun look, @abbydphillip, but whether your hair is up or down you are stunning, my melanin queen. 🫶🏿

[Chakafella ♌ @thirdfagon]

Peace. If we only took some time out of our 24-hour day to read, learn, and research history that has been forgotten, and lost in time. Humanity would be better off.

- Consuming history's archeological knowledge adamantly -

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

The gas mask and the modern traffic light were both invented by the same person: Garrett Morgan.

Born in 1877 to parents who had been enslaved, Garrett Morgan grew up with limited formal education but an extraordinary mechanical mind. He became an inventor at a time when Black Americans were largely shut out of patents, funding, and recognition.

In 1914, Morgan invented a breathing device designed to protect people from smoke and toxic fumes. His invention gained national attention in 1916 after an explosion trapped workers in a water tunnel beneath Lake Erie in Cleveland. Morgan and his brother used the device to rescue several men who would have otherwise suffocated. This invention later became the foundation for modern gas masks and firefighter breathing equipment.

A few years later, after witnessing a serious traffic accident, Morgan turned his attention to road safety. Cars, bicycles, and pedestrians were sharing streets with almost no regulation. In 1923, he patented an improved traffic signal that introduced a warning phase between “stop” and “go.” That idea evolved into the three-signal traffic light system used around the world today.

Despite the importance of his inventions, Morgan often faced discrimination and was sometimes forced to sell his patents through white intermediaries to be taken seriously. Even so, his work was adopted internationally and continues to save lives every day. #BlackHistoryMonth

[Chakafella ♌ @thirdfagon]

Consuming history's archeological knowledge adamantly.

[Archaeo - Histories @archeohistories]

Portrait of an unidentified man that was placed over the face and upper torso of his mummy. Dated to 150–170 AD, it is painted in encaustic on a panel of linden wood, and it was originated in Roman Egypt.

This remarkable portrait belongs to a group of artworks known as the Fayum mummy portraits, a tradition that flourished in Roman Egypt between the 1st and 3rd centuries AD. Unlike the stylized depictions of faces seen in earlier Egyptian funerary art, these portraits were painted in a strikingly naturalistic style, giving us lifelike glimpses of people who lived nearly 2,000 years ago.

Painted in encaustic, a technique using hot wax mixed with pigment, the colors remain vivid even after centuries. The medium gave artists the ability to capture depth, texture, and warmth, preserving the humanity of their subjects with astonishing realism. In this particular piece, the curly hair, sharp eyebrows, and direct gaze make the man seem almost alive, as though he could step out of history and into the present.

The portrait was originally placed over the face and chest of the deceased’s mummified body, merging Egyptian burial practices with Roman artistic sensibilities. These works represent more than individual likenesses—they reflect the cultural blending of Greek, Roman, and Egyptian traditions in a society at the crossroads of the ancient Mediterranean world.

What makes the Fayum portraits so moving is the intimacy they provide. Unlike statues of emperors or gods, these images show ordinary people: merchants, soldiers, mothers, and children. Each one is a reminder that behind the ruins and relics of antiquity were lives full of stories, emotions, and identities. This man’s name may be lost to time, but his face survives as one of history’s most hauntingly personal echoes.

#archaeohistories

[Chakafella ♌ @thirdfagon]

Consuming history's archeological knowledge adamantly.

[Archaeo - Histories @archeohistories]

Face Reconstruction of Queen Tiye (1398-1338 BC), based on her Mummy, found at the Tomb of Amenhotep II (KV35) in 1898. Now preserved at GEM, Cairo...

Tiye (Tye) was the Great Royal Wife of the Egyptian Pharaoh  Amenhotep III (r. 1391-1353 BC), mother of Pharaoh Akhenaten (r. 1353-1336 BC) and grandmother of Tutankhamun (1341-1323 BC) ; her parents were Yuya and Thuya.

Mainstream scholars reject the notion that Egypt was a white or black civilization; they maintain that, despite the phenotypic diversity of Ancient and present-day Egyptians, applying modern notions of black or white races to ancient Egypt is anachronistic.

In addition, scholars reject the notion, implicit in the notion of a black or white Egypt hypothesis, that Ancient Egypt was racially homogeneous; instead, skin color varied between the peoples of Lower Egypt, Upper Egypt, and Nubia, who in various eras rose to power in Ancient Egypt.

Moreover, "Most scholars believe that Egyptians in antiquity looked pretty much as they look today, with a gradation of darker shades toward the Sudan". Within Egyptian history, despite multiple foreign invasions, the demographics were not shifted by large migrations.

© Moe_APHG

#archaeohistories

[Chakafella ♌ @thirdfagon]

@SnoopDogg, either you taught it or it caught you way too many times in front of your mirror after coordinating ya newest drip. Which is it? 🤣

https://t.co/lL6qPpipIA

[Chakafella ♌ @thirdfagon]

Intriguing indeed.

[Archaeo - Histories @archeohistories]

The 2000 year old skull of a Peruvian warrior was found to have been fused together with metal in one of the world's oldest examples of advanced surgery, according to a museum.

Museum of Osteology in  Oklahoma says the skull, which is in its collection, is reported to have been that of a man who was injured during battle before having some of the earliest forms of surgery to implant a piece of metal in his head to repair the fracture.

According to experts, that the man survived the surgery, with the skull now a key piece of evidence in proving that ancient peoples were capable of performing advanced surgeries.

The skull in question is an example of a Peruvian elongated skull, which is an ancient form of body modification where tribe members intentionally deformed the skulls of young children by binding them with cloth or even binding the head between two pieces of wood for prolonged periods of time. 

'This is a Peruvian elongated skull with metal surgically implanted after returning from battle, estimated to be from about 2000 years ago. One of our more interesting and oldest pieces in the collection,' the museum said.

'We don't have a ton of background on this piece, but we do know he survived the procedure. Based on the broken bone surrounding the repair, you can see that it's tightly fused together. It was a successful surgery.' 

Skull had originally been kept in the museum's private collection, however it was officially put on display in 2020 following growing public interest in the artifact due to news coverage on the discovery of the skull. The area where the skull was discovered in Peru has long been known for surgeons who invented a series of complex procedures to treat a fractured skull. 

The injury was commonplace at the time due to the use of projectiles like slingshots during battle. Elongated skulls were common in Peru at the time, and were stretched by applying force to a person's cranium, often by binding it between two pieces of wood.

Multiple reasons have been given for skull elongation, varying from serving as a way for society's elites to mark themselves out, to acting as a form of defense. Subsequent archaeological digs have found that Peruvian women who had elongated skulls were less likely to have suffered serious head injuries than those without. 

Surgeons during that time period would scrape a hole in the skull of a living human without the use of modern anesthesia or sterile techniques. 'They learned early on that this was a treatment that could save lives. We have overwhelming evidence that trepanation was not done to increase consciousness or as a purely ritual activity but is linked to patients with severe head injury, (especially) skull fracture,' physical anthropologist John Verano of Tulane University told National Geographic in 2016.

'We don't know the metal. Traditionally, silver and gold was used for this type of procedure,' a spokesperson for the Skeletons: Museum of Osteology.

In a 2018 study published in Current Anthropology, the practice of elongating skulls was found among disparate cultures ranging from the Mayas to the Huns, and were found to be a status symbol of privilege and prestige in groups worldwide. 

© Museum of Osteology

#archaeohistories

[Chakafella ♌ @thirdfagon]

'Mila, step ya game up. 😅

[Mohamednasr9000 @jilijllll]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[Chakafella ♌ @thirdfagon]

'Funk Flex is a legend, no diggity. I couldn't believe I ears when I first heard DJ Flex spinning them wheels of steal on Hot 97 in the early 90s, the same dj that had the mixtapes scene of lock. But his track picks not for the morning-show worthy, they give off club-ish vibes.

[Chakafella ♌ @thirdfagon]

@oldmanebro, NOOO! I thought the original @EbrointheAM squad, Laura Stylez, Ebro, Peter, Shanni Kulture, DJ (John) Juanito, along with Professor Griff were on a holiday hiatus. And were planning on coming back to relieve Flex of holding the fort so you can continue the show.

[Chakafella ♌ @thirdfagon]

@EBROINTHEAM, this was another enjoyable to listen to episode of White-ish Wednesday. 🙌🏿👏🏿

[Chakafella ♌ @thirdfagon]

These Moors, these Black men and women were from Baghdad, Turkey, and today you eat the turkey for your "Thanksgiving" day. As the European powers destroyed the Turkeys who were the forefathers of your mothers, and fathers.

"History is best qualified to teach one." - Ras Kass

[Chakafella ♌ @thirdfagon]

THANKSGIVING for what, @EBROINTHEAM..?

On November 25th, 1491 Santiago defeats the last Muslim stronghold Granada because Moors from Baghdad, Turkey threatened European Christians. Meaning the white way of life; hence the Crusades for Christ.

[Chakafella ♌ @thirdfagon]

Now listen, when you celebrate "Thanksgiving" what you are actually celebrating is the proclamation of the Pope of Rome. Who later in league with Queen Isabella sent Cardinal Ximenos to Spain, to murder any Blacks that resisted Christianity.

[Chakafella ♌ @thirdfagon]

@EBROINTHEAM, I believe, whether the intravenous dying of the blood vessels is expensive or not it is done before beginning a medical procedure. Because it was done to I about three to four times, and I have state health insurance due to being paraplegic.

[Chakafella ♌ @thirdfagon]

@EBROINTHEAM, Young Thug outchere like:
"Sorry, niqqas, I'm tryna come home." S.N.I.T.C.H. 😜

[Chakafella ♌ @thirdfagon]

@EBROINTHEAM, today's 7/21/25 8:30a The Gurus' anonymous email you played being a repeat singles you're running on out of emails. #Ijs

[Chakafella ♌ @thirdfagon]

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#ElonVsTrump #ElonNDonaldsBeef #BigBeautifulBill or #BigBloatedAbominationBill which is it⁉️

[Chakafella ♌ @thirdfagon]

Damn, BLACK man, @kanyewest, first you changed your Pan-African name to appease white people you grew ashamed of being an African descendant, but what you really should be ashamed of is how you put two "knobs" in your mouth by tweeting the pitiful-ass plea in that link below.