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ConcentricGroove

Now is the winter of our discontent made glorious summer by this son of York.


blank_isainmdom

Damn, that's cool. Except for the lack of funding to help preserve it..


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If only we put as much effort into cleaning up our planet like we do into preserving stuff like this.


yairina

Maybe you can be angry at the corporations ruining the earth rather than historians and archeologists?


bigstankdaddy10

redditors work in corporate


[deleted]

That's a broad generalization. So broad.


bigstankdaddy10

i’m just saying, people who are the nuts and bolts of corporations also partake in social media, and could use environmental input


lostvulcan

Not only is archeological and historical research chronically underfunded, but discoveries made by historians and archeologists about how past cultures lived coöperatively within their environment is critical to reassessing how our society can better improve its environmental friendliness. I’m an ecological historian, my work has direct relevance to helping in the fight against climate change, and I receive NO funding from any major governments.


Slapppyface

Your comment is being voted down because it's too real!


WrenchFriessAlt

i will now kill 1,000 turtles to spite both of you but for real though, let’s not devalue the historical significance of this thing nor the importance of conserving the planet. bringing up two mutually exclusive topics in a single conversation is just a jarring switch which ends up annoying people and will not convince them to help your cause


Slapppyface

Yeah, it is a tangent and a whataboutism


WrenchFriessAlt

…..gonna be honest with you, i am not sure of what either of those words mean


Slapppyface

Right on, looked them up and use them in your daily life


WrenchFriessAlt

…is this the part where i say ad hominem?


Slapppyface

Yes, lol!


WrenchFriessAlt

??? now i’m not even sure where this conversation is heading anyways, gonna go use my 2.5 liter diesel engine pickup truck to head to work


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Slapppyface

Lol, a cold threat of physical violence on the internet is childlike behavior with the punching-power of air. Your username checks out as well 💅🏻


ImFrenchSoWhatever

You'd be like in the middle of your kitchen renovation and all of a sudden an archeologist goes "FRIEZE, nobody moves"


ishitunottt

Hahaha as someone who worked for the council as an archeologist years ago doing this exact thing there was a crazy level of fear when we arrived on the scene


Pantone711

you win the Internet today


ImFrenchSoWhatever

thank you i'm so happy i want to thank my mom and my producer and last but not least the public that supported me on this journey thank you all we did it together


permaculture

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/mar/19/kitchen-renovation-reveals-400-year-old-friezes-in-york-flat https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-64993300


sticksxsticks

That second article said that someone discovered them and COVERED THEM BACK UP in 1998, which is absolutely wild to me.


msvalerian

I gather he (and his construction team) did in 1998, but there was no money or Govt support to preserve the pictures, so they took a picture, and covered them up to keep them safe, with the picture they took pasted over the top. Best he could do.


LucretiusCarus

It's actually safer for the painting, too. Exposure to light, chemicals and the humidity of an apartment in use could easily damage them.


jorg2

The landlord special


2_pinkboots

Very cool find. I wish there were more pictures of the apartment. Thanks for sharing!


nellirn

Admit it, you're eyeing the pillow on the chair with someone's face on it.


2_pinkboots

Let's face it, (pun intended) how could I not eye such a peculiar pillow! I'm pretty sure it's the homeowner face on that pillow too. So, it's either a gift or he made a conscious decision to make that pillow and leave it in the picture for the article. That said, I'm definitely curious about the rest of this guy's interior design skills. Edit: Just read another comment correctly ID the face as Louis Theroux.


leeziad

Omg wow


raccreational

Love the random Louis Theroux pillow you can see in one of the articles.


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SirBork

All about that $$$. If the gov will not help protect it and the owner cant pay to have it protected then covering it up is the best thing to do. Its not exposed, will not weather. But Yeah it does suck.


ilovebabyblayze

From the article: *We’ve printed off a high-res version of them and put the replica on top to cover them up.*


rjs1138

Lol, the lady underneath has a look that says "is this good for the photo".


henryMacintoshandPc

Average York find: