Last year, archaeologists found 337 coins – many containing a Cleopatra image – along with oil lamps, an amulet, and vessels for storing food and cosmetics.
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Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
26 Sep. 2025
Natron bubbling out of pale saline lakes in the Wadi Natron (west of the Nile) was used in making the blue glaze faience for amulets such as Taweret’s and the scarab beetles such as those produced in a delta factory.
The titillating drama explores the complexities of dominant-submissive relationships and fetishes, as Ray gets aroused by making Colin lick his boots, buy his groceries and sleep at the foot of his bed.
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Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
6 Oct. 2025
And with Pillion’s release date set for February, he and Lambert look set to have even more fetish-leaning fun with his press tour wardrobe.
Attendees can also expect kid-friendly activities, including hair braiding, glow-in-the-dark face painting, accessory booths, photo booths, and giant inflatable mascots on the dance floor.
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Charlie Vargas,
Oc Register,
30 Sep. 2025
And the controversy only grew when the team’s mascot, Spartacat, attended a press conference in a half-Senators/half-Nordiques jersey, leading to an official apology from the organization.
Kane is the goalscorer and all-round talisman, Olise the drifting, carrying playmaker and Gnabry the dynamic generalist.
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Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
To explain these distortions, experts speculate that the figures served as fertility talismans—designed to maximize those parts of the body that evolution has encoded us to see as signs of optimal child-bearers.
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