Dwarf Fortress: Leromrigòth, 1061

A year with many visitors: more nobles, more immigrants, two caravans, a genuine goblin invasion, and a hulking monstrosity from the beginning of time!

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Medieval Russian homework doodles

Apparently in 1951 some pieces of paper-like bark were discovered in northern Russia on which were written a child's homework from the 13th century: Cyrillic alphabet, simple texts... and doodles! It's nice to know that, although civilization changes all the time, in some ways kids have always been kids. Interesting variation on the modern idea of a stick figure too. See some examples at the following links:

http://bigbigpix.blogspot.com/2009/08/some-things-never-change.html

http://dic.academic.ru/dic.nsf/ruwiki/381315

Check out this sketch especially. The bodies are crudely drawn (hey, hands are hard!) but the faces show remarkably deep expression with just a few lines.