The Sleeping Metaphor Awakes: How a Rabbit and Grapes Reveal Coptic Hope
In ancient Coptic funeral art, there is a strange image used on their burial shrouds — a rabbit tasting grapes. The exact meaning of this symbol is unclear, says Yulia Matveyeva, an art historian and a specialist in ancient fabrics. What does the rabbit have to do with the burial rituals of ancient Copts…
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a month ago · 21 likes · 8 comments · Eugene Terekhin
By the way, that little hair on the third paragraph I thought was on my phone or something until I couldn't wipe it away!
(I wouldn't recommend reading your pieces in the phone anyway because you have to zoom in on the scan. (You should fax the entries to those subscribers with a fax machine.))
This is great! Thanks for sharing.
I actually have two free-roaming, litter-box trained (yes, they poop in a litter box!) rabbits. I rescued the first one in 2020. She was living in the engine block of a car where I worked. She had a little harness on, so I didn’t know if she was abandoned or escaped, but I caught her and took her home. That was, ironically, Easter Weekend of 2020. I learned more about rabbits that weekend than I ever thought I would in my life.
They are certainly curious critters and they are very unique animals. For example:
- They cannot throw up.
- Their teeth never stop growing.
- They are the only animal that has “hind gut.”
- They are the only known animal to eat what’s called a cecal pellet (or cecotrope)—it’s essentially a mucous-covered ball that contains nutrients that the rabbit wasn’t able to digest in its original meal.
- Lastly, they are considered an exotic animal—so if you keep one as an actual pet, their vet is one who deals with exotic animals. Rabbits need vaccinations yearly and they do have issues where they need to be seen by a vet.
They are cute little critters and are fun to have, but they are also very sensitive the smaller they are. Mine are 4-lbs and 2-lbs rabbits. Tiny things.
Pictures forthcoming!