#Ancient

Sarah Bessey

sarahbessey

A thread for our Monday: I find that I am turning to the prophet Isaiah more often these days. Something feels irreparably broken around us so the words of this

Mad Nomad

yolo_lah

In the spirit of #Hannukah, I am sharing some of the beautiful synagogues in Asia, starting with the one in #Bukhara, #Uzbekistan. Built more than 4 centuries ago, the synagogue

कौसल्या सुप्रजा

KausalyaSupraja

Thread about Shashanka and alleged persecution of the Buddhists. The purpose of this thread is to defy their claims while tackling a few other issues.(Very long thread but useful) 1/n

مختار غزّاوي

MokhtarGhazzawi

Humans exchanged ‘rings’ since 5,000 years ago, ancient Egypt. It represented something, they called them: ‘rings of love’. Now a days humans calls them ‘engagement rings’. BIG change. The word

Philip Amies

AmiesPhilip

Forestry industry needs to stop milking tax payers for climate and biodiversity greenwash, a con, shysters, ready to hear how all woods need felling for nature to thrive so the

Jake Green, Astrologer

OracularJake

Venus: a Planet of Survival When we think of Venus we most often think of love, beauty, and luxury. We think of Aphrodite and the birth of VenusThe lesser benefic

Amanda Reekie 🇿🇦

moozir

Still one of the best responses to those insistent on literal and selective interpretations of ancient documents. In her radio show, Dr Laura Schlesinger said that, as an observant Orthodox

Women of 1000 AD

women_1000

It's #BlackHistoryMonth so I'd like to post some amazing reconstruction art of medieval Africa! First, here are some recreations of Great Zimbabwe, the royal palace of the Kingdom of

Ranthony A.C. Edmonds, PhD

RanthonyEdmonds

Will you be the 220 to my 284?For centuries, special numbers called amicable pairs have been associated with love and friendship. In fact, amicable pairs are often referred to as

avid brothers

hermanos

This reminds me about a take I don’t think I’ve tweeted before. I think Cyborg got called up to the League IRL because he’s DC’s highest profile black character who

Sumit Mishra

ChadSumitMishra

(THREAD)Explanation of idol worship from a utilitarian perspective:https://twitter.com/BeingTheShakti/status/1304088612930121729 We 1st define 'superrationality': Kind of rational decision-making, different from the widely-accepte

Anshul Pandey

Anshulspiritual

WHO IS CHITRAGUPT? HOW CHITRAGUPT FOUND PLACE AT YAMLOK FOR MAINTAINING RECORDSThis story is based in Pushkaravart established by Brahma. To protect this place, Bhairav appointed Kankal Bhairav as its

Oxford Classics

oxfordclassics

Wonderful to read @philfacox interview with ⁦@BAFTA winning actor &⁩ @hilda_beastoxf⁩ #Classics alumna Katherine Parkinson ⁦@ITCrowdSupport⁩Oxford Philosophy magazine ‘A mind still valid’ (pages 16-18)https://www.philosoph

Steph Halmhofer Was Stuck on Ferry for 10 Hrs

Cult_Archaeo

I'm in the process of transcribing several of Angeli's videos, but already it is incredibly apparent that he is deeply influenced by the occult and #Pseudoarchaeology. They're wound tightly into

Yoz Grahame

yoz

To all the people getting excited about government and going into civic tech:Firstly, thank you. It’s great work, but hard too.Secondly, please don’t make any new software.I mean it.No awesome

Simcha Gross

Simcha_Gross

It's been about six month since my first twitter thread, a good occasion to collect all of them in one place. A thread of threads: 1/13 First up was a

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