#Ancient

Omer Sayadi

MENAsymbolism

The cosmic movements of the heavenly bodies has always intrigued mankind all throughout history. To depict this "moving of the gods", the earliest civilizations used feathered wings to symbolize the

Dante

HoodAllah

A little history thread on the Virgin of Guadalupe. Many of us know about the story of St. Juan Diego and the Tilma in Mexico that led to numerous conversions.

Isaac T. Soon

isaacsoon2

There are two things about that BMCR review that I don’t see people talking about. The first is the power dynamic of race and the second is the insufficiency of

FrenchEmbassyKabul

AmbassadeKaboul

In the heart of #Afghanistan lies one of the most beautiful monuments in the world. At the bottom of Wadi, far from the modern world, the minaret of Jam has

Dr Rob Cromarty

DocCrom

Ancient Coin of the Day: A quick thread today, as I'm still sleepy! But an opportunity to look at some beautiful coins from Magna Graecia, starting with this silver stater

Nicolette D'Angelo

nicohhhlette

For the eighth and final (!) Queer and the Classical seminar, we have 'After Callimachus: Reading and Conversation' with Stephanie Burt (@accommodatingly) and Mark Payne. We are of course reading

Hugo Mercier

hugoreasoning

Today is the anniversary of George Washington’s death. How did he die? He caught a throat infection. Then his doctors decided to drain 2.5L of blood (2/3 of a gallon,

11☆11

FREEDOM3WWGIWGA

Sacred Secrets of the Vatican: The manuscript that reveals our supernatural powersManuscripts hidden in the Vatican that reveal: "The human being has supernatural power"The Divine Matrix is a kind of

Science Insider

SciInsider

.@NASA, China, and the United Arab Emirates each have a mission speeding towards Mars — all set to arrive this month. Here’s what they aim to learn. https://www.businessinsider.com/three-mars-missions-arrive-february-from-nasa-china-uae

Alasdair Rae

undertheraedar

I have an almost endless collection of gifs that I made for various projects and that never saw the light of day - some that are just weird, some totally

Philip Amies

AmiesPhilip

I can think of few things more repugnant or dangerous than stifling academic freedom, debate, search for truth, I would rather tolerate a 100 bigots as academics than stop one

κιννάβαρι

cinnabarim

In today’s #thread we will be talking about Late Classical and Hellenistic painting techniques, from Greece and Macedon to present-day Bulgaria and Italy. Aren’t these Tyrian purple backgrounds from Tomb

Aabhas Maldahiyar 🇮🇳

Aabhas24

1/n #SadarPranam to Ishvara within u Rana Ma'am.Muslims never laid foundation for scientific temperament. Muslim world copied the works of Indians &Greeks. The article of @ThePrintIndia that u share is

Broken Native

iambrokennative

Reasons Why Afrika Fell To Europeans & ArabsCivilisations rise and fall, but the fall of a whole continent is quite something. We have working theories from scholars pertaining to this

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anti_antiblk

I don't care what no one say tourism is colonialism. It's a simple tweet that was indeed missing the word 'international' and yet tens of wypipo felt the need to

Dr Sarah Taber

SarahTaber_bww

reading yet another book about agricultural history for research reasons the great thing about Books About Agriculture is when they're pure shit, you absolutely already know by page 3 for

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