#Ancient

oldeuropeanculture

serbiaireland

Thread: This is Priapus, Ancient Greek god of the male reproductive power and fertility and the fertility of nature in general. Allegedly he originated in Hellespont from where his cult

Rebecca Futo Kennedy 🏛️ 🏺

kataplexis

1. I have been avoiding reading the latest conversation published in Eidolon on the state of classics, not the awesome in The first gen series, but the one interviewing people

Medieval Indonesia

siwaratrikalpa

I've been thinking about the 'ancient aliens'/'ancient astronaut' idea lately. (Sceptically, you understand.)There are a lot of pseudohistorical interpretations of SE Asia's past out there, mostly (ethno-)nationalist

Sriram J Sharma

sriramamymaster

Who is a Brahmin ?Smritis or code of conduct composed by him defines Brahmin-Hood very clearly as follows: "By birth, every man is a Shudra (an ignorant person). Through various types of disciplines (samskaras), he

Siva

aususa7

"Tamil is the only classical language that has survived all the way through to the modern world."https://theculturetrip.com/asia/india/articles/the-10-oldest-languages-still-spoken-in-the-world-today/?utm_campaign=crowdfire&ut

Dr Crom

DocCrom

Ancient Artefact of the Day: Only one option today really, in honour of the birthday of Rome, 21 April, here is the Capitoline Wolf. #AAOTD #Rome Image: Capitoline Museum The

Mark Hopkins

antiselfdual

Time and time again:Colleague: I can bet you mathematicians have never thought of !Me: I don't want to dampen your enthusiasm, but they've been at this for *thousands of

Kim TallBear

KimTallBear

i've studied scientists who study human migration via genomics. i've also studied Indigenous, feminist, Black, African, and other diverse People’s accounts of science & technology history. I’ve learned 3 things

sʜʀᴇʏᴀ ♡ jeno day!!

jinnieshyun

a thread on the cultural significance of Indian classical dances, because apparently we need it Indian classical dances come in many forms, each originating from different parts of the Indian

Friendless Churches

friendschurches

In cool corners of churchyards, among rows of the dead, you’ll find some of oldest living things.Yew trees form amorphous sentinels in burial grounds. Veteran yews are at least 500

Amit Schandillia

Schandillia

[QUICK THREAD: WHOSE BIRYANI?]1/9The following screenshot landed in my DM this morning. Found it intriguing, so decided to waste some time on it. This very short thread is about what

Misbiopy

Misbiopy

People don't seem to realize this, but during the Great Depression, food and other goods existed, but were destroyed because noone was buying them(because they couldn't afford them.) This isn't

Viśhāl | विशालः | விஷால்

vedicvishal

Ancient Hindu ShipsBharat is surrounded on three sides by the sea. The ancient Bhartiya first built the boat to travel across the sea. Image of general public of the Vedic

q i n z i but at what cost

ququhoohoo

have yet to decide if i will in a place with data participate for the selfie day but i've thought about a 3rd, also headass caption for pictures of me.

Rudraa

RudraaShiv

Krishna -The smartest student in the Universe After their thread ceremony at the Krishna and Balaram were ready for their Gurukul life.(A thread ceremony यज्ञोपवीतम् yajñopavītam or upavīta - marks that a male

#Doomberg A.K.A. Dr. Insolence ⌬

delmoi

Just a reminder of how dumb Matt Stoller is. I forgot about this but just saw again a second ago, lmao It was from this thread. He just like makes