#Extant

Śrīkānta

shrikanth_krish

Adi Śankara is arguably the greatest "historical" figure of religion India has produced, post BuddhaBut despite his historicity, v few biographical details about him are known definitelyIncluding details as rudimentary

Rewilding Science

RewildingS

1/16 Can you reconstruct past communities from coprolites (fossilized poo)? Yes you can! Our next #RewildingScience study looks at the community structure and feeding ecology of extinct moas from New

Omri Grinberg

OmriAnthro

1/15 NEW(ish) articles+special issue: @liana_chua and I co-edited WITNESSING: TRUTHS, TECHNOLOGIES, TRANSFORMATIONS now out and #openaccess on The Cambridge Journal of Anthropology (props to @BerghahnAnthro ) See here:https://www.berghahnjo

Mike DZ

rude_mechanic

Is Recce by stealth dead (and was it ever alive?) - A Thread.‘Whither Recce’ has always been an emotive subject in the RAC - perhaps more so with the end

Ma’at

surimana16

Ancient Egyptian Writing. In the last part of the Predynastic Period, 6000-3150 BCE Anc. Egyptians began to use symbols to represent simple concepts limited to notations to identify a person,

Heather E Heying

HeatherEHeying

Ignorance, arrogance, and the wielding of credentials to shut down discourse: a triple threat.When these three characteristics show up in one place, I feel a responsibility to at least slow

Dr. Javad T Hashmi

DrJavadTHashmi

This is why WikiIslam is *not* a reliable source to use. Here again, we see the gullible & credulous approach to the historical sources, especially when it can be weaponized

TamizhCulturalPortal

TamizhPortal

http://tamizhportal.org/2020/07/personalities-thirumazhisai-alvar/ Introductory TCP post on the amazing life story of #Thirumazhisai Alvar. Revered as an incarnation of Mahavishnu's Sudharshana Chakra, his contributions to #Dharma, #Bha

Dr Leonie Hicks

LeonieVHicks

The first in a series of threads about aspects of #Norman #MedievalHistory: Mont-Saint-Michel (suggested by @AnotherAspirin). This is a fascinating site, which I finally visited last year. 1. Let's start

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Cajsa

Because I broke the thread at least twice, a reprise.The red death had long devastated the country. No pestilence had ever been so fatal, or so hideous. Blood was its

Kavaeric

Kavaeric

Had an extended conversation last night with @murrzbow about furry art and why it feels furry Specifically, what exactly the "furry" aesthetic is in general? What is it that makes

Jorge J Rodríguez V

JJRodV

Important in this convo is how race and class informed the reception of Espiritismo in Puerto Rico versus Santeria: in short, historically, white, upper class folks were allowed to be

Cory Doctorow

doctorow

Evolutionary psychology is beloved of a certain kind of "rationalist" who loves a good just-so story that casts some system that advantages him as biologically inevitable, as in, "Honey, the

Adivaraha

vajrayudha11

1) India Extra Gangem.... India beyond Ganga as Greeco Romans used to call it...Brief thread about the earliest Indianized kingdoms of Indochinese peninsula which ignited eternal flame of dharma in

David Simon

AoDespair

A thread on the legislation that would repeal the Police Bill of Rights in Maryland, why Governor Larry Hogan is no defender of good and honorable police work when he

Natania Barron

NataniaBarron

1 - Welcome friends: it's TARTAN time! So plaid you're here.This pattern probably brings to mind highlanders, private schools, & grunge music. But there's a lot more to it.To understand