#Greeks

oldeuropeanculture

serbiaireland

Thread: According to ethnographic data from the late 19th, early 20th century, there once was a custom in Carpathian mountains of Serbia and in Dinaric mountains of Montenegro for children

Emran El-Badawi

emrane

Back from a long break, but still heartbroken about the #BeirutExplosion.What is the history of Beirut in classical and late antiquity? What impact did it have on Roman, Christendom and

Ele | Roma

icarussfall

𝙇𝙖 𝘾𝙖𝙨𝙖 𝘿𝙚 𝙋𝙖𝙥𝙚𝙡 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙨 𝙂𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙠 𝙜𝙤𝙙𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙜𝙤𝙙𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙨 - 𝘢 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 ~Professor as

Dr Roel Konijnendijk

Roelkonijn

Several people told @reeshistory and me that "The 300 Spartans" is a better movie than "300" and we should watch that instead.Really, though?Let's see how it do. #HATM "A turning

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dawndarccy

guys this is fucking terrifying and disgusting. i’m going to link some articles so that people can learn about this PLEASE rt and PLEASE don’t stop talking about thishttps://twitter.com/s_atqrn/status/1297656444699979778 https://www.nyt

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

Baby Jesus in da BLVCKLAND 🛸

Blvckl8nd

Moorish cavalry under Lusius Quietus fighting in the Dacian Wars, from the Column of Trajan -- 2nd Century. Moors existed before any muslim identity. The Moors were known to the

Emma

AgarthaEmma

Dinosaurs were the dominant predators on Earth until a massive extinction event wiped them out some 66 million years ago. At least that’s the story. But what if I told

owen cyclops (+👶🏻)

owenbroadcast

someone asked me to “respond to” the summary for this book and since im making coffee and its listed as a “#1 best seller” and im (frankly, though i havent

Pallando the Blue

KomninosM

While war was always a male-dominated activity, ancient Greeks had also female war deities. The most important of them is Enyo, attested from very early times (the epics of Homer)

Navid 🧢🇺🇸

NYCNavid

GOP's main argument against @kyrstensinema was that she's a radical socialist who pretends to be a moderate. This could work if this was Sinema's first race. But it disgusted AZ

Diva Aughosta

DivaAugusta1

So I suppose we've all seen the hoo ha about Gal Gadot playing Cleoptra and why this is Clearly Terrible Casting And Absolutely Not Because She's Israeli Or Jewish, No

🔱Solaryan Spartan🌋

SolarianSpartan

Thread on the Art of Joan Francesc OliverasJoan Oliveras is a Spanish digital artist who creates gorgeous detailed designs of cultures & characters from antiquity. He paints cultures from all

History of Central Asia and Khorâsan

BiruniKhorasan

Of all my ancestors contributions to mankind, I must say this is one my favorite ones: trousers!The oldest known trousers were found at the Yanghai cemetery, extracted from mummies in

Peter Sandham

HKSandham

When was the last time the Divine Liturgy was performed in #HagiaSophia ? 28th May 1453? Wrong. 19th January 1919. A thread on the Great Church's brief, little known 20th

Katy Soar 🏺🏛📷👻

KJSoar

1/17 Good morning Twitter! I’m Katy, lecturer in Greek Archaeology @UoW_Archaeology. Today I want to consider the importance of old postcards for archaeology, & the ways they help us understand