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Eco Gecko
EcoGeck
An evening thread about Çatalhöyük, one of the oddest archaeological sites in the Middle East and one that tells us a lot about both the earliest history of cities, and
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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,
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Ali A Olomi
aaolomi
In astrology from the Islamic world, the moon is believed to travel along its own zodiac, known as "manzil al qamar" or houses of the moon. These houses are believed
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Nicolas Gold
NicolasGold1
"And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rab-saris and Rabshakeh" (2 Kings 18:17 ASV). "The king of Assyria sent his supreme commander, his chief officer and his field commander with a
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Syed
gypsy_heart6
Thread on a Babylonian poem that is remarkably similar to Biblical Book of Job (Hazrat Shoaib, sabr-e-shoaib): With greater awareness of the religions & literature of ancient Egypt & Mesopotamia,
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oldeuropeanculture
serbiaireland
Thread: About this very interesting cylinder seal which was discovered at Ur and dated to the time of Sargon (2340-2160 BC) or to the time of Shar-kali-sharri (2224-2199 BC). De
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lovelabyrinths
I've got a fun thread today for those of you who, like me, enjoy learning about the history & mythology behind your favorite Fate characters. It's episodes of @SpiritsPodcast, my
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Joseph T Noony
JoeAgneya
Once upon a time, long before the British, we had our own Vedic system of time keeping. We had 30 muhurtas in a day. Life was quicker paced, organized and
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Hayder al-Khoei
7ayder87
I sat on the edge of the Malwiya minaret overlooking the beautiful city of #Samarra and Al-Askari shrine and my friend went berserk: you really think if anything happens to
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Haggard Hawks 📚🦅
HaggardHawks
The new HH book AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 WORDS is OUT NOW!https://www.amazon.co.uk/Around-World-80-Words-Language/dp/1783964006The book tells the stories behind 80 different words and phrases whose origins lie on the world map—so
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James Bejon
JamesBejon
SOME NOTES ON BIBLICAL WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.Below, a five mina weight-stone from http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/ ,where 𒈠𒈾 = «ma-na» = ‘mina’. MONEYMoney has been in use in the Near East for many millennia.
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Onaiz Qutabzada 🇵🇰
YeniceriQ
Happy Independence Day to all my fellow Pakistanis On this great & joyful occasion let's take a look at some fascinating facts about Pakistan which largely go unnoticed. So please
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Nick Hinton
NickHintonn
A Conspiracy Thread: The Rabbit Hole When someone gets introduced to the realm of conspiracy theories it’s often said that they’ve fallen down the rabbit hole. But why is this?
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Lady_Miss_M
Lady_Miss_M
Hallelujah: A Thread.https://youtu.be/xq3rpM6-8oU I'm going to do this thread a little bit differently. I'll just put up pictures and links. No interpretation. Hopefully I'll get my message through. Gerard van
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AL-IRAQI – ٱلعِرَاقِيُّ 🇮🇶
IbnAlRafidayn
Thread documenting Iraqi culture by me: https://twitter.com/MidEastWitness/status/1082518665520664576 https://twitter.com/MidEastWitness/status/1108056769501319168 https://twitter.com/MidEastWitness/status/1105162704619216899 https://twitte
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TheTwistedWizard
Matt72454417
While researching The Orange Order in Canada, I noticed that these secret societies all have ties to one another through members being members of multiple other societies. They have adopted
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