#Ancient

Some paradoxes of modern life:1. The paradox of reading: The books you read will profoundly change you even though you’ll forget the vast majority of what you read. 2. The
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So I spent 9 months studying the city and leading heritage walks for locals and tourists in Chennai.Everybody has their own expectations of how and what to discover in a
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"Her name is MAY, like the month but with an E at the end."Thanks for SPELLING my name Elon"Do you remember when I was 12 & I made own video
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This thread is regarding the problem faced by Hindus and how we can overcome it. The very foundation of any religion is their followers and their determination and devotion towards
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This year's teaching kicks off tomorrow with a lecture for our first years on the beginnings of Archaeology. First slide: this 1618 painting of the Earl of Arundel gesturing with
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A long thread of personal opinion:My Father and Elder Brother expect me to stand with Them, and those they have chosen as stewards over me. I’ll always stand by the
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An autopsy is a post-mortem examination of a body to discover the cause of death or the extent of disease. An ultimate medical audit, autopsies are the backbone of homicide
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Tamil iyer explains how our ancients used to travel for pilgrimage. Look how they carried the entire kitchen with them in such a compact form. Just like our ancient temples
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Ancient religious practices have this interesting natural tension between legibility and mysteries. Legibility emphasizes making yourself predictable and pleasing to others. Mysteries emphasize private personal improvement, which makes you less
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Roots of "ICONOCLASM"For the last half century and more, certain academic writings on India have exhibited a remarkable proclivity to extricate Islamic iconoclasm from the religion of Islam. The wholesale
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39 years ago, the Jaffna library was burnt to the ground, "one of the most violent examples of ethnic biblioclasm of the 20th century" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_of_Jaffna_Public_Library. Content published on Groundview
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The Evolution of the Octopus. Thread. In the early Edicarian period (635-541 million years ago) animals were relatively peaceful. Animals at this time were mainly scavengers and predation was not
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#ShriKrishnaJanmabhoomi #MathuraA petition has been filed by Krishna devotees in the court of Civil Judge Senior Division Chhaya Sharma, Mathura dist, seeking removal of Shahi Idgah mosque near the birthplace
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Is everyone ready to follow me down the rabbit hole again? Semi speculation this time, with some facts and anecdotal evidence to back it up. Itll take me a bit
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@IoWNHSTrust @NHSEngland @IoWBobSeely insist on using unsafe, unlawful, unfit for purpose, ancient prison beds on #IoW #IsleofWight - despite @Carequalitycomm investigation & expert advice against their use as so dangerous
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1) Any serious study of history would expose the problem here. The fallacy here is that the "anonymous" author of Baharistan-i-Shahi itself takes from doubt-worthy works of his Brahmanic predecessors
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