#Ancient

Fun linguistics fact! MOST words don't have a perfect direct translation into other languages! The small differences in culture cause small differences in meaning with even super common wordshttps://twitter.com/Locksneedfartin/status/13
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A message to the @PMOIndia @narendramodi, @AmitShah, @BJP4India & all responsible parties in the GOI. Since both Islam & Christianity and their respective governments and media in Islamic & Christian
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An owl named Rockefeller, wrapped up in an "orange sweater", was recently "set free" after travelling 170 miles? What's this all about? More comms? Who was set free?
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Michael Ibru pioneered frozen fish in Nigeria in 1957, after Europeans tried & failed. When Ibru introduced frozen fish in Nigeria, Nigerians hated & called it "mortuary fish". He successfully
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Ladies and gentlemen, tonight is the holiday of Pesach/Passover, and I must explain to those who are unfamiliar why this year it's historic.THREAD Passover must be one of the world's
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10 Most Destructive Human BehaviorsCompared with most animals, we humans engage in a host of behaviours that are destructive to our own kind and to ourselves.Issa THREAD!!!Don't forget to hit
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I love a good font. Here are my top 3 fonts that I see in geoscience journals. Short thread.(Comic Sans is not one of them) Journal of Geology uses a
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I have a number of art pet peeves, but one of them is that most modern people assume Grant Wood's painting 'American Gothic' depicts a married couple. Look at it!
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The Slave Ship Name Jesus___In 1555 John Hawkins, a white English Missionary arrives in Africa, Sierra Leone. There were thousands of villagers celebrating their harvest festival of crops. Hawkins tells
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The skeletal remains of what are believed to have been a rich man and his male slave fleeing the volcanic eruption of Vesuvius nearly 2,000 years ago have been discovered
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THREAD: "Anthropologist Margaret Mead was asked by a student what she considered to be the first sign of civilization in a culture. The student expected Mead to talk about fishhooks
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Bindi- why women/ men hold Bindi/ Tilak on forehead ? As per Sanatan values where Bindi hold it's place between the eyes at this place, there is a command cycle.
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๐•ธ๐–Ž๐–“๐–Š๐–ˆ๐–—๐–†๐–‹๐–™ - ๐•ฟ๐–๐–Š ๐•ธ๐–ž๐–˜๐–™๐–Š๐–—๐–ž ๐–€๐–“๐–—๐–†๐–›๐–Š๐–‘๐–Š๐–‰?There are countless theories surrounding the legendary game that is Minecraft, most of them what we call "Reddit crin
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LAKE SEYDOZERO: Hyperborea in the Kola Peninsula?Local Sami legends tell of an evil giant named Kuiva that terrified them in ancient times. Shamans went up to the sacred Seydozero to
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It's the weekend y'all! Let's try to see what's culturally available in times of confinement or lock down... a thread on a few things except academic work... Apparently, the closed
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Most of us know Goa for its mesmerizing beaches or cathedrals. But very few of us know about it's rich Hindu heritage including temples and forts. This thread is a
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