#Ancient

Ancient India probably knew the speed of light before modern Science: A Thread Speed of Light: 3×10^8 ms-¹ (round off)Approx Speed: 299792458 minutes/secondWhich is 186000 miles/secondi.e. 300 million meters/second Shloka:तथा
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Historical Evidence/Consequences of the Biblical Flood: A Thread Quick disclaimer, while I, and most other people on this side of Twitter, find Genesis alone to be enough evidence for said
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In the after time, one must be proficient in procuring water and food, first aid, cooking, sword fighting, and Brazilian jiu-jitsu. Sayeth the ancient scrolls. AKA RedditI'd personally go for
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Bonjour @audelorriaux. Plutôt que de reprendre, dans votre article, les éléments de langage des militants afrocentristes et des reconstitutions de la BBC quant à l'apparence de Cléopâtre, pourquoi ne pas
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With huge congratulations and a ton of respect for our wonderful @UoRClassics colleague, Shushma, on the publication of her first book! If you have access to Cambridge Core, you can
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Rome – lovable buddy cops who aren't actually cops in the ancient empireTerriers – lovable buddy cops who aren't actually cops in modern economic malaisehttps://twitter.com/mattlehrich/status/1247191519313793025 Justified – Timothy Olyphant i
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Thread on The True History of Serbia from the writings of Scholar Jovan I. DeretićAt first glance, Serbia appears to be a small country in the Balkans. Its people have
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This is a fascinating old thread from which I learned the history of my own gotra- Maudgalya. Also as I read more online I realise that that makes me very
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The Great Walls of Benin in present day Edo State, Nigeria are the world's longest ancient earthworks and largest man-made structure.They were 4 times longer than the Great Wall of
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The very long sentence is maybe my favorite art form, above even poems Though as distributed across lines and stanzas, like in @CPhillipsPoet or Linda Gregerson, it’s an even greater
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There is an official narrative about what is going on with Africans in GZ.I am refusing to accept this narrative.This is not smart.I am doing this not just because I
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Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius was born #OTD 121 AD who ever strived to be a Philosopher King. Cameo profile of a young Marcus Aurelius as Mercury with winged caduceus, made
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That the Tamil influence in the south east Asia goes well before the Chola era, is established by various historical artefacts. One among them is this sculpture of Siva, found
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When did the last great king of Arabia leave Paganism for Christianity? Who was he & why did he convert? How did this pave the way for Islam? The Syriac
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Stoic lessons from 'A Guide to the Good Life' by William B. IrvineA book on using Stoicism as a philosophy of life...(Part 1) On taking things for granted:The Stoics would
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My thoughts on OP985Spoilers ahead... 1st love how tiny 6'3" Izo looks alongside the other samurai. Neko & Inu interactions were great & love love Kiku!!! (/fuck Kanjuro). 2nd) Also
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