#Ancient

Matt Simonton

ProfSimonton

Messene, y'all. Should point out that this will be a THREAD. Messene is one of most breathtaking polis sites I've ever had the privilege to visit. Excavations since 1895 have

Elephant Man

AngryLevantine

Israelis, especially Ashkenazim, are often charged with "appropriating Arab cuisine", but nothing could be further from the truth. Most of what we are accused of stealing is, in fact, ours

Vidyādāyinī

RohiniSensei

A side-by-side comparison between Indian and European ships as described by Vasco Da Gama: https://twitter.com/BharadwajSpeaks/status/1385186951221833728 Nicole de Conti in 1420 CE: "The native of India build some ships larger than

प्रतिज्ञ

RamaInExile

AGAD-TANTRA(अगदतन्त्र) :: Ancient Indian TOXICOLOGY• Science of poisons and their treatment [agad] ( नास्ति गदो यस्मात् )• By which the body System is protected, it is called the Tantra

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wonderbudjr

Does anyone wanna hear me talk about the role of domestic pets in ancient Rome I know a lot I'm just gonna go ahead and talk to myself and

Gareth Harney

OptimoPrincipi

The Temple of Peace or 'Templum Pacis' was built by Vespasian to commemorate the capture of Jerusalem and the conclusion of the hard-fought Jewish War in 71 AD. The vast

visa is almost done ✍🏾📖

visakanv

Breakfast club 2020https://twitter.com/hug_a_soy/status/1298234278992474114 there’s something profound about this- how these ideas and images spread, become identities... this feels like a parallel to how the pantheon of ancient gods must

Soham Puranik

TheSohamPuranik

TAKSHASHILA - World's First & Oldest University 2700 years back a huge university existed in the ancient India where over 10,500 students from all across the world came for higher

Dr Crom

DocCrom

Ancient Coin of the Day: An aureus of ca. 18 BC, a lovely example of a moneyer's coin, carrying the magistrate's name, Lucius Aquillius Florus, on the Reverse. #ACOTD Image:

Rose of Persia😷

PersiaPhotos

1/2 UNESCO World Heritage site, #ChoghaZanbil ziggurat, #Khuzestan province-#Iran. It was built around 3250 years ago by pre-Iranic #Elamite civilization to honor the great god #Inshushinak. 2/2 The sundial at

Sonal ( Dharmik )🇮🇳

DharmikSonal

"Naadyoga" the secret of all siddhis in one goI am just writing 6 month practice here for all people who are ready to experience the Shiva tatva.Naadyoga is the ancient

M Adryael Tong, Ph.D.

MAdryaelTong

So excited for this review panel of @AnnetteYReed’s book Jewish-Christianity and the History of Judaism. #aarsbl19 (1/?) First up, Daniel Boyarin: Reed excels in “brilliant moderation that is deeply radical”

Thomas Lane

ThomasCLST6

#CLST6 #RR9 I will be describing the Hephaisteion. It's a really cool, extremely well preserved (for ancient Greece at least) temple that overlooks the Agora from the west and sits

Abhilegend

abhilegend000

So, this will be my second thread on history and this time I will focus on if king Vikramaditya of Ujjain did actually exist or is he just a folklore

𝓮𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓷 𝓻𝓪𝓶𝓼𝓮𝔂'𝓼 𝓻𝓸𝓸𝓴𝓲𝓮.

chuprehtu

The LGBTQ and Hinduism: A Thread#YesHomoVivaah•Shiva and Vishnu together took the incarnation of Shiva-Narayana and gave birth to Ayappa Swami.•Vatayasyana wrote Kama-Sutra which defines the concepts of ThirdGender(transgender) and Svai

Savitri Mumukshu - सावित्री मुमुक्षु

MumukshuSavitri

1/n Pandit Madho Sarup Vats was an Indian archaeologist & Sanskrit scholar who served as Director of ASI from 1950 - 54. In 1925, Vats supervised excavations at Harappa till