#Century

Historic Scotland

welovehistory

The day is finally here! Not only are 200+ Historic Scotland sites open for you to explore, Scotland's hairdressers are also back!If, like us, your hair has got *a little*

Lugubrious ᎷᏦ

olagjean

Reminder that design began and ended in the 20th century, which makes it all the more comical when people react against "modernist" or "eurocentric" design. Just like Heidegger wrote that

Ahab Bdaiwi איהאבּ ܐܝܗܐܒ

bdaiwi_historia

1/8 Does the Quran contain less legal material than the Torah? This is a common assumption scholars make. But a short investigation coupled with a scholarly grasp of the Quran

Julia Bennet

J_BennetAuthor

Thread on the sexy history of busks: In the days of stays, a lady would insert a busk into a narrow pocket between her breasts. Its job was to hold

Michel Lara

VeraCausa9

#OTD 28 May 1588, the Spanish Armada set sail from Lisbon to invade EnglandKing Philip II of Spain has sent a Latin verse to Queen Elizabeth I demanding the return of

Lunar Archivist

LunarArchivist

Seriously, am I going to have to be doing one of these etymology threads every time the Crunchyroll translator for "Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro" uses a word they

Erik Torenberg

eriktorenberg

1/ Below is my perception/(limited) understanding of Peter Thiel's worldview:People don’t understand how important economic growth is.It’s the only thing sustaining the planet. Without it, we go into malthusian war.https://twitter.com/then_there_

Incunabula

incunabula

Extraordinary FOUR COLOUR woodblock printing from Afghanistan, three centuries before Gutenberg. A polychrome tarsh or printed amulet from Eastern Iran or Afghanistan, 12th century. Printed in Arabic on paper, five

Coop A Loop

_NicoleCoop

Had a conversation w/ someone about capoeira & its origins. I was asked if any other countries had their own African-influenced martial art as well as other art forms from

Dr Sam Hirst

RomGothSam

This week's readalong is ghost stories. I've been busy today so I haven't got much done but I've been getting ahead on 'Haunted Voices' for Thursday and thinking about oral

📚pedagogy in black✊🏾

RenyTay

“The academic theorist fears the Black males represented in our present day, so it is easy to rationalize these phobias, which interpret Black men as patriarchal, violent, and indifferent to

Brian Seagraves

bseagraves

If you were going to make up resurrection appearances, you wouldn’t have had women be the witnesses. In the 1st Century, many Jewish men prayed “Blessed are you, Lord our

Greg Foley

gregfoley2002

1/n When you cut through all the mad stuff about the CCP and PCR and the abusive tweets what does Ivor Cummins, @FatEmperor actually believe? 2/n First, that the spread

Meridazmach

Dengeysateater

A historical list and brief description of some unique royal traditional titles in Ethiopian historical aristocracy of various different regions, kingdoms and peoples unique to their respective regions. (Thread) Negus

Ben Burgis

BenBurgis

I don't know that I'd describe *any* of my positions as my being "so certain" but I do believe that it's the case given the experience of actually existing planned

Steve Bullock

GuitarMoog

The point that’s missed so often in Brexit commentary is the long-term impact on prosperity, stability and security in Europe (the UK, the EU, and beyond).Brexit is a selfish unilateral