#Medieval

OJT Heritage

DrOliverOGrady

Looking for a break from Twitter #toiletrollenvy? Here's an exquisite flint arrowhead found at #EastLomondHillfort #HillfortsWednesdayDrop/leaf-shaped reddish-orange flint Early Neolithic c.4000-3500 BC, found 5500-6000 years later thanks to volu

A.Z. Foreman

azforeman

When people ask "when did people stop speaking Latin as a native language?" I like to answer: “Well, it was still spoken into the 9th century, though at that point

Sandstone

quartzen

I often read older science fiction and fantasy, for several reasons: because I'm interested in the development of the genre, I liked an author's current books and wanted to seek

madeline odent

oldenoughtosay

quote this with something you desperately wish you’d been taught in sex ed. plz keep it relatively SFW and for the sake of everyone’s dignity, we all agree to believe

Darren Naish

TetZoo

It’s time once more for a #TetZoocryptomegathread. But this one isn't a review of a photo or film, but a walk-through of a #cryptozoology-themed exhibition. I’m talking about Monsters of

Dr. Erik Wade

erik_kaars

Random thought, but is the tendency to refer casually to Viking sexual mores as "homophobic" a little off the mark? Maybe contemporary gay culture represents a closer analogy to their

Dr. Stephennie Mulder

stephenniem

15 years ago I published my first article. It was about the Mausoleum of Imam al-Shafi'i in Cairo, built in 1211 by Sultan al-Kamil, nephew of the great Saladin. Now

_Halaby

_Halaby

The most beloved fable to dumb murtadds. Let me educate you."It is now apparent that conversion by force, while not unknown in Muslim countries, was, in fact, rare ... most

Julian Harrison

julianpharrison

Today's virtual exhibition is called Pilgrim's Progress. I've chosen it from collection items @britishlibrary First up is Matthew Paris's itinerary from London to Palestine (c. 1250). Paris was a monk

adhya

adds4president

Laws are subject to amendment and your culture isn't exactly a parameter of morality considering you burnt women alive when their husbands died, didn't give them access to education and

Karl Sharro

KarlreMarks

Religions make a big deal of the afterlife but have you ever wondered what the food would be like? Surprisingly there's very little written about it. Catering in the afterlife,

Zero HP Lovecraft 🦅🐍

0x49fa98

We have need of a supreme antidote to realism. "I am a rational person" — has a rational person ever believed this? Strictly rational or empirical theories of knowledge can’t

Joel Baden

JoelBaden

#Genesis 22:1-19The (near-)sacrifice of Isaac. I have three things to say about this famous story. Here’s the list in brief:1. Biblically, it’s not a particularly important story at all.2. In

DS Balaji

balajidbv

ThreadTrads and Their MindsetFor the Past Few Years, Hindu Twitter has seen a rise of Abusive Anonymous accounts. Claiming to be Dharmik and Traditionalist. Promoting Ill Practices Like Sati, Child

Bteve Sannon

Clintons_Emails

A bust of John Adams in Vizcaya testifying to his admiration for the system of Fueros in the Empire of Spain (Fueros find an approximate parallel in

simpson

rachaeIsimpson

On this here day of the anniversary of William Shakespeare's baptism and death, I've decided to provide a short thread of Youtube's best offerings in terms of insight into adaptation.