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For anyone else that loves looking at this kind of stuff
https://www.amazon.com/Heavenly-Bodies-Treasures-Spectacular-Catacombs/dp/0500251959
During Victorian times, they burnt them for fuel in steamboats.
You might enjoy Motel of the Mysteries.
>It is the year 4022; all of the ancient country of Usa has been buried under many feet of detritus from a catastrophe that occurred back in 1985. Imagine, then, the excitement that Howard Carson, an amateur archeologist at best, experienced when in crossing the perimeter of an abandoned excavation site he felt the ground give way beneath him and found himself at the bottom of a shaft, which, judging from the DO NOT DISTURB sign hanging from an archaic doorknob, was clearly the entrance to a still-sealed burial chamber. Carson's incredible discoveries, including the remains of two bodies, one of then on a ceremonial bed facing an altar that appeared to be a means of communicating with the Gods and the other lying in a porcelain sarcophagus in the Inner Chamber, permitted him to piece together the whole fabric of that extraordinary civilization.
It's an astronomical calculator. It can calculate other things, too, depending on how it's constructed and what plates it has.
There's a book by James E. Morrison which demonstrates in excruciating detail how they are made and all the things you can calculate with them:
https://www.amazon.com/Astrolabe-James-Morrison/dp/0939320304
I would recommend Strassler's Herodotus to anyone who likes the intersection of "history" and "being a messy bitch who loves drama."
The translation is informal enough that you can really appreciate the absurdity of allegations like the one above, or the whole "stealing women was a time-honored practice, I don't know why Menelaus got so bent out of shape about it" or, my personal favorite, when the King of the Lydians consults four separate oracles to see if their prophecies about him were internally consistent.
My favourite theory/observation was that their form resembles a pregnant woman from her own POV:
But as with most everything in archaeology - we don't know for sure.
A much older version, defensive fallback stronghold. Brochs are very unique and interesting
Please check out The Other Side of History: Daily Life in the Ancient World by Professor Robert Garland. It’s my favorite audiobook and goes into incredible detail about what we know life to be like for ‘everyone else’ from the pre-historic era through ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, Rome, and Celtic Britain.
It’s seriously my favorite thing on Audible.
Nope, you aren't even a little bit right
https://pixabay.com/photos/deer-parent-child-breastfeeding-5327410/
I still just don't understand why there is a small group of people in these threads that are doing everything they can to convince themselves a baby is sucking a deer's dick. Y'all are fucked up and kind of stupid too.
The Apis Bull was a bull seen as a Devine mediator between the gods and man. It was chosen at birth, and selected for having a whole list of features: it had to be a certain color, have certain markings, born at a certain time, etc. They kept it in its own sanctuary where it could be watched by the priests, and it’s movements and actions were seen as portents and messages from the gods. When these Apis Bulls died they were given a state funeral and mummified in their own tombs. It was a very old tradition, with Apis bull mummies found from the Old Kingdom, all the way to Ptolemaic Egypt. Alexander the Great is said to have met with the bull that was alive during his time.
Full disclosure, I have no clue if that’s what this bull is. I just finished a book on ancient Egypt and remembered that part.
This paper says it's just a nickname. It's a blend of early Christian symbols & the Celtic deity Cernunnos. >This schematic style and enamel technique are characteristic of the early Christian period, usually found in ecclesiastical contexts. The cross-legged posture, on the other hand, stems from the Celtic cult of the God Cernunnos who is usually depicted squatting, and whose widespread and complex cult dates back to the Bronze Age and proto Celtic period (op cit) . Cernunnos was associated with fertility, both animal and human, and thus his cult, subject to regional variation, was particularly potent (Ross 1967: 127-166) .
Copying from the only book I have available
> Hippocrates is known as the “Father of Medicine.” He > advocated a less superstitious view of opium and was strongly > in favor of a more scientific approach to its study. Hippocrates > valued the medicinal qualities of opium over the religious uses, > and viewed it as a useful medical tool for a host of conditions, > particularly diarrhea. > As opium came to be recognized in Greek society for its > medicinal and mystical qualities, it began to appear in the great > literary works of the time. In Homer’s Odyssey, it appeared > under the name “nepenthe” as a drug of forgetfulness. Homer > also described its use after a battle for soldiers mourning the > loss of warriors killed in action. In these descriptions, Homer > was drawing on experiences that were true to life and would > have been recognized by fellow Greeks.
...
> For the Romans, opium was both a medicinal and a recreational drug. > For recreational purposes, the Romans ate the entire poppy > pod, crushed and mixed with honey. Until relatively recent > times, eating or drinking opium (pure or mixed with innumerable > additives) was the principal form of its consumption.
>A terracotta tablet with cuneiform inscriptions that narrates a love poem. This is the oldest love poem ever known. The poem was probably written by an unknown woman who was chosen as a bride for Shu-Sin, King of Ur, III dynasty. The poem was supposed to be sung at the New Year festival.
>The tablet was found at Nippur (modern Nuffar, Al-Qadisiyah Governorate, Iraq), southern Mesopotamia. Neo-Sumerian era, Ur III dynasty, 2037-2029 BCE. (Istanbul Archeological Museums/Ancient Orient Museum, Istanbul, Turkey).
Keep in mind that a lot of the temples would not have been quite as gaudy as the reconstructions would seem to make them appear at first glance. The Utraviolet light and companion techniques used on Greek statues only allows us to see the "primer" if you will. Likely there would have been more finished details on top of the primer that would somewhat reduce the gaudiness. (here's an example for those who have not seen the reconstructed colours).
The reason we can't really say more that "likely" is because since any layer above the "primer" has been permanently lost, there is no way to reconstruct it. Since any guess would be without evidence, the reconstructions usually don't go any further than what we can determine about the "primer." How much added detail, if any, was there? The guesses range from some to none, but we can at least say the ancient Greeks really liked their bright colours!
And here the article about the scientific dating of the construction, 5099 BC! Everything done with stone tools https://www.academia.edu/2311012/Early_Neolithic_Water_Wells_Reveal_the_Worlds_Oldest_Wood_Architecture
A good read is 'The Rape of the Nile' one of the things it mentions is that mummies were being burnt for fuel in steamboats.
And the Miasma was thought to carry disease, so just smelling it could make you sick.
There was a recent podcast on Stuff You Should Know called "The Great Stink: The Stench So Bad they Gave It A Name," about the pollution of the the Thames in London, which got so bad that it was unbearable. They went on the create a sewer system that is still the foundation of the London waste management system to this day. It was a great story:
Unfortunately this has been true until very recently (like, the past couple decades) even of academic research. Nubia was frequently written off as a pale imitation of Egypt. Add to that the difficulty of excavating in Sudan and, yeah, some racism and you have a tragically sidelined era of history.
Luckily this has very much changed now and there is a real appreciation of Nubia as a distinct and grand civilization in its own right. Here is my favorite thing to say about Nubia: When we think of Egypt, we always picture Pyramids, right? But the famous pyramids were pretty much all constructed in a fairly discrete period of time, in the Third and Fourth Dynasties (about 2700 BCE-25 BCE). Later pyramids tend to be, with apologies to the otherwise super cool Middle Kingdom, kind of paltry. The Nubians, on the other hand, picked up the slack.
If you are interested, check out this quick introduction by Geoff Emberling, one of the researchers in the region.
This is fascinating.
I saw that only fragments of bone and part of a skull were found. http://www.ancient.eu/Maeshowe/ Why do they call it a passage grave? I keep wondering why so many things that are supposed to be for burials seem to have no bodies in them.
Explanation of electrolyse and the bone remains with the Whydah.
Just to be clear, the abstract text you linked to has nothing to do with this mummy. It talks about the "first" mummy which may in fact be apocryphal. Information about the doll's owner may be found here.
Most likely it's not Buddha according to this paper.
> The diminutive legs of the figure are bent sharply at the knees and crossed again in the middle. The bucket's popular name results from this yoga-like posture and from the inscrutable mask-like face and frozen, stylized appearance. However, any suggestion of actual Oriental or eastern influence would be misleading as
the "Buddha Bucket‟
is undoubtedly of Irish provenance, displaying a fascinating blend of different features which derive from both Christian and Celtic sources (
Mac Namidhe 1990
). It is this strange mixture of contrasting elements, the persistence of ancient pagan features in early Christian compositions, that is the most fascinating aspect of the figure.
The whole paper is an interesting read & not too long.
I'm glad I could help. It also helps me in trying to better explain these structures to others since I study them.
If you have the time and the interest, I highly suggest these two articles by my advisor which really lays out the groundwork for a contemporary interpretation of the culture and their architecture. But really, any of his articles are great.
It probably didn't ease anything. Evidence-based medicine hadn't really been ~~invented~~ widely accepted yet, and a lot of quack medicine was based on the various batshit crazy "theories" that had been concocted by various mercury-addled alchemists.
Here's an interesting book on syphilis from 1837. The author is critical of mercury, though he doesn't go as far as to say it shouldn't be used. He goes into detail on some of the complications from mercury treatment, which is pretty horrific.
Very interesting, I remember Samson killing the Philistines with the fresh jawbone of an Ass from Sunday School, but I never really thought about it as a weapon. This one is clearly pottery, but the resemblance is uncanny. I even found a reference that says that Ancient Egyptian sickles were based on the shape of an animals jawbone.
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it relates to this thread/object.
PS. But looking at the image I can instantly tell they messed up a little bit. All the holes are the same size from what I can tell. While in the actual object every hole was different.
The piece have been significantly worn down after been more or less deposited in water and coarse sand for 13.000 years, but it holds several similarities with other moose/elk shaped amber amulets of the same antiquity.
Here's an article on similar and equally old amber moose/elk from Northern Europe.
Trying to 'read' this makes my head hurt a little bit. I wonder if I'm going about this the wrong way... but, seriously, how does one read Akkadian? Everything looks like it runs together. It sounds like a beautiful language, but damn I'm confused on how to discern that this means anything.
Edit: Also, what are those seemingly 'blank' spots? There's a few down the center.
Go reserve <em>Motel of the Mysteries</em> by David Macaulay from your local library. It's a tongue-in-cheek picture book about this very premise, it's a fast read, and it's really quite good. (4.5 stars on Amazon.)
Don't know where you get your research; I'm guessing either fox news, some edgy YouTuber, or voat.co. We're almost without a doubt going through man-made mass extinction. Start here - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holocene_extinction - and use the references to add to your apparent ignorance. A good book also; https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sixth-Extinction-Unnatural-History/dp/1408851245.
http://www.britannica.com/place/Cuzco
This is virtually common knowledge about Cuzco.
The church of Santa Domingo incorporates the foundation and several walls of the Korikancha, or Golden Enclosure, chief temple of the sun God, Inti, and the center of the religious and cultural world of the Inca Empire. Also literally regarded as being at the center of the world, as it were.
But then, cultural assimilation and imposition was a tactic used by the Inca themselves in creating an empire and greater sphere of influence.
It's still a different thing. I am Danish and I just checked the dictionaries (yes several) and even the Swedish and Norwegian dictionaries as well. None of them mention piracy (but they mentions the Vikings as seafarers, traders and conquerors + they mention their violent warrior ways and pillaging).
Also here is the Oxford definition of pirate which makes it clear that piracy is robbing someone at sea. I have never heard of Vikings doing this. The Nordic dictionaries have the same definition of pirate btw.
Could there have been Viking pirates? Sure, but generally a Viking was a farmer and seafarer and sent out by an . If you expand the definition of pirate to mean anyone that attacks a port or land from the sea, then the British empire are history's biggest pirates and any country that ever had an active navy would be pirates as well.
Also, according to that definition of Viking you linked to ("any sea rover, plunderer, or pirate") the modern Somali pirates could be called Vikings as well. It's a not too uncommon misconception, but it is a misconception.
> Do you want me to remove it ? I will if you want, sorry.
No. I want to follow the terms of at least one of the licences it is under. The easy way to do it in this case is
Credit:Geni License:Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
Yes you could also follow the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License but trust me Creative Commons is far more straightforward.
There's a WWI series on Netflix called "Our World War", and one of the episodes is about a tank crew (War Machine). If that episode was half as terrifying as the real thing it had to be hell. Some of the crew in the episode were wearing this type of mask.
Source : http://www.ancient.eu/article/641/
The striking turquoise mask now in the British Museum in London is thought to represent Xiuhtecuhtli, the Aztec god of fire, and dates to the final century of the Aztec empire, c. 1400-1521 CE. It is made from hundreds of small pieces of turquoise glued onto a cedar wood base and was meant to be either worn by a god impersonator in religious ceremonies or worn by an effigy of the god. The mask was almost certainly part of the treasure brought back from Mesoamerica by Hernán Cortés and presented to Charles V.
Looks like it's mostly just symbols.
Here's a whole presentation on it that I haven't had a chance to watch yet.
You wouldn't have. The chronometers were kept below, in protective cases. Other watches were set by them, and then they went back under lock and key. If you've got time for a good read, I highly recommend "Longitude".
Bit late but there is a great popular history written by H.V. Nelles called A Little History of Canada that uses the Transformation Mask as a literary tool to describe the development of Canada's cultural growth and present status.
Yes, there's a book on these mummies that I have but have yet to read, The Mummies of Ürümchi .
The author also wrote this amazing book which I love Women's Work: The First 20,000 Years Women, Cloth, and Society in Early Times . It has so much rich information on the history of weaving.
https://www.amazon.com/Cut-These-Words-into-Stone/dp/142140804X
Here's a great book which tracks the development of epitaphs in Ancient Greece as a form of literature, and they really do develop as an art form over time. It's a very intimate exploration of how people chose to commemorate the lives of those they loved (or sometimes hated).
That's great. There's some wonderful images on Pinterest too - I have lots of boards all catogorised into different sections; something I haven't worked out how to do on Instagram. Also there's a wonderful book called The Art of Dress which as well as images has some very detailed explanation of these clothes.
I can't find a firm reference, though there's lots about artwork being covered over by plaster or hidden away in private collections.
But yeah, excavation started in the late 18th century, and the findings were considered pretty scandalous. I don't remember where I read about it, buc from what I remember, Pompeii was considered part of the Grand Tour, but you had to get permission from the noble guy in charge. He wouldn't give it to women or men he considered to be unsophisticated. Some frescos were covered up with plaster, and weren't rediscovered until recently. And much of the artwork was covered up with curtains, and permission was required to unveil it. The actual extent of sexual artwork at Pompeii was kind of a guarded secret well into the 20th century.
I thiiiink I'm remembering this from Sex in History, but I couldn't swear to it.
He probably was. There are a lot of votive figurines from around this era with the same wide-open eyes, and some evidence now that the ancient cult religions of that area involved a hallucinogenic sacrament...
My personal favorite translation is Gilgamesh: A New English Version by Stephen Mitchell. I find that it’s the most lyrical and emotive translation that I’ve found.
https://www.amazon.com/Atlantis-Antediluvian-World-Ignatius-Donnelly/dp/0486233715
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This one bangs. Plato and herodotus killing it
Thanks for the direction. I didn't follow the implication of your earlier comment, which is why I asked for additional information.
If anyone else is interested it seems that some people interpret these observations as evidence of sophisticated ancient civilizations, perhaps even with alien origins. Which in my opinion is fascinating and wackadoo to the n^(th) degree in equal measure.
But draw your own conclusions!
The battle of Jutland was a blood bath with basically peasants facing highly trained mercenaries, while being locked out of a city.
The skull in the image is arguably not even the worst: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/The-death-of-a-medieval-Danish-warrior.-A-case-of-Forsom-Boel/fdbecf2ce9185f0dd91cc5f11b5ec4b03098de37
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take the DOI to scihub, if needed.
It's this one. I'm a little disappointed that the book is more about the history of the excavation of the site than the site itself, but it's still a good read.
Just sitting and drinking wine next to your bed
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Speculating a bit, but wine in Greece goes pretty far back.
Ofc could be used as a seal for any product really, I'm just having fun speculating.
I recall, in the book: History of the World in 6 Glasses that other ancient cultures in the middle east wrote of the "excellent beer of the Greeks from the mountains from grapes" ( as opposed to Mesopotamian and Egyptian "beer from fermented grains"
This is almost the car(there it's a 1939) that appears in David Baldacci's A Gambling Man
Much appreciated! I’m still experimenting with finding the right time of day to post, so I don’t get buried by the algorithm. This is the first time I’ve posted so early.
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Thanks! Not sure how anyone can support me though. Honestly it feels a little sleazy to even do something as simple as posting an Instagram link, but it helps provide some motivation. I think it feels a bit more tangible than Reddit karma.
I have tried posting some of these on some larger subreddits, but it’s hard to get any traction when you’re competing against gifs of people getting chased by tigers. I might keep trying, though. But the people on this subreddit seem more genuinely interested in bits of history, which is nice.
When my Instagram followers went over a thousand, it felt like an accomplishment. Which…really isn’t a very high number, but it felt like it.
If nothing else, the nice comments like yours are good to see — and writing up these explanations does provide a bit of a creative outlet for someone who got an English degree and doesn’t really use it. Hopefully the Instagram plugs aren’t too annoying.
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Is this real or are we being punked?
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I teach traditional archery and am using a Mongolian horse bow currently. I'd recommend this style to try out, just measure your thumb carefully: https://www.amazon.com/Homelix-Handmade-Traditional-Archery-Pattern/dp/B07HSY7PV9/?\_encoding=UTF8&pd\_rd\_w=FtxWY&pf\_rd\_p=bb56b41f-df49-41e1-be0a-6aa8b5f2799c&pf\_rd\_r=ZW0Q6GHV66F8RY5Y1QYT&pd\_rd\_r=d4c6c338-8690-4177-bf6e-a734...
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There's an entire section dedicated to this type of art in this book. Generations stranded on an island create some depraved souls.
Kyosai was good at drawing skulls and imaginary animals, so his paintings are full of things that can be used as preliminary sketches for tattoos. I don't have a tattoo, but the skull on this link is my favorite.
You don't have to imagine because he wrote them.
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/46036/46036-h/46036-h.htm
This is my favourite passage:
> The next object which I have observed is the essence or substance of the Milky Way. By the aid of a telescope any one may behold this in a manner which so distinctly appeals to the senses that all the disputes which have tormented philosophers through so many ages are exploded at once by the irrefragable evidence of our eyes, and we are freed from wordy disputes upon this subject, for the Galaxy is nothing else but a mass of innumerable stars planted together in clusters. Upon whatever part of it you direct the telescope straightway a vast crowd of stars presents itself to view; many of them are tolerably large and extremely bright, but the number of small ones is quite beyond determination.
heres a link to a similar albiet much cheaper one (i paid 30 for 2 and gave one to my mother on mothers day)
For folks wondering about the large eyes, there was a sort of underground ‘cool’ book in the 99s called The Origin of Consciousness and the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind by Julian Jaynes.
His thesis was that before the second millennium BC or, people thought that the voice we hear in our minds was actually gods speaking to them. Not their own selves.
Jaynes claims these depictions represent a person through whom a god is communicating.
It’s actually pretty interesting, no idea how well received this text or thesis is today.
The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0618057072/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_i_JQD14A5XEGWWRX2XQ5FT
I'm not even sure if the anchor is Christian in origin, as you'll find it claimed in christian websites on the web. I found a good paper on that subject: https://www.academia.edu/5758601/The_Symbols_of_Anchor_and_Fish_-_Roman_Catacombs_-_Priscilla
I worked with the community of Maras to introduce their salt to America. If you liked their spring salt and looking for an easy way to restock, check it out here
Glad Maras is getting some appreciation! Their salt is truly unique. I visited a few years ago and was blown away - I ended up working with the community to sell their salt in America. You can give their salt a try here if you're curious to taste spring salt
Maras is one of only three places in the world you can get salt naturally derived from spring water. It's a coarser grain with a sweet finish. Quite different than sea salts and rock salts
What do you mean "as clean"? The tool marks on the blocks are extremely obvious, they aren't "clean" at all.
But how about this: I will post this video I found in a minute of searching of somebody using period appropriate tools to carve limestone, and you will acknowledge that you were lying when you said you research this "pretty much daily".
I'll even do yo a favor and throw in this book recommendation on the off chance you are actually curious about this. I disagree with the book's framing but it is a perfectly plausible account of the pyramids' construction.
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So the Portuguese traded along the West African coast and with the people of Benin, they had a pretty good relationship ( they even made bronzes of and for the Portuguese traders). Then the Brits came along looking for palm oil and engaged in wholesale slaughter and looting. The people who now live where Benin was would quite like the priceless artefacts made by their ancestors back. It’s a big international debate if you fancy googling it. I believe there’s a bit about it in the recent BBC Documentary Civilisations Episode 6 First Contactbbc civilisations .
In fact yes, Stewart Copeland recreated the instrument and played it inside the cave on BBC 4, here's the link
Hey, I like the content and thank you for your response. But I sincerely want to know why you've changed Shi'a to Shiite. I am aware Shi'ite is alternatively valid in English, though I have noticed no media outlet uses it anymore.
More importantly: Shi'ite is pronounced she-aight, as opposed to Shiite, which is pronounced as shite.
There’s a great book called The Faithful Executioner which interprets and explains his diary. I read it earlier this year and it’s super interesting!
It's a picture off an old National G cover. They were in a different position before they were dug out.
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I don't know French that well but I think that armoire doesn't have a single word in English that fit. In this case probably cabinet is the better translation to English. https://www.linguee.com/french-english/translation/armoire.html
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Here is the source of the manuscript, on pages 20-21 : http://issuu.com/oeildemercure/docs/catalogue_printemps_2014/0.
The book itself is velum, but the seal is on paper. What kind of paper they don't say, unfortunately.
Money: the unauthorised biography
No connection to the seller etc
You're right. The issue was called, "The Peopling of the Earth" and it has this artifact on the cover. The issue is for sale on Amazon.
When I was a kid I heard the story and fell in love with the tale. Then Mel Fisher and some other members of his staff came to a jewelry store at our local mall and did an exhibit. I got the book, “Treasure of the Atocha” signed by the author and Fisher, and my grandparents got me a couple silver coins that had been turned into various pieces of jewelry. Pretty cool to have actual pieces from the wreck, in addition to the book.
Heartbreaking story, everything Fisher and his team gave up and lost in the search and aftermath. Reminds me of the windshield wiper guy Greg Kinnear portrays in Flash of Genius.
Anyway, highly recommend the book in addition to the documentaries. Book is outdated now, but obviously the quest for the treasure is the same, and no better people to tell it than those who lived it.
It isn't close to raw umber as it is to burnt umber.
I bought mine on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Jack-Richeson-120055-Artist-Asphaltum/dp/B003MRD7J4/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=richeson+asphaltum+oil+paint&qid=1630775437&s=arts-crafts&sr=1-1
Rembrandt also sells it available on Amazon.
I thought I would be clever and google one up for you, but decorated cooking pots are surprisingly hard to find. Best I could do is this one that has dragon scales. https://smile.amazon.com/5QT-Stock-Pot-Lid-Heat-resisted/dp/B08J7FTDDN/ref=sr_1_36?crid=2Q6WJAGQ8WSHJ&dchild
Sorry it took me so long to get back to you; I did some Googling and in the end, the only book I could find specifically on the subject was the same book the essay came from! Here's a link.
The researcher that has wrote several books on this is Fomenko. 'He found a leap in the interval of the 5th to 10th century.' and uses astronomy, gravitational pulls and mathematics to explain the inconsistencies.
You can actually read it for free with Kindle, it's very thorough. It's not very well known and requires an open mind.
'Criticism of our current fairy-tale history from a mathematical perspective is something that rankles "historians" because they have no method for refuting it or even perhaps understanding what Fomenko has done.'
Once again, it's not very well known. Whether it is right or not, it is a strong academic effort.
Before the great (and greatly advertised) Tutankhamen exhibits, there was a Scythian exhibit at LA County Museum of Art. 1975. Incredible, and so sparsely attended that we were not hurried along like sheep going for a dip, but we could pause and read the tags and wonder at the workmanship.
https://www.amazon.com/Scythians-Metropolitan-Museum-Angeles-County/dp/B000GAMT8A
I spent at least 20 minutes standing in front of this pectoral leaving nose-prints on the glass while committing as much detail to memory as possible. It is stunning IRL. The intimate scenes balance within the frame of the whole (some art must be viewed at a certain distance; this can be appreciated at any length).
Besides the goldwork (some Scythian, some commissioned from Greek artists), I remember being impressed by the textiles. Felted and embroidered and joyously decorated, their colors still lively, and preserved by the frozen ground.
Scythians were nomads, carrying everything with them, and they had long winters in which to beautify even the least of their possessions.
Thanks to the OP for bringing back memories.
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What's amazing to me is that this is exactly the same technique/cut pattern that modern manufacturers use to make expanded steel mesh. The material and application are different, but the idea is the same.
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