Bronocice pot, c. 3637-3373 BCE: a 4-wheeled wagon etched into clay.
Possibly older than Uruk’s wagon signs, yet the default story stays Mesopotamia-first.
Krakow even shows a replica, the original stays off-view.
Independent invention, steppe transfer, or narrative inertia? https://t.co/69aV5DRWa5
Possibly older than Uruk’s wagon signs, yet the default story stays Mesopotamia-first.
Krakow even shows a replica, the original stays off-view.
Independent invention, steppe transfer, or narrative inertia? https://t.co/69aV5DRWa5
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On a Lamassu at the British Museum, if you look at the legs, there's a carving:
The Royal Game of Ur (a sort of backgammon/chess fusion)
3,000 years ago, guards must've gotten bored at the city gates and decided to have fun.
Employees have always found ways to kill time. https://t.co/v3PDeKXKif
The Royal Game of Ur (a sort of backgammon/chess fusion)
3,000 years ago, guards must've gotten bored at the city gates and decided to have fun.
Employees have always found ways to kill time. https://t.co/v3PDeKXKif
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“Minoan bull-jumping wasn't real. Humans can't do that. It must be a myth.”
They could.
They still can.
Spain's recortadores do it every day.
Same humans, different century. https://t.co/ZGud69VcNw
They could.
They still can.
Spain's recortadores do it every day.
Same humans, different century. https://t.co/ZGud69VcNw
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A talisman in the form of a knot of cloth associated with the Goddess Isis. Symbolizes protection and life. https://t.co/k9Dve2pXP0
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Kudurru stone of the Kassite (Middle Babylonian) king Melishipak—a Babylonian boundary stone.
A kudurru is a type of stone document used in ancient Mesopotamia, particularly during the Kassite period, to record royal grants, most commonly land bestowed by the king upon https://t.co/lWs0IebIMP
A kudurru is a type of stone document used in ancient Mesopotamia, particularly during the Kassite period, to record royal grants, most commonly land bestowed by the king upon https://t.co/lWs0IebIMP
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Time takes everything except what matters.
The Lovers of Valdaro are a pair of human skeletons dated as approximately 6,000 years old.
We know little about who they were, other than they were in their early twenties and were buried face to face, arms around each other.
Even https://t.co/UkTxY7HfhL
The Lovers of Valdaro are a pair of human skeletons dated as approximately 6,000 years old.
We know little about who they were, other than they were in their early twenties and were buried face to face, arms around each other.
Even https://t.co/UkTxY7HfhL
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King Merenptah before Ra-Herakhty
Tomb of Merenptah, Valley of the Kings
Merenptah, son and successor of Ramesses II, ascended the Egyptian throne late in life, likely in his late fifties or early sixties, during the final phase of the Nineteenth Dynasty, circa 1213 to 1203 B.C. https://t.co/e0T7J0rHwk
Tomb of Merenptah, Valley of the Kings
Merenptah, son and successor of Ramesses II, ascended the Egyptian throne late in life, likely in his late fifties or early sixties, during the final phase of the Nineteenth Dynasty, circa 1213 to 1203 B.C. https://t.co/e0T7J0rHwk
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The Midas Monument (Yazılıkaya)
Rising from the tuff rock of Eskişehir’s steppe, the 17-meter-high Midas Monument is not a tomb but a sacred Phrygian façade dedicated to the Mother Goddess Matar. Carved like a monumental gate into the mountain, its geometric and labyrinthine https://t.co/GV3yDdA0Cd
Rising from the tuff rock of Eskişehir’s steppe, the 17-meter-high Midas Monument is not a tomb but a sacred Phrygian façade dedicated to the Mother Goddess Matar. Carved like a monumental gate into the mountain, its geometric and labyrinthine https://t.co/GV3yDdA0Cd
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Luxor temple at night https://t.co/42YCDXVK0D
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Long before it became public knowledge,
the Dogon people were entrusted with secrets of the cosmos.
Two outsiders traveled far…
but only after five years of preparation
could one sit before the Hogan
and receive the knowledge the Dogon had carried for generations.
The Neo came https://t.co/fZrXiAfQur
the Dogon people were entrusted with secrets of the cosmos.
Two outsiders traveled far…
but only after five years of preparation
could one sit before the Hogan
and receive the knowledge the Dogon had carried for generations.
The Neo came https://t.co/fZrXiAfQur
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Long before modern telescopes, Afrikan knowledge of the cosmos already existed.
The Dogon of Mali preserved detailed oral traditions about Sirius B (Po Tolo); describing it as a tiny, incredibly dense, invisible star centuries before Western astronomy confirmed it in the 19th
The Dogon of Mali preserved detailed oral traditions about Sirius B (Po Tolo); describing it as a tiny, incredibly dense, invisible star centuries before Western astronomy confirmed it in the 19th
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This isn’t a grape.
In Nebamun’s banquet scene (c. 1350 BC), one guest offers another a ripe mandrake fruit: perfume-sweet, coded for love and sexuality, but from a toxic nightshade that can alter the mind.
They painted it into eternity on purpose.
Romance, ritual, or https://t.co/qdejr8pBw4
In Nebamun’s banquet scene (c. 1350 BC), one guest offers another a ripe mandrake fruit: perfume-sweet, coded for love and sexuality, but from a toxic nightshade that can alter the mind.
They painted it into eternity on purpose.
Romance, ritual, or https://t.co/qdejr8pBw4
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The Dogon People of Mali
The Dogon people of Mali possess ancient astronomical knowledge that predates modern science.
Long before the invention of telescopes, the Dogon accurately described the Sirius star system, including Sirius B — an invisible, dense companion star with a https://t.co/VGItc8vAAu
The Dogon people of Mali possess ancient astronomical knowledge that predates modern science.
Long before the invention of telescopes, the Dogon accurately described the Sirius star system, including Sirius B — an invisible, dense companion star with a https://t.co/VGItc8vAAu
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Discovered in 1908 in Egypt's King's Valley, the statues of the King's Trinity https://t.co/qhhkWJcTxs
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🌊Sunken Cities of Issyk-Kul: Underwater Archaeology in Kyrgyzstan. 🇰🇬
⏳For centuries, the land we now call Kyrgyzstan was a vital artery of the Silk Road. It was a place where cultures, religions, and valuable goods
mingled. Great caravans, sometimes up to 10,000 people https://t.co/g58SRTEgY9
⏳For centuries, the land we now call Kyrgyzstan was a vital artery of the Silk Road. It was a place where cultures, religions, and valuable goods
mingled. Great caravans, sometimes up to 10,000 people https://t.co/g58SRTEgY9
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Nestled in Kyrgyzstan's Chu Valley—cradle of ancient landraces—a massive 13m long reclining clay Buddha statue from the 5th-6th centuries CE was unearthed in the valley of the Vakhsh River, near the city of Bokhtar.
"Sleeping Buddha" was found in 1959 in the south of Tajikistan https://t.co/0LtzUdMCjh
"Sleeping Buddha" was found in 1959 in the south of Tajikistan https://t.co/0LtzUdMCjh
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Detail of the head of an acrolithic statue of a goddess.
2nd century AD https://t.co/0ruK38eiOC
2nd century AD https://t.co/0ruK38eiOC
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4400 years ago Egypt carved a power couple portrait.
Raherka: inspector of the scribes of the Jackal.
Meresankh: King’s acquaintance (palace access).
The paint signals rank: red-brown for him, yellow for her, black wigs.
Love scene or status flex? What do you see first? https://t.co/ls3cxiePrt
Raherka: inspector of the scribes of the Jackal.
Meresankh: King’s acquaintance (palace access).
The paint signals rank: red-brown for him, yellow for her, black wigs.
Love scene or status flex? What do you see first? https://t.co/ls3cxiePrt
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Ancient foot archery and modern acrobatics: a timeless stunt
A 4th-century BC pelike shows a woman drawing a bow with her feet an acrobatic display, not a battle. Beside it, a modern acrobat archer performs the same feat at the World Nomad Games. Different eras, same idea: https://t.co/5OtvdNBHLf
A 4th-century BC pelike shows a woman drawing a bow with her feet an acrobatic display, not a battle. Beside it, a modern acrobat archer performs the same feat at the World Nomad Games. Different eras, same idea: https://t.co/5OtvdNBHLf
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