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ACAB_FOR_CUTIE_ t1_iwhn4jq wrote
Reply to Bookclub Wednesday! by AutoModerator
Recs for books on ancient Egypt? I'm going on a trip there in March + Nile Cruise and I'd like to learn more about the history of what I'll be seeing.
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onisamsha t1_iwhhjl6 wrote
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Any recommendations for works about USN military divers in the Vietnam Era? My Father-in-Law who passed before I met my wife served two tours as a diver and im interested in what his service was like. All I ever here are the few larger than life stories he passed down like catching a 15 ft tiger shark with hotdogs for bait off the back of a minesweeper.
skyblueandblack t1_iwhc8j4 wrote
Reply to comment by KurwaStronk32 in Simple/Short/Silly History Questions Saturday! by AutoModerator
And there are still places where you can see it, wheel ruts and all.
IAm-The-Lawn t1_iwhamb0 wrote
Reply to Irulegui Hand: Researchers claim to have found earliest document written in Basque 2,100 years ago by IslandChillin
That’s a pretty incredible find. Euskera is an interesting language.
Edit: It’s interesting because the language is very distinct from the other languages on the Iberian peninsula.
TheProfessionalEjit t1_iwh89jb wrote
Reply to comment by JuanDiablos in Gravestones were used by the people to build houses by ValdisPunk
I loved the theme to Uncanny, it was sublime.
CaveatRumptor t1_iwh7ad0 wrote
Reply to comment by The_RealAnim8me2 in Known since Aristotle, no one understood the argonaut octopus—until a 19th-century seamstress turned naturalist took it upon herself to solve its mysteries by marketrent
I suppose whales are a lot like people, some are self aware, and some are clumsy.
JuanDiablos t1_iwh6arl wrote
Reply to comment by TheProfessionalEjit in Gravestones were used by the people to build houses by ValdisPunk
The intro tune to it is so good :D
CaptainJin t1_iwh43kq wrote
Reply to comment by Doctor_Impossible_ in What was used in late medieval to early modern england for mensuration products? by dragracesssss
Just to clarify you mean bleach as in the verb right?
Farinthoughts t1_iwh2zw1 wrote
Reply to comment by milkmamasilk in Gravestones were used by the people to build houses by ValdisPunk
I am not really scared of them but certainly respectful when I visit one.
My mother usually says there is no need to be afraid in a graveyard because everyone there is already dead. I think she means living humans are what you should be afraid of.
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enfiel t1_iwgzlmx wrote
Reply to comment by ValdisPunk in Gravestones were used by the people to build houses by ValdisPunk
Good old rarely talked about occidental tradition of human sacrifice to keep walls stable.
milkmamasilk t1_iwgz7mx wrote
Reply to comment by Farinthoughts in Gravestones were used by the people to build houses by ValdisPunk
Whelp...file that under begging for Poltergeists? Poltergeists don't seem to care about circumstances. Gravesites don't seem to inspire deference. Having recently driven on a highway through one that spanned acres...I know noone is really scared of them anymore.
Batenzelda t1_iwgwt27 wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Irulegui Hand: Researchers claim to have found earliest document written in Basque 2,100 years ago by IslandChillin
We have some written texts that are probably twice as old as this, but I don’t think any of them were in Basque
acuntex t1_iwgsw61 wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Irulegui Hand: Researchers claim to have found earliest document written in Basque 2,100 years ago by IslandChillin
In Basque?
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IslandChillin OP t1_iwgnyth wrote
"Around 3,800 years ago, traders in the ancient city of Zakhiku would wait for wooden beams, cut down from the forests in the mountains in the north and east of Mesopotamia – spanning what is today Iraq, Kuwait and parts of Turkey, Iran and Syria – to float down the Tigris River. Once the logs reached Zakhiku, they were collected and taken to storehouses.
From the same mountainous regions in what is present-day Turkey and Iran, merchants transporting metals and minerals such as gold, silver, tin and copper would travel by donkey or camel to Zakhiku. To protect against bandits, they would make the difficult journey as caravans of travellers. After selling their wares in Zakhiku, the merchants would cross the Tigris before continuing on to the borderlands."
smashkeys t1_iwgibmq wrote
Reply to Known since Aristotle, no one understood the argonaut octopus—until a 19th-century seamstress turned naturalist took it upon herself to solve its mysteries by marketrent
Missed the chance to say "unravel its mysteries"...
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The_RealAnim8me2 t1_iwgfrmi wrote
Reply to comment by CaveatRumptor in Known since Aristotle, no one understood the argonaut octopus—until a 19th-century seamstress turned naturalist took it upon herself to solve its mysteries by marketrent
There is always a JoCo song:
EchoesInTheAbyss t1_iwgcv6y wrote
Reply to What was used in late medieval to early modern england for mensuration products? by dragracesssss
Well, there is some academic interest in the topic. But patchy information because it was/is a taboo topic, plus a woman especific topic (so extra shameful 😖). Which means limited sources. This is a fashion history podcast, they interview a professor on this very topic
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