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Load More...Bad Ancient@BadAncientOK, except for the papyri, the sculpture and art, the monumental architecture, mathematics, city planning, irrigation systems, and the pyramids ...
What have the ancient Egyptians ever really done? #BadAncient #sarcasm'for three and a half thousand years the Egyptians hadn't invented anything new.'
Wow, I mean ... just wow. I am amazed someone could say that out loud with a straight face. #BadAncient https://t.co/sBmYmxy3fgEuripides L Evriviades 🇨🇾🇪🇺@eevriviadesThis is it in a nutshell! Dog may be man's best friend, but I am not sure that we uphold our half of the relationship very well.
My ancestors have been faithful to humans since time immemorial. Can I say the same about humans?
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Dogs in Ancient Greece - with @reeshistory via @HistoryHitRome
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Category Archives: Tangents
What’s in a Name?
Book being read: A. K. Bennison, The Great Caliphs: The Golden Age of the ‘Abbasid Empire, (2011) On the 15th of July, at 4.15 in the morning one of the most important things to happen in a person’s life, happened … Continue reading
In the name of [INSERT PERSONAL, RELIGIOUS BELIEF HERE]
Book being read: A. K. Bennison, The Great Caliphs: The Golden Age of the ‘Abbasid Empire, (2011) *WARNING: BLOG MAY CAUSE OFFENSE. DO NOT READ IF YOU ARE EASILY OFFENDED!* DON’T SAY YOU WEREN’T WARNED. So, it is perhaps unsurprising … Continue reading
Seeking Truth?
Book being read: R. Waterfield, Xenophon’s retreat: Greece, Persia and the end of the Golden Age, 2006 I have just come back from Istanbul, a.k.a. Byzantium, a.k.a. New Rome and had an amazing time, as one would expect. Whilst there … Continue reading
2011 and into 12!
Books being read: Jamie’s Great Britain! That’s right, not a history book! It has been just over a year since I set up this website and I thought I’d have a look at the stats. 1,392 visits of which 882 … Continue reading
Dublin conference and why David Starkey is a bad historian.
Books being read: Apollonius, Argonautica/ L. Tritle, A New History of the Peloponnesian War/ J. Evans, Doglopaedia: A Complete Guide to Dog Care/ Sophocles, Ajax Having spent the weekend at a conference at University College Dublin called ‘Warfare in Antiquity: … Continue reading