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[video] Why Does This Ancient Stone Look Like It’s Floating?

[image] What is the origins of the Iraqi Turkmen? An Ottoman tax register of the Liva of Kirkuk dating to the mid-sixteenth century records the presence of the Siyah Mansur tribe (lit. Black Mansur) in the area. The Siyah Mansur constituted a large and well-documented Shia Kurdish

[image] Before Hippocrates: The Nippur Medical Tablet Excavated in modern Iraq and written in Sumerian cuneiform, this 4,100-year-old artifact contains approximately 15 distinct medical prescriptions. The text provides highly detailed instructions, including the use of alkali and oils

[image] In light of the repeated misuse of the word Persian by non Iranians and even members of the Iranian diaspora, I have decided to explain how the word Persian has been historically used by Iranians themselves. The persistent use of the word Persian, as it is known as an exonym, is

[image] 🚨Breaking: New technology is revealing hidden details in 3,500-year-old Aegean scripts. New tech is exposing hidden details in 3,500-year-old Aegean scripts. Using RTI, researchers can detect faint strokes, erased text, and scribal marks on Bronze Age tablets from Knossos and

[image] The perfectly squared entrance at Domus de Janas di Sa Fossada in Escalaplano presents a genuine mechanical problem. This rock-cut structure dates to 3500-2900 BC, a period when builders supposedly relied entirely on basic stone pounders and soft copper. Carving a

[image] Carved around 90 AD by Euodos, this aquamarine portrait of Julia Titi, daughter of Titus, was later mounted in the 9th century as part of the Escrain de Charlemagne. One Roman imperial face, reborn as medieval treasure.

[image] Who is Sāsān's ancestor, Dārā ī Dārā? Academics have given many different answers over the decades regarding the aetiological myth of the Sasanian dynasty. All of them are wrong, and I will provide a far stronger answer. First of all, this ancestor, Dārā ī Dārān, exists because

[image] Dionysus May Be 1,000 Years Older Than We Thought On the summit of Mount Juktas in Crete, one of the great peak sanctuaries of the Bronze Age, archaeologists recovered a libation table of dark green serpentinite barely 4.3 centimetres across. Its top surface holds a shallow

[image] A little talked about fact is how one of the most overbearing, centralised rulers of Iran, Nader Shah Afshar, was almost immediately succeeded by Karim Khan Zand, who is perhaps one of the most decentralised rulers in Iranian history. This plays a major, if indirect, role in how

[image] 08/21 Our Lady of Knock The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Knock, located in Knock, County Mayo, Ireland, is a major Roman Catholic pilgrimage site where, on August 21, 1879, locals reported witnessing an apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint Joseph, Saint John the Evangelist,

[image] 09/29 Saint Raphael the Archangel Raphael, meaning "God has healed," is an archangel first appearing in the Book of Tobit and 1 Enoch, texts from the 3rd to 2nd century BCE. In Jewish lore, he's considered one of the three angels who visited Abraham at the Oak of Mamre.

[image] 09/26 Saints Cosmas and Damian, martyrs Cosmas and Damian, 3rd-century Arabian twin doctors known for treating patients for free, earned the title "Anargyroi" or "the silverless." They practiced in Aegeae, Cilicia, performing miraculous healings that spread Christianity. Facing

[image] 09/29 Holy Archangel Michael Archangel Michael also known as Saint Michael the Archangel. His name first appears in Jewish texts from the third and second centuries BC, where he is portrayed as the leader of the angels and archangels. In these writings, Michael serves as the

[image] Saint Vincent de Paul significantly helped abandoned children by founding the Daughters of Charity, which provided direct care, education, and shelter through orphanages, and by his establishment of the Confraternities of Charity, which offered immediate relief efforts like food