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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.