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James

@ancientcivs

History and classics undergrad who loves studying the ancient world, especially Greece and the Near East.

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Eduardo García-Molina (@eduardo_garcmol) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Simply not true, Greeks worked in marble as well. Romans did not melt them down for weapons (confusing mixture of “Rome=war” mentality and later post-Rome melting of bronzes), but they did loot them from Greece and mass recreate them for both public and private decoration.

τοῦτο βλέπω (@toutovlepo) 's Twitter Profile Photo

He was like the sixth guy to try what he did and really did work perfectly within the system: patron-client networks, debt financed by imperial adventures, factional politics. Even his famous three provinces was a callback to Pompey’s Asian campaign! As I’ve written:

He was like the sixth guy to try what he did and really did work perfectly within the system: patron-client networks, debt financed by imperial adventures, factional politics. Even his famous three provinces was a callback to Pompey’s Asian campaign!

As I’ve written:
MoundLore (@moundlore) 's Twitter Profile Photo

America bulldozed its ancient cities. Not myths. Not tribes. Cities. Ceremonial centers aligned to the stars, built by engineers, astronomers, and artists flattened for parking lots, farmland, and factories. Here are 7 sacred Indigenous sites we lost forever:🧵

America bulldozed its ancient cities.

Not myths. 
Not tribes. 
Cities.

Ceremonial centers aligned to the stars, built by engineers, astronomers, and artists flattened for parking lots, farmland, and factories.

Here are 7 sacred Indigenous sites we lost forever:🧵
MajoraZ (@majora__z) 's Twitter Profile Photo

NkoKirkto‽ Buster Cretin 1. Cortes's allies were STATES, not tribes (EX: Tlaxcala was a republic w. senate,🖼️1). Civilization had existed in the area for millennia (🖼️2) 2. Most DIDNT hate the Aztec, who yes, were conquerors, but ruled loosely, enabling opportunistic side-switching. THATS why Cortes got

<a href="/NekoKirito7/">NkoKirkto‽</a> <a href="/turbopisser/">Buster Cretin</a> 1. Cortes's allies were STATES, not tribes (EX: Tlaxcala was a republic w. senate,🖼️1). Civilization had existed in the area for millennia (🖼️2)

2. Most DIDNT hate the Aztec, who yes, were conquerors, but ruled loosely, enabling opportunistic side-switching. THATS why Cortes got
Gudea, Ensi of Lagash (@ensi_gudea) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Remarkable how a ship deposited in a sealed limestone chamber by the Pyramid in ideal conditions could survive intact while working vessels made of valuable cedar for a one off project do not seem to be found in the archaeological record

Remarkable how a ship deposited in a sealed limestone chamber by the Pyramid in ideal conditions could survive intact while working vessels made of valuable cedar for a one off project do not seem to be found in the archaeological record
Anatolian Archaeology (@anatolian2023) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Around 2450 BC,a stone plaque commissioned by Enannatum,ruler of Lagash, to be dedicated to a temple. This plaque was found during excavations at Tello (ancient Girsu). The nail inscription on the stone plaque indicates that the person raising his hands in prayer is Enannatum.

Around 2450 BC,a stone plaque commissioned by Enannatum,ruler of Lagash, to be dedicated to a temple.

This plaque was found during excavations at Tello (ancient Girsu).

The nail inscription on the stone plaque indicates that the person raising his hands in prayer is Enannatum.
sententiae antiquae (@sentantiq) 's Twitter Profile Photo

φιλόμβρος: philombros, “rain-loving” φιλόμηρος: philomêros, “Homer-loving” φιλομήτωρ: philomêtôr, “mother-loving” φιλονέος: philoneos, “youth-loving” #Lovewords

Justine “That Woman” Warren (@adancingferret) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Taken along with the additional evidence including the workers villages, the onsite quarries, the tool production areas, the workgang marks that indicate not just their presence, but how they were organized, the associated necropolis and the fact that the papyrus discusses

Lee Clare (@drleeclare) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Good morning from #Göbeklitepe I think enough was said yesterday. So, today I’ll leave the floor to Trump’s wannabe Secretary of Archaeology Jimmy Corsetti who will try to convince you why it’s a good idea just to “dig up” pillars in a foreign country.

Good morning from #Göbeklitepe
I think enough was said yesterday. So, today I’ll leave the floor to Trump’s wannabe Secretary of Archaeology <a href="/BrightInsight6/">Jimmy Corsetti</a> who will try to convince you why it’s a good idea just to “dig up” pillars in a foreign country.
archaeobirder (@gulcinguny1250) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This man clearly wants Göbeklitepe destroyed. He has no knowledge of real archaeology. He deceives his followers with his nonsense.

This man clearly wants Göbeklitepe destroyed. He has no knowledge of real archaeology. He deceives his followers with his nonsense.
Athanasius (@athanasius_45) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Evan Hayes and Stephen Nimis authored a Greek reader with running vocabulary and grammar notes using Lucian’s Dialogues of the Gods. It’s available as a free .pdf version and in paperback. faenumpublishing.com/lucians-dialog…

Evan Hayes and Stephen Nimis authored a Greek reader with running vocabulary and grammar notes using Lucian’s Dialogues of the Gods. It’s available as a free .pdf version and in paperback.

faenumpublishing.com/lucians-dialog…
Derek | The Hellenistic Age Podcast (@hellenisticpod) 's Twitter Profile Photo

“…textbooks for ancient Near Eastern history tend to conclude their narratives with the arrival or death of Alexander the Great [323 BC], whereas textbooks for ancient Egyptian history typically continue into late antiquity [394 AD]…” - P. Kosmin and I. Moyer (2021)

“…textbooks for ancient Near Eastern history tend to conclude their narratives with the arrival or death of Alexander the Great [323 BC], whereas textbooks for ancient Egyptian history typically continue into late antiquity [394 AD]…”

- P. Kosmin and I. Moyer (2021)
Dr. Peter J Brand (@peterbrandegypt) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Jay Anderson Why? Because those are modern cement or limestone blocks with mortar installed by the antiquities service to prevent the loose ancient blocks above from falling. Even 4500 year old Egyptian biult (not 15,000 year old, alien built) decay! 😃😅🤣😂. Mr Anderson is a true Anomaly

Athanasius (@athanasius_45) 's Twitter Profile Photo

An epigram for the Corinthian sailors who fell at the battle of Salamis: Ἀκμᾶς ἑστακυῖαν ἐπὶ ξυροῦ Ἑλλάδα πᾶσαν ταῖς αὑτῶν ψυχαῖς κείμεθα ῥυσάμενοι. - As allHellas stood on a razor’s edge, we saved her by laying down our lives. Greek Anthology 7.250

Flint Dibble 🍖🏺 (@flintdibble) 's Twitter Profile Photo

What a stupid claim. None of us think we are close to a full picture However some hypotheses can be falsified. And a global civilization with advanced technology from the ice age is one such false claim