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The uncovery of the tomb of Pompeiian freedman Marcus Venerius Secundio is one of the few good things to come out of the early COVID era...

The uncovery of the tomb of Pompeiian freedman Marcus Venerius Secundio is one of the few good things to come out of the early COVID era https://pompeiisites.org/en/comunicati/the-tomb-of-marcus-venerius-secundio-discovered-at-porta-sarno-with-mummified-human-remains/ #roman #archaeology #MortuaryArchaeology

Classic post: a comment on Diodorus. Diodorus Siculus was as prejudiced about foreigners as the average Euro or settler a hundred years ago,...

Classic post: a comment on Diodorus. Diodorus Siculus was as prejudiced about foreigners as the average Euro or settler a hundred years ago, but he still knew that Phoenician cities had citizen-soldiers.

https://www.bookandsword.com/2014/02/08/417/ #antiquidons #ancMedToot #histodons

You can see ancient and modern bullae in action in this blog post from 2016 (teaser photo is attributed in the blog)...

You can see ancient and modern bullae in action in this blog post from 2016 (teaser photo is attributed in the blog)
https://www.bookandsword.com/2016/08/13/a-bronze-age-solution/ #ancientEgypt #postSovietRussia

The seal impression of king Hezekiah of Judah on a clay seal ("bulla") with a winged sun motif and an Egyptian ankh. Bullae were...

The seal impression of king Hezekiah of Judah on a clay seal ("bulla") with a winged sun motif and an Egyptian ankh. Bullae were used to seal strings that closed documents, lids, and doors https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/news/king-hezekiah-in-the-bible-royal-seal-of-hezekiah-comes-to-light/ #ancMedToot #archaeology #aramaic #hebrew

@RationalWiki has been sued by eugenicist who attends events with white supremacists Jonathan Anomaly....

@RationalWiki has been sued by eugenicist who attends events with white supremacists Jonathan Anomaly. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/04/natal-conference-austin-texas-eugenics Just $2,500 more would help them move their servers to a jurisdiction where future suits are easier to defend against.

Classic post: violence makes permanent "Acts of extreme violence are acts which cannot be undone. And sometimes that is the...

Classic post: violence makes permanent

"Acts of extreme violence are acts which cannot be undone. And sometimes that is the point."

https://www.bookandsword.com/2023/09/09/violence-makes-permanent/

the local Enûma Anu Enlil scribe says this lunar eclipse is a good omen for the king in the South, but the king's vizier is putting new...

the local Enûma Anu Enlil scribe says this lunar eclipse is a good omen for the king in the South, but the king's vizier is putting new stars in heaven which I think could reverse the omen

A video on the complex cross-section of a broad flat sword blade of the post-cruciform era (the old austere rules for Latin Christian swords...

A video on the complex cross-section of a broad flat sword blade of the post-cruciform era (the old austere rules for Latin Christian swords start to break down after 1450) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4z6vwtQjM7Q #sword #histodons #medieval

Lunar eclipse! Time to get out my omen tablets.

Lunar eclipse! Time to get out my omen tablets.

@RationalWiki is making progress but still $3,000 short of the money they need to move to a nonproffit status in a jurisdiction with laws...

@RationalWiki is making progress but still $3,000 short of the money they need to move to a nonproffit status in a jurisdiction with laws that punish SLAPP lawsuits. The nonsense they document is not just a problem for the credulous and rural any more alas. https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/RationalWiki:Fundraiser

linux +People like to bitch about FOSS, especially online because online does not have the incentives of real life where if you whine all...

linux +

People like to bitch about FOSS, especially online because online does not have the incentives of real life where if you whine all the time people stop inviting you.

But when I gave a talk last week, LibreOffice Impress synched with the in-browser version of Zoom to create clickable timestamps in the video corresponding to each slide of my slideshow.

Poland has 150 square km of desert created by medieval deforestation and the authorities can't decide whether to let the ecology recover...

Poland has 150 square km of desert created by medieval deforestation and the authorities can't decide whether to let the ecology recover or preserve it as a curiosity (I can't confirm the story that back in Communist times they filmed an Ancient Egyptian epic there before moving to Kazakhstan) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C5%82%C4%99d%C3%B3w_Desert #geography #geology #reforestation

A painted leather knife scabbard in the Gothic style by Texan Julien M. of MyArmoury.com. A great deal of heavy tanned and hardened leather...

A painted leather knife scabbard in the Gothic style by Texan Julien M. of MyArmoury.com. A great deal of heavy tanned and hardened leather was embossed and painted in the second half of the Middle Ages. #mastoArt #leatherwork #dragon

Classic post: I now have 21 examples of 120,000 as "the size a terrifying foreign army or doomed city should be" in Jewish, Greek,...

Classic post: I now have 21 examples of 120,000 as "the size a terrifying foreign army or doomed city should be" in Jewish, Greek, and Roman literature. Twelve is the number of fulfillment. https://www.bookandsword.com/2020/03/28/some-terrifying-numbers/ #histodons #ancMedToot

Life activities+AFAIK one other conference-goer was on fedi namely @jpnudell

Life activities+

AFAIK one other conference-goer was on fedi namely @jpnudell

Can anyone recomment a good concise "getting started with Mastodon" post for non-birdsite people?

Can anyone recomment a good concise "getting started with Mastodon" post for non-birdsite people?

New post: is anything in "Slouching Towards Utopia" by economist Brad Delong wrong?...

New post: is anything in "Slouching Towards Utopia" by economist Brad Delong wrong? https://www.bookandsword.com/2025/03/08/is-anything-in-slouching-towards-utopia-wrong/ #histodons #economics #demography #worldhistory

Life activities+Gave a talk online at a little conference yesterday then worked my part-time job! It seemed to go pretty well. Going to...

Life activities+

Gave a talk online at a little conference yesterday then worked my part-time job! It seemed to go pretty well. Going to conferences helps keep me from perseverating on things from south of the border or my difficulty getting paid for my favourite skills.

Classic post: what happens when the big rich temple in the next city sends a lot of armed servants and a bishop who explains that your god...

Classic post: what happens when the big rich temple in the next city sends a lot of armed servants and a bishop who explains that your god is just an aspect of their god so hand over the treasury? https://www.bookandsword.com/2023/09/02/w-g-lambert-on-theological-imperialism/ #histodons #ancMedToot #cuneitoot

On Friday 7 March at 2.30 pm Sioux Falls time I will give a talk on Tissaphernes' route west after the Battle of Cunaxa at the Many...

On Friday 7 March at 2.30 pm Sioux Falls time I will give a talk on Tissaphernes' route west after the Battle of Cunaxa at the Many Faces of War conference https://sdstate.zoom.us/j/93066811766 #historicalGeography @paregorios