Danny Castle
@dannydanger.bsky.social
Ancient history, classical religion, atheism & early Christianity. Serial blasphemer. Guardian-reading, tofu-eating Wokeratus.
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If you have 10 mins and want to watch real Edwardian women talk about their experiences of being teenagers at the turn of the century, then this is for you. youtu.be/pv6V1yHvJyo?...
1970: VICTORIAN TEENAGERS reminisce | Yesterday's Witness | Voice of the People | BBC Archive
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March 19, 2025 at 10:36 PM
If you have 10 mins and want to watch real Edwardian women talk about their experiences of being teenagers at the turn of the century, then this is for you. youtu.be/pv6V1yHvJyo?...
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#SarcophagusSaturday in #Rome offers a lot of picturesque #reuse of #sarcophagus boxes as #spolia, usually a #fountain or drinking trough for animals. This one, from #palazzoTaverna, tells us about the original occupant's economic status, and about the two-way passage to #Hades. #ClassicsBluesky 🏺
February 22, 2025 at 12:39 PM
#SarcophagusSaturday in #Rome offers a lot of picturesque #reuse of #sarcophagus boxes as #spolia, usually a #fountain or drinking trough for animals. This one, from #palazzoTaverna, tells us about the original occupant's economic status, and about the two-way passage to #Hades. #ClassicsBluesky 🏺
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February 22, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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This is such a great question that I think it deserves a whole thread.
The cuneiform writing system included numbers, and we know how to say the names of many of these numbers in both Akkadian and Sumerian (languages that cuneiform was used to write). Let's start with Sumerian.
The cuneiform writing system included numbers, and we know how to say the names of many of these numbers in both Akkadian and Sumerian (languages that cuneiform was used to write). Let's start with Sumerian.
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We know the symbols the Babylonians used to write numbers, but they must surely also have been able to say the numbers out loud, so the numbers must had pronounceable names (as we have twenty-six as well as 26). Do we know these names? Were they ever written down?
We know the symbols the Babylonians used to write numbers, but they must surely also have been able to say the numbers out loud, so the numbers must had pronounceable names (as we have twenty-six as well as 26). Do we know these names? Were they ever written down?
February 3, 2025 at 12:36 PM
This is such a great question that I think it deserves a whole thread.
The cuneiform writing system included numbers, and we know how to say the names of many of these numbers in both Akkadian and Sumerian (languages that cuneiform was used to write). Let's start with Sumerian.
The cuneiform writing system included numbers, and we know how to say the names of many of these numbers in both Akkadian and Sumerian (languages that cuneiform was used to write). Let's start with Sumerian.
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At Durham Professor @edithmayhall.bsky.social is leading a campaign to put Classics education back on the UK curriculum. www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/...
Spotlight on: Professor Edith Hall – championing Classics education for all - Durham University
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February 5, 2025 at 10:57 AM
At Durham Professor @edithmayhall.bsky.social is leading a campaign to put Classics education back on the UK curriculum. www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/...
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February 6, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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This thread 🧵 collects all the #archaeology 🏺 starter packs
Share far & wide. We could all use a little more archaeology in our lives
@cjfrieman.bsky.social made the OG Archaeology and heritage list with first wave Twitter refugee scholars & orgs. Go follow Catherine now!
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Share far & wide. We could all use a little more archaeology in our lives
@cjfrieman.bsky.social made the OG Archaeology and heritage list with first wave Twitter refugee scholars & orgs. Go follow Catherine now!
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November 12, 2024 at 5:46 PM
This thread 🧵 collects all the #archaeology 🏺 starter packs
Share far & wide. We could all use a little more archaeology in our lives
@cjfrieman.bsky.social made the OG Archaeology and heritage list with first wave Twitter refugee scholars & orgs. Go follow Catherine now!
bsky.app/starter-pack...
Share far & wide. We could all use a little more archaeology in our lives
@cjfrieman.bsky.social made the OG Archaeology and heritage list with first wave Twitter refugee scholars & orgs. Go follow Catherine now!
bsky.app/starter-pack...
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Ahh the first grinches of Winterval
November 29, 2023 at 8:32 PM
Ahh the first grinches of Winterval