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We’ve all become numb to the violence of Russia’s war on Ukraine, but just watched Artem Ryzhykov’s A Simple Soldier—and it’s an absolutely devastating, first-hand account of a filmmaker turned soldier and the toll the war takes on his body, mind and soul
www.dok-leipzig.de/en/film/simp...
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A Simple Soldier · DOK Leipzig
In the wake of the 2022 Russian invasion Artem Ryzhykov joins the Ukrainian army. Equipped with a machine gun and a camera, the filmmaker documents his life as a soldier.
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November 1, 2025 at 10:14 PM
We’ve all become numb to the violence of Russia’s war on Ukraine, but just watched Artem Ryzhykov’s A Simple Soldier—and it’s an absolutely devastating, first-hand account of a filmmaker turned soldier and the toll the war takes on his body, mind and soul
www.dok-leipzig.de/en/film/simp...
www.dok-leipzig.de/en/film/simp...
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Check out this new episode of the Exploring the Quran and the Bible podcast where Adam J. Silverstein discusses his new book Haman: A Biography: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOY2....
Does the Qur'an Get Haman Wrong? | Haman in the Qur'an & the Bible | Dr. Adam Silverstein
In this interview I sit down with Adam Silverstein to discuss the ancient character of Haman. Dr. Silverstein is the author of Haman: A Biography, published by Princeton University Press. We discuss…
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October 28, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Check out this new episode of the Exploring the Quran and the Bible podcast where Adam J. Silverstein discusses his new book Haman: A Biography: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOY2....
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My book is now officially out - a little early!
And what luck, you can now get it for 50% off (Or for 40% off after this sale ends with code E25KTRST)
#ancientbluesky #classicsbluesky #byzantinebluesky
And what luck, you can now get it for 50% off (Or for 40% off after this sale ends with code E25KTRST)
#ancientbluesky #classicsbluesky #byzantinebluesky
Duke Press sale! 50% off! FALL25! get @maiakotro.bsky.social's book for a steal!
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After Transformation: A Lyrical History of Christian Late Antiquity
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October 21, 2025 at 11:52 AM
My book is now officially out - a little early!
And what luck, you can now get it for 50% off (Or for 40% off after this sale ends with code E25KTRST)
#ancientbluesky #classicsbluesky #byzantinebluesky
And what luck, you can now get it for 50% off (Or for 40% off after this sale ends with code E25KTRST)
#ancientbluesky #classicsbluesky #byzantinebluesky
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My article “Does an Arrow a Day Keep Satan Away? Late Antique Magical Subtexts in Babylonian Rabbinic Narratives” is now OA in HTR!
It argues that a Talmudic story about a rabbi’s encounter with Satan adjudicates between competing incantations in late antique Iraq
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It argues that a Talmudic story about a rabbi’s encounter with Satan adjudicates between competing incantations in late antique Iraq
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October 22, 2025 at 11:10 AM
My article “Does an Arrow a Day Keep Satan Away? Late Antique Magical Subtexts in Babylonian Rabbinic Narratives” is now OA in HTR!
It argues that a Talmudic story about a rabbi’s encounter with Satan adjudicates between competing incantations in late antique Iraq
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
It argues that a Talmudic story about a rabbi’s encounter with Satan adjudicates between competing incantations in late antique Iraq
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Old Uyghur hendiadys of the day
/kärig ïgač/
"rack + wood" – "cross"
as in Zieme, /Altuig. Texte d. Kirche d. Ostens/, A 18-21
/agtïndï kärig ïgač üzä piladoz bešinč buyruk-nuŋ üdindä kün-lärindä/
"he went up onto the cross in the time of Pilate, the fifth official"
/kärig ïgač/
"rack + wood" – "cross"
as in Zieme, /Altuig. Texte d. Kirche d. Ostens/, A 18-21
/agtïndï kärig ïgač üzä piladoz bešinč buyruk-nuŋ üdindä kün-lärindä/
"he went up onto the cross in the time of Pilate, the fifth official"
October 28, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Old Uyghur hendiadys of the day
/kärig ïgač/
"rack + wood" – "cross"
as in Zieme, /Altuig. Texte d. Kirche d. Ostens/, A 18-21
/agtïndï kärig ïgač üzä piladoz bešinč buyruk-nuŋ üdindä kün-lärindä/
"he went up onto the cross in the time of Pilate, the fifth official"
/kärig ïgač/
"rack + wood" – "cross"
as in Zieme, /Altuig. Texte d. Kirche d. Ostens/, A 18-21
/agtïndï kärig ïgač üzä piladoz bešinč buyruk-nuŋ üdindä kün-lärindä/
"he went up onto the cross in the time of Pilate, the fifth official"
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Consonance in Old Uyghur verse (here b-, -n, -z):
/burxan nomın turgurtukın üčün
busušsuz sıgıtsız boltumuz/
(text in Clark, Uyghur Man. Texts 3: Eccles. Texts, EH 277-279)
"Because he set up the Buddha's (i.e. Mani's) teaching,
We had no worries, no wailing."
/burxan nomın turgurtukın üčün
busušsuz sıgıtsız boltumuz/
(text in Clark, Uyghur Man. Texts 3: Eccles. Texts, EH 277-279)
"Because he set up the Buddha's (i.e. Mani's) teaching,
We had no worries, no wailing."
June 19, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Consonance in Old Uyghur verse (here b-, -n, -z):
/burxan nomın turgurtukın üčün
busušsuz sıgıtsız boltumuz/
(text in Clark, Uyghur Man. Texts 3: Eccles. Texts, EH 277-279)
"Because he set up the Buddha's (i.e. Mani's) teaching,
We had no worries, no wailing."
/burxan nomın turgurtukın üčün
busušsuz sıgıtsız boltumuz/
(text in Clark, Uyghur Man. Texts 3: Eccles. Texts, EH 277-279)
"Because he set up the Buddha's (i.e. Mani's) teaching,
We had no worries, no wailing."
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Interesting new paper: doi.org/10.1111/1467...
"Here, we show that linguistic evidence from four independent domains does indeed suggest that the Xiōng-nú and the Huns spoke the same Paleo-Siberian language and that this was an early form of Arin, a member of the Yeniseian language family."
"Here, we show that linguistic evidence from four independent domains does indeed suggest that the Xiōng-nú and the Huns spoke the same Paleo-Siberian language and that this was an early form of Arin, a member of the Yeniseian language family."
Linguistic Evidence Suggests that Xiōng‐nú and Huns Spoke the Same Paleo‐Siberian Language
The Xiōng-nú were a tribal confederation who dominated Inner Asia from the third century BC to the second century AD. Xiōng-nú descendants later constituted the ethnic core of the European Huns. It h...
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June 17, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Interesting new paper: doi.org/10.1111/1467...
"Here, we show that linguistic evidence from four independent domains does indeed suggest that the Xiōng-nú and the Huns spoke the same Paleo-Siberian language and that this was an early form of Arin, a member of the Yeniseian language family."
"Here, we show that linguistic evidence from four independent domains does indeed suggest that the Xiōng-nú and the Huns spoke the same Paleo-Siberian language and that this was an early form of Arin, a member of the Yeniseian language family."
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/män Polad birlä bititim
…
män Polad birlä bo ıdok manıstanka kirip ötüntüm
bo parsuča bitigtä bitiyu tägintim
[mäŋü (?)] ötig bolzun
El Xua/
"I wrote this with Polad.
…
I humbly entered this holy monastery with Polad.
I dared write in this Persian book.
Let it be a [permanent] note!
-El Xua"
…
män Polad birlä bo ıdok manıstanka kirip ötüntüm
bo parsuča bitigtä bitiyu tägintim
[mäŋü (?)] ötig bolzun
El Xua/
"I wrote this with Polad.
…
I humbly entered this holy monastery with Polad.
I dared write in this Persian book.
Let it be a [permanent] note!
-El Xua"
June 16, 2025 at 1:08 PM
/män Polad birlä bititim
…
män Polad birlä bo ıdok manıstanka kirip ötüntüm
bo parsuča bitigtä bitiyu tägintim
[mäŋü (?)] ötig bolzun
El Xua/
"I wrote this with Polad.
…
I humbly entered this holy monastery with Polad.
I dared write in this Persian book.
Let it be a [permanent] note!
-El Xua"
…
män Polad birlä bo ıdok manıstanka kirip ötüntüm
bo parsuča bitigtä bitiyu tägintim
[mäŋü (?)] ötig bolzun
El Xua/
"I wrote this with Polad.
…
I humbly entered this holy monastery with Polad.
I dared write in this Persian book.
Let it be a [permanent] note!
-El Xua"
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/öŋtün kün tugsuk
kedin kün batsıkıŋa tägi
mini atasar,
män anta tägäyin/
(ed. Zieme, /Altuig. Texte d. Kirche d. Ostens aus Zentralasien/ 93)
"In the east, where the sun rises,
To the west, where it sets,
Should I be called,
I'll come there!"
kedin kün batsıkıŋa tägi
mini atasar,
män anta tägäyin/
(ed. Zieme, /Altuig. Texte d. Kirche d. Ostens aus Zentralasien/ 93)
"In the east, where the sun rises,
To the west, where it sets,
Should I be called,
I'll come there!"
June 13, 2025 at 3:17 PM
/öŋtün kün tugsuk
kedin kün batsıkıŋa tägi
mini atasar,
män anta tägäyin/
(ed. Zieme, /Altuig. Texte d. Kirche d. Ostens aus Zentralasien/ 93)
"In the east, where the sun rises,
To the west, where it sets,
Should I be called,
I'll come there!"
kedin kün batsıkıŋa tägi
mini atasar,
män anta tägäyin/
(ed. Zieme, /Altuig. Texte d. Kirche d. Ostens aus Zentralasien/ 93)
"In the east, where the sun rises,
To the west, where it sets,
Should I be called,
I'll come there!"
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Gəʕəz word of the day
ጽጌ፡
/ṣəge/
flower, bloom
ጽጌ፡
/ṣəge/
flower, bloom
June 2, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Gəʕəz word of the day
ጽጌ፡
/ṣəge/
flower, bloom
ጽጌ፡
/ṣəge/
flower, bloom
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Compiled a list of Sahidic Coptic animal names to teach and review the alphabet and provide some pronunciation practice.🦊🐫🦇🦥🦆🐊🐜🦅🦂🐝🦗🦈🐟🐕🐉
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Coptic Alphabet Animals
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June 2, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Compiled a list of Sahidic Coptic animal names to teach and review the alphabet and provide some pronunciation practice.🦊🐫🦇🦥🦆🐊🐜🦅🦂🐝🦗🦈🐟🐕🐉
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Emperor Tuq-Temür aka Jayatu Khan, and Prince Qoshila aka Khutughtu Khan together with Budashiri Khatun and Babusha Khatun on Vajrabhairava Mandala (1330-1332).
#MongolSky
#MongolSky
May 10, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Emperor Tuq-Temür aka Jayatu Khan, and Prince Qoshila aka Khutughtu Khan together with Budashiri Khatun and Babusha Khatun on Vajrabhairava Mandala (1330-1332).
#MongolSky
#MongolSky
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hello kitty dreamcast by sega 💫
May 9, 2025 at 6:22 PM
hello kitty dreamcast by sega 💫
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Parthian phrase of the day
/baγ hēm, kē zād až baγān/
(Boyce, Reader, text aw.3)
"I'm a god who's born of gods"
/baγ hēm, kē zād až baγān/
(Boyce, Reader, text aw.3)
"I'm a god who's born of gods"
May 10, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Parthian phrase of the day
/baγ hēm, kē zād až baγān/
(Boyce, Reader, text aw.3)
"I'm a god who's born of gods"
/baγ hēm, kē zād až baγān/
(Boyce, Reader, text aw.3)
"I'm a god who's born of gods"
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If i saw a child doing heroin i would jump in front of the needle and take the Hit . That is how dedicated i am to community's
March 13, 2025 at 5:57 PM
If i saw a child doing heroin i would jump in front of the needle and take the Hit . That is how dedicated i am to community's
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you don't need chatGPT i am perfectly capable of drinking a bottle of water and lying to you
May 1, 2025 at 2:37 PM
you don't need chatGPT i am perfectly capable of drinking a bottle of water and lying to you
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Language of the day: Khitan. It was the “state language” (國語) of the Liao 遼 state (916-1125); even the word Cathay/Китай derives from the word “khitan”. Probably related to Mongolian, we only poorly understand it now. It was written with two distinct beautiful scripts, and we don‘t know why.
April 16, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Language of the day: Khitan. It was the “state language” (國語) of the Liao 遼 state (916-1125); even the word Cathay/Китай derives from the word “khitan”. Probably related to Mongolian, we only poorly understand it now. It was written with two distinct beautiful scripts, and we don‘t know why.
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Let's go a little farther today. I'm sure a different view will surround us.
#Illustration
#CommentPls
#RTpls
#Illustration
#CommentPls
#RTpls
April 10, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Let's go a little farther today. I'm sure a different view will surround us.
#Illustration
#CommentPls
#RTpls
#Illustration
#CommentPls
#RTpls
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Embroidery by Nancy Nicholson, contemporary textile artist #womensart #Spring
April 10, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Embroidery by Nancy Nicholson, contemporary textile artist #womensart #Spring
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Artemisia Gentileschi,
Self-Portrait as a Lute Player, 1616 #womensart
Self-Portrait as a Lute Player, 1616 #womensart
April 10, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Artemisia Gentileschi,
Self-Portrait as a Lute Player, 1616 #womensart
Self-Portrait as a Lute Player, 1616 #womensart
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Dæh, blir det skarpere analyser i norsk offentlighet nå vet jeg ikke hvor vi skal gjøre av oss
April 9, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Dæh, blir det skarpere analyser i norsk offentlighet nå vet jeg ikke hvor vi skal gjøre av oss
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The art of blue ceramics, originated in the city of Kashan. It then spread to the rest of the Persianate world, Turkey, and the Indo-Persian region.
In Pictures: Blue Pottery from Iran, Pakistan, Turkey and Uzbekistan
In Pictures: Blue Pottery from Iran, Pakistan, Turkey and Uzbekistan
December 29, 2024 at 3:34 PM
The art of blue ceramics, originated in the city of Kashan. It then spread to the rest of the Persianate world, Turkey, and the Indo-Persian region.
In Pictures: Blue Pottery from Iran, Pakistan, Turkey and Uzbekistan
In Pictures: Blue Pottery from Iran, Pakistan, Turkey and Uzbekistan