Sophia Paraclita
@sophiaparaclita.bsky.social
🖋️ pen name 🔱 PhD Psychology 🏺 history lover 📚 curious reader 🦉 seeker of truth 🤝 guide & helper 🗺 wayfarer
Cusco, Peru - art de San Blas
August 4, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Cusco, Peru - art de San Blas
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Past few years, never fully embraced @sanders.senate.gov. Given the current state of American politics, I find myself drawn to his views, along with @aoc.bsky.social, more so than the centrist views I've typically aligned with.
Desperate times call for desperate measures. Bernie nails it here.✔️
Desperate times call for desperate measures. Bernie nails it here.✔️
March 19, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Past few years, never fully embraced @sanders.senate.gov. Given the current state of American politics, I find myself drawn to his views, along with @aoc.bsky.social, more so than the centrist views I've typically aligned with.
Desperate times call for desperate measures. Bernie nails it here.✔️
Desperate times call for desperate measures. Bernie nails it here.✔️
Let´s make a move.
March 2, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Let´s make a move.
USA is building a strategic alliance with Russia Molotov-Ribbentrop style.
youtube.com/watch?v=pZVi...
youtube.com/watch?v=pZVi...
youtube.com
March 2, 2025 at 8:13 AM
USA is building a strategic alliance with Russia Molotov-Ribbentrop style.
youtube.com/watch?v=pZVi...
youtube.com/watch?v=pZVi...
youtube.com
March 1, 2025 at 8:49 AM
apnews.com/article/hous... While distracting the world with “good television” the taxes are cut for the rich at the expense of all the others. Fix your country America, you are a disgrace.
What's next for Trump agenda after House GOP approves tax breaks and slashed spending in budget
Now that House Republicans have passed an ambitious budget blueprint for President Donald Trump’s agenda, it is time for hard work. The president wants to eliminate taxes on tips, which was a signatur...
apnews.com
March 1, 2025 at 8:10 AM
apnews.com/article/hous... While distracting the world with “good television” the taxes are cut for the rich at the expense of all the others. Fix your country America, you are a disgrace.
“History will remember this day — when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for.” Liz Chaney
thehill.com/homenews/516...
thehill.com/homenews/516...
Liz Cheney on Trump-Zelensky blowup: ‘History will remember this day’
Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) strongly criticized President Trump for yelling at Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during an Oval Office meeting Friday, saying, “History will remember …
thehill.com
March 1, 2025 at 7:59 AM
“History will remember this day — when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for.” Liz Chaney
thehill.com/homenews/516...
thehill.com/homenews/516...
nymag.com/intelligence... Trump is a Russian asset & USA not a friend at present. Europe should go it alone until America deals with the rash.
What If Trump Has Been a Russian Asset Since 1987?
A plausible theory of mind-boggling collusion.
nymag.com
March 1, 2025 at 7:26 AM
nymag.com/intelligence... Trump is a Russian asset & USA not a friend at present. Europe should go it alone until America deals with the rash.
2008 reissue of Dalley´s 1989 translation of Mesopotamian myths. Smooth read with very useful notes. Works great to take your mind off the current desolation in the world.
#ancient #myth #Mesopotamia #booksky #history
#ancient #myth #Mesopotamia #booksky #history
January 19, 2025 at 10:24 AM
2008 reissue of Dalley´s 1989 translation of Mesopotamian myths. Smooth read with very useful notes. Works great to take your mind off the current desolation in the world.
#ancient #myth #Mesopotamia #booksky #history
#ancient #myth #Mesopotamia #booksky #history
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Sumerian proverbs tablet still relevant - written over 4000 years ago:
In the city where there are no dogs, the fox is boss.
A malicious wife living in the house is worse than all diseases.
He who possesses many things is constantly on guard.
One does not return borrowed bread
#Ashmolean museum
In the city where there are no dogs, the fox is boss.
A malicious wife living in the house is worse than all diseases.
He who possesses many things is constantly on guard.
One does not return borrowed bread
#Ashmolean museum
January 12, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Sumerian proverbs tablet still relevant - written over 4000 years ago:
In the city where there are no dogs, the fox is boss.
A malicious wife living in the house is worse than all diseases.
He who possesses many things is constantly on guard.
One does not return borrowed bread
#Ashmolean museum
In the city where there are no dogs, the fox is boss.
A malicious wife living in the house is worse than all diseases.
He who possesses many things is constantly on guard.
One does not return borrowed bread
#Ashmolean museum
Based on the Sumerian poem, which antedates both the Hebrew & the Babylonian versions by more than a millenium, man was fashioned of clay as in the Biblical version. The purpose for which he was created, however, was to free the gods from laboring for their sustenance, as in the Babylonian version.
January 7, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Based on the Sumerian poem, which antedates both the Hebrew & the Babylonian versions by more than a millenium, man was fashioned of clay as in the Biblical version. The purpose for which he was created, however, was to free the gods from laboring for their sustenance, as in the Babylonian version.
The Egyptians in all probability did have a well developed written literature in the third mil. B.C. Unfortunately it must have been written largely on papyrus, a readily perishable material, & there is little hope that enough of it will ever be recovered.
#ancient #Egyptian why #Sumerian was first
#ancient #Egyptian why #Sumerian was first
January 7, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Laurence Waddell, the Scottish 'Indiana Jones,' claimed in 1930 that the kings of #Egypt & #Sumer were the same lineage, ruling both empires, & that the Aryans founded Western civilization.
Spectacularly wrong—but what audacity and boundless self-assurance! Truly an iconoclast.
#ancient #history
Spectacularly wrong—but what audacity and boundless self-assurance! Truly an iconoclast.
#ancient #history
January 6, 2025 at 3:09 PM
The Sumerians by Henry Freeman is a very concise introduction to the history & grandeur of the #ancient #Sumerian civilization & its transformation into the #Akkadian #Babylonian #Assyrian & #Persian
A lot of what we know comes from them, & a lot of what they knew we only discovered in modernity.
A lot of what we know comes from them, & a lot of what they knew we only discovered in modernity.
January 5, 2025 at 6:54 PM
There is an evidence from circa 2,600 BCE of a game that can be compared to field hockey called pukku-mekku (ball & stick)
from Freeman "The Sumerians"
#Sumer #ancienthistory #sport
from Freeman "The Sumerians"
#Sumer #ancienthistory #sport
January 5, 2025 at 5:36 PM
There is an evidence from circa 2,600 BCE of a game that can be compared to field hockey called pukku-mekku (ball & stick)
from Freeman "The Sumerians"
#Sumer #ancienthistory #sport
from Freeman "The Sumerians"
#Sumer #ancienthistory #sport
Interesting review of the application of #AI in #archeology by Gattiglia: bit.ly/422N2bE
The opportunity to use #MLP models to assist with translations of #ancient texts is tremendous, yet there are challenges & it is early days.
# of papers on the subject doubles every year!
The opportunity to use #MLP models to assist with translations of #ancient texts is tremendous, yet there are challenges & it is early days.
# of papers on the subject doubles every year!
January 5, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Interesting review of the application of #AI in #archeology by Gattiglia: bit.ly/422N2bE
The opportunity to use #MLP models to assist with translations of #ancient texts is tremendous, yet there are challenges & it is early days.
# of papers on the subject doubles every year!
The opportunity to use #MLP models to assist with translations of #ancient texts is tremendous, yet there are challenges & it is early days.
# of papers on the subject doubles every year!
Re-reading #Rigveda - it boils down to this: the oldest #Indian text composed ≅ 1,500 BCE representing memorized celestial instructions on the ceremonial, sanitary & safety procedures for the construction of mobile sites designed for meetings between them & humans
#ancienthistory #soma #ritual
#ancienthistory #soma #ritual
January 5, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Re-reading #Rigveda - it boils down to this: the oldest #Indian text composed ≅ 1,500 BCE representing memorized celestial instructions on the ceremonial, sanitary & safety procedures for the construction of mobile sites designed for meetings between them & humans
#ancienthistory #soma #ritual
#ancienthistory #soma #ritual
After Advent's solemnity, #Christmas brought feasting and merrymaking, with the wealthy hosting lavish banquets of meats, pies, and delicacies. The festivities lasted twelve days, ending with Epiphany on January 6th.
From the Mortimer´s The Time Traveller's Guide to #Medieval #England
From the Mortimer´s The Time Traveller's Guide to #Medieval #England
December 27, 2024 at 4:04 PM
After Advent's solemnity, #Christmas brought feasting and merrymaking, with the wealthy hosting lavish banquets of meats, pies, and delicacies. The festivities lasted twelve days, ending with Epiphany on January 6th.
From the Mortimer´s The Time Traveller's Guide to #Medieval #England
From the Mortimer´s The Time Traveller's Guide to #Medieval #England
Pre-history is not what it used to be - ruins of pre-Harrapan civilization dated to 7,500 BCE were found in 2001 underwater in the Bay of Cambay (Gupta 2002). Can that be one of the mythical cities of #Krishna?
#ancient #archeology #Indian
December 23, 2024 at 1:55 PM
Pre-history is not what it used to be - ruins of pre-Harrapan civilization dated to 7,500 BCE were found in 2001 underwater in the Bay of Cambay (Gupta 2002). Can that be one of the mythical cities of #Krishna?
#ancient #archeology #Indian
Ram Setu is a mythical bridge built by Rama to connect #India & Sri Lanka. According to marine archeologists (e.g. Khare, ed. 2024) the bridge was just above the then-current sea level between 5,000-3,000 BCE. Looks like another #myth in fact being a historical fact.
#Ramayana #history #archeology
#Ramayana #history #archeology
December 23, 2024 at 1:31 PM
Ram Setu is a mythical bridge built by Rama to connect #India & Sri Lanka. According to marine archeologists (e.g. Khare, ed. 2024) the bridge was just above the then-current sea level between 5,000-3,000 BCE. Looks like another #myth in fact being a historical fact.
#Ramayana #history #archeology
#Ramayana #history #archeology
The oldest cave figurative art found in Sulawesi, Indonesia—dating back 45,500 years! 🐗✨
Hand stencils alongside a vivid depiction of a warty pig, created by early humans using natural pigments.
Pic Courtesy-VOA
#SulawesiCaveArt #AncientArt #Archaeology #HumanHistory
Hand stencils alongside a vivid depiction of a warty pig, created by early humans using natural pigments.
Pic Courtesy-VOA
#SulawesiCaveArt #AncientArt #Archaeology #HumanHistory
December 23, 2024 at 10:54 AM
The oldest cave figurative art found in Sulawesi, Indonesia—dating back 45,500 years! 🐗✨
Hand stencils alongside a vivid depiction of a warty pig, created by early humans using natural pigments.
Pic Courtesy-VOA
#SulawesiCaveArt #AncientArt #Archaeology #HumanHistory
Hand stencils alongside a vivid depiction of a warty pig, created by early humans using natural pigments.
Pic Courtesy-VOA
#SulawesiCaveArt #AncientArt #Archaeology #HumanHistory
Reposted by Sophia Paraclita
Is the Black Sea Maritime Archaeology Project (MAP) still active? It’s been years since their stunning finds, but $100K/day funding likely halted more research. Such a shame for a project that revealed so much history beneath the waves! 🌊⚓️ #Archaeology #BlackSeaMAP #MaritimeHistory
The world's oldest intact shipwreck has been found in the Black Sea — and it's more than 2,400 years old
Archaeologists working with the Black Sea Maritime Archaeology Project found the 23-meter vessel 2 kilometers below the surface.
www.businessinsider.com
December 19, 2024 at 5:14 AM
Is the Black Sea Maritime Archaeology Project (MAP) still active? It’s been years since their stunning finds, but $100K/day funding likely halted more research. Such a shame for a project that revealed so much history beneath the waves! 🌊⚓️ #Archaeology #BlackSeaMAP #MaritimeHistory