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
I know the sentiment ... best of luck
June 19, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I know the sentiment ... best of luck
Let´s make a move.
March 2, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Let´s make a move.
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
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
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
One idea comes to mind ...
January 5, 2025 at 12:28 PM
One idea comes to mind ...
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
There is so much more to discover for #archeology in #Egypt! The 1st dynasty capital of Thinis/This has not yet been located, although Herzig (2024) assumes it lies across the river Nile from the Abydos necropolis, under the modern Girga. Below the burial palette of the Predynastic king Narmer.
December 16, 2024 at 2:15 PM
There is so much more to discover for #archeology in #Egypt! The 1st dynasty capital of Thinis/This has not yet been located, although Herzig (2024) assumes it lies across the river Nile from the Abydos necropolis, under the modern Girga. Below the burial palette of the Predynastic king Narmer.
Angkor Wat, Cambodia. Cca. 1150 CE. No kidding. Photo by myself 2023.
December 10, 2024 at 12:34 PM
Angkor Wat, Cambodia. Cca. 1150 CE. No kidding. Photo by myself 2023.