They had the first recorded writing! They fought in these sorts of close formations thousands of years before the Macedonian phalanx came along! (4/n)

How learning Akkadian signs has been going today

And this is especially pertinent, not only with regard to our own approaches to understanding the world, but also to counter the misappropriation of history by the alt-right (3/4)

I don’t think the value of learning (esp. language-heavy fields) ought to need defence. But we must push back as hard as we can against assaults on it. War reminded the scholars of 1939 of the fragility of their existence, but it was there all along. (2/4)

In light of the recent university department cuts, one may refer to CS Lewis’ sermon “Learning in Wartime” on the importance of the continuous pursuit of knowledge in the face of adversity. (1/4)

Been saving this usage for a while

Epigraphy in shambles (Lermontov’s Hero of our Time)