History

French dig team finds 200-year-old note from archaeologist
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yj7kg3zd1o

#History #Archeology

Ancient bronze sword dating back to Pharaoh Ramses II found in Egypt dig - The Washington Post
https://archive.ph/ML2MC

#History #Archeology #Egyptology #Egypt

Previously unknown Mozart music discovered in German library | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/sep/19/previously-unknown-mozart-music-discovered-in-german-library

#Music #History #Mozart

19-Sep-82 11:44 Scott E Fahlman :-)
From: Scott E Fahlman

I propose that the following character sequence for joke markers:

:-)

Read it sideways. Actually, it is probably more economical to mark things that are NOT jokes, given current trends. For this, use:

:-(

https://www.wired.com/2011/09/0919fahlman-proposes-emoticons/

#internet #history #OnThisDay #emoticons #emoji #smiley

Edfu temple restoration reveals original inscriptions, colors, gold – The History Blog
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/71121

"Egyptian conservators working with a research team from the University of Würzburg have uncovered the original vivid colored paint and gilding of the reliefs in the Temple of Horus in Edfu, southern Egypt. The restoration has also revealed inscriptions on the outer walls and gates written in demotic script by temple priests. "

#History #Egyptology #Egypt

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications - From local issue to global challenge: a brief overview of antibiotic shortages since the 1970s

In 2005, Israel cooperated with American executive directors supportive of the Zionist entity in working on the “Brand Israel” marketing campaign that targeted men between the ages of 18 and 34. The Jewish Daily Forward newspaper reported that the campaign aimed to portray Israel as a “relevant and modern” entity, and used gay men to create that image.Schulman, S. 2011. “Israel and ‘Pinkwashing.’”

The African colosseum that nobody knows exists - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yh_LFAYNTTQ

#History #Roman #Africa

Oldest eyeliner pencil in the world found in Turkey – The History Blog
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/71116

"The stone is 9.5 cm (3.7 inches) long and tapers to a sharpened tip. There is black paint residue on the pointed end. Women dipped them in pot filled with black paint and applied the fine end to their eyelids. Stones with paint at the tip like this one have been found before in Syria, Iran and Turkey, but the oldest of them date back 4,000 years."

#History #Archeology

#TIL about The Grillo telephone, a 1960s flip phone telephone from Italy.

https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/works-and-artists/the-grillo-phone-a-nice-way-to-make-a-phone-call

"The modern styling, compact form factor, and automatically opening clamshell design set "Grillo" apart from other telephones that were available at the time."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grillo_telephone

via @[email protected]

#grillo #vintage #phone #technology #history

How Sand Built the Great Pyramid - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GXSNNuQfX0

#History #Archeology #Egyptology #Egypt #Pyramids

The most controversial place I've ever been - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCAtk-2UzNg

#History #Turkey

Guardian statue found at Angkor Wat – The History Blog
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/71104

"Guardian statues, known as dvarapala from the Sanskrit words for “gate” and “guard”, were protective figures located at doors and gates in Hindu and Buddhist temples as well as royal palaces throughout southeast Asia. They were depicted as armed warriors, and in Cambodia usually stood with their hands on a large club pointed downward to the ground."

#History #Archeology #Cambodia #AngkorWat

academic researchers/readers of mastodon: is there a solid historical book (books?) that documents and explores the transition from the mechanical age to the age of “modern” technology as someone like heidegger understands the term technology?

i’m imagining a book that interprets the social and cultural transformations between the late medieval and victorian periods, from older conceptions of morality and mechanism to newer ideas about individualism and automation? eg. documenting not only demographic changes, but also the ways of thinking about people that were preconditions for modern technological thought.

i realize this is a rather nebulous request covering a huge time span, but my background is in the philosophy of science and not british history literature.

#academicmastodon #history

An ewer shaped like a rooster is just one of many items visitors will find at The Art of Dining: Food Culture in the Islamic World, an exhibition that opens Sept. 22 in Detroit. Many of the objects on display are imbued with cultural meaning that might not be apparent at first glance. But the ewer, for example, was made hundreds of years ago and probably used for something that might come as a surprise. Atlas Obscura has more: https://flip.it/FGME6V
#Culture #History #Food #MiddleEast #Iran #Detroit #Islam

Viking silver bracelet hoard found on farm in Norway – The History Blog
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/71088

"They were found less than eight inches under the surface so close together than they overlapped each other, so there is no question they have not been disturbed since they were buried in the 9th century."

#History #Archeology #Viking

The Lion of Venice was made in China – The History Blog
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/71097

"A new metallurgic study of the bronze has discovered a large part of it originated from 8th century China and after making its way to Venice, was mixed with other parts and reconstructed in to fit the standard iconography of the winged lion, symbol of Mark the Evangelist and of Venice itself."

#History #Art #Sculpture

An essay by Hu Shu-wen on the cruel fate of many political prisoners during Taiwan's era of White Terror (trilingual)

5th c. millefiori glass found in Myra – The History Blog
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/71077

"An excavation of the ancient city of Myra and its harbor, Port Andriake, in southwestern Turkey has uncovered plates and fragments of millefiori glass from the 5th century numbering in the hundreds. The intact glass plates are about four inches square and every one of them is different."

#History #Archeology #Art #Turkey

The Emptiness of Pyramid Sarcophagi - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxZcaKszVuU

#History #Egyptology #Egypt #AncientEgypt

This Roman Sculpture is NOT on display at the British Museum (currently) | Curator's Corner S9 Ep7 - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JGNH6mjbpQ

#History #Art #Sculpture #BritishMuseum

Candidates to lead Commonwealth urge reparations for slavery and colonialism | Commonwealth of Nations | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/11/candidates-to-lead-commonwealth-urge-reparations-for-slavery-and-colonialism

#Colonialism #Slavery

#history

Dig volunteer finds rare Pictish ring – The History Blog
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/71071

"The enclosed promontory fort was one the largest and most important Pictish centers during the kingdom’s heyday (4th-9th centuries), but was believed to have been stripped of its archaeological materials when the town of Burghead was built in the early 19th century. "

#History #Archeology #Scotland

"The tardigrade’s tiny size belies both its astounding physical resilience and its charisma."

https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/tardigrade/

#science #history

One of my compulsive habits is visiting local little free libraries and taking any #travel books or books about #history in the hopes of reading them one day and using them as inspiration for #ttrpg #worldbuiling .

But the main tangible result is that I have run out of bookshelf space. Again. 😭

https://bookrastinating.com/user/juergen_hubert