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T.Farkas @meridamate.bsky.social · 1d

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Remembering Moa: The wingless bird that once ruled New Zealand

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T.Farkas @meridamate.bsky.social · 1d

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The Bartering Monkeys of Bali | Planet Earth III | BBC Earth

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T.Farkas @meridamate.bsky.social · 2d

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Ancient Greek in Action! ep.1 | Throwing, Running, Climbing, Descending

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T.Farkas @meridamate.bsky.social · 2d

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Punctuation's Weird Backstory | Otherwords

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T.Farkas @meridamate.bsky.social · 2d

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Cyprus in the Bronze Age and the Alashiya Question

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T.Farkas @meridamate.bsky.social · 3d

Primitive iron reduction furnace at over 1200°C. Transforming minerals into iron as in the past
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Horno de REDUCCIÓN DE HIERRO primitivo a más de 1200º. Transformando MINERALES en hierro como antaño

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T.Farkas @meridamate.bsky.social · 3d

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À qui appartiennent les découvertes archéologiques? | Découverte

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T.Farkas @meridamate.bsky.social · 3d

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#TheMoment a wildlife photographer spotted a rare white beaver

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 4d

The Royal Game of Ur is the world’s oldest playable boardgame!

Played by Sumerians in ancient Mesopotamia about 4,500 years ago!

It is a two-player race game, the rules of which have been deciphered from a cuneiform tablet.

Game from the Royal Cemetery of Ur. 📷 British Museum

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British Museum photo showing a two-player board game with gaming counters known as the Royal Game of Ur. Dated c. 2,500 BC.

The game board is composed of a hollow box made of wood adorned with shell plaques. There is a drawer at one end for storing game pieces and dice. The top of the board is covered with twenty square-shaped off-white shell plaques, each bordered with dark-blue lapis lazuli. The shell squares are intricately decorated with blue inlaid patterns including dots inside circles and eye-shapes. Five squares are inlaid with flower-shaped rosettes with red limestone and blue lapis lazuli petals.

The game board is roughly rectangular in shape. Viewed from above in the photo, on the left side of the board is a block of 12 squares made up of 4 across by 3 down. On the right side of the board is a block of 6 squares made up of 2 across by 3 down. The two blocks are joined by two squares extending between the second square down on the end row of the left block and the second square down on the first row of the second block.

Dimensions H: 2.40 cm, L: 30.10 cm, W: 11 cm, (W 5.70 cm at narrowest part)

Beneath the board are 14 disc-shaped gaming counters. On the left are 7 white pieces, inlaid with 5 spots of blue lapis lazuli. On the right are 7 black pieces inlaid with five white spots.

Between the game pieces are three tetrahedron-shaped dice. L to R: Dark blue, brown, cream.

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Schmidt Ocean Institute @schmidtocean.bsky.social · 4d

In celebration of World Octopus Day, we wanted to revisit one of our favorite cephalopod sightings, the glass octopus — Vitreledonella richardi filmed during a month-long #PhoenixIslandsCoral expedition in 2021.

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T.Farkas @meridamate.bsky.social · 5d

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Indiana Jones Speaks Ancient Greek! in the Dial of Destiny

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Save Ancient Studies Alliance @saveancientstudies.bsky.social · 7d

🎃Join us for LIVE Halloween Bash Master Class: ‘Death From Above! In the Babylonian Astronomical Omens’ led by E.L. Meszaros!

🗓 Oct. 27th @ 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EDT

➡️Click here to RSVP now! saveancientstudies.org/halloweenbash

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Dr. Valerie @drvalerieisin.bsky.social · 8d

Our Total Beginners class will take you from the alphabet to composing your own sentences in 8 weeks (yes, really)!

Classes meet on Zoom for 1 hour per week.

Click here for more info + to sign up:

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Yaroslava @strategywoman.bsky.social · 8d

It was cold and wet.
I walked quickly to get to the hotel
and saw them.

Wherever I go in Ukraine, I meet them.
Tributes to fallen heroes.
Vinnytsia has its own, too.

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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 10d

Kenojuak Ashevak created works of art through sculpture, painting, engravings and stained glass. A leading figure of modern Inuit art, she became cultural icon and her work has been used on stamps, coins and even our currency.
This is the story of an amazing artist.

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The photo depicts an elderly person sitting at a table. They are wearing a floral-patterned shirt with shades of green, yellow, and pink, along with a light grey quilted vest. Their hands are clasped together on the table, and a pair of glasses rests in front of them.

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T.Farkas @meridamate.bsky.social · 10d

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Le trafic mondial d’insectes, nouveau business en plein essor • FRANCE 24

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T.Farkas @meridamate.bsky.social · 10d

How Surveillance Turns Outrage Into Division
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How Surveillance Turns You Into a Puppet of the Internet

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T.Farkas @meridamate.bsky.social · 10d

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The Minoan tablet we still can't solve

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T.Farkas @meridamate.bsky.social · 11d

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Four-Dimensional Tape Measure

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Blue sky nice guy @rajandelman.bsky.social · 14d

The bees have discovered Brutalism

Cube Enthusiast @killhamster.bsky.social · 15d

Nature is healing

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T.Farkas @meridamate.bsky.social · 14d

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À la recherche de l'écriture oubliée | Documentaire | ARTE

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VIEWS project @viewsproject.bsky.social · 14d

Our seminar line-up for the term, all hybrid! Three dates: 8th and 22nd October, 12th November, 16.30 UK time.

Look here for details, especially if attending in person:

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