Gurken Khan Posted May 23, 2023 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2023 I just put it here: 11. The Greek philosopher Plato's real name is unknown, as "Plato" is his wrestling nickname. 16. Plato’s name is actually a nickname that means ‘broad’. It was given to him on account of his handsome, robust and well-built figure. 17. Plato won Pankration in the Olympics twice, a form of fighting that only bars gouging and biting. https://www.ebaumsworld.com/pictures/plato-x-facts-about-historys-most-famous-teacher/87276581/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Lion.Kanzen Posted May 23, 2023 Report Share Posted May 23, 2023 13 minutes ago, Genava55 said: Are you asking to be paid for art that is the heritage of humanity? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurken Khan Posted May 23, 2023 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2023 @Genava55 I clicked on the link and saw opposition to this. Didn't really expect anything positive from this fascist gov't. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion.Kanzen Posted May 23, 2023 Report Share Posted May 23, 2023 Just now, Gurken Khan said: fascist Why is it fascist? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genava55 Posted May 23, 2023 Report Share Posted May 23, 2023 4 minutes ago, Gurken Khan said: @Genava55 I clicked on the link and saw opposition to this. Didn't really expect anything positive from this fascist gov't. Yeah, Gennaro Sangiuliano, the current minister of culture, is really dangerous. He has a fascination for authoritarian figures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion.Kanzen Posted May 23, 2023 Report Share Posted May 23, 2023 7 minutes ago, Genava55 said: Yeah, Gennaro Sangiuliano, the current minister of culture, is really dangerous. He has a fascination for authoritarian figures. As which? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genava55 Posted May 23, 2023 Report Share Posted May 23, 2023 1 minute ago, Lion.Kanzen said: As which? That's off-topic. We should move on. Let's not make this thread a new mess. It is repulsive for everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion.Kanzen Posted May 23, 2023 Report Share Posted May 23, 2023 Ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion.Kanzen Posted May 23, 2023 Report Share Posted May 23, 2023 Researchers Use AI to Read Ancient Mesopotamian Texts TEL AVIV, ISRAEL—Artnet News reports that artificial intelligence (AI) has been used by researchers from Tel Aviv University and Ariel University to translate ancient cuneiform texts from Mesopotamia into English. Luis Sáenz of Ariel University said that the use of AI is not intended to replace human scholarship, but could speed the process of translating the vast quantity of fragmentary texts in the Sumerian and Akkadian languages that have been recovered from archaeological sites. Artificial intelligence could eventually be used by Assyriologists and non-Assyriologists to read these texts, he added. “The future will require more tools to digitize data published in papers in order to keep training the model and to improve the results,” Sáenz concluded. Read the original scholarly article about this research in PNAS Nexus. To read about thousands of cuneiform tablets unearthed at a Bronze Age city in Syria, go to "The Ugarit Archives." https://news.artnet.com/art-world/a-i-translates-ancient-cuneiform-2299128 Via archeological news 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurken Khan Posted May 25, 2023 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2023 Archeologists have discovered the oldest known building plans, estimated 8,000 to 9,000 years: Those "desert kites" (for their form) were up to 5km and used to trap herds of animals. https://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/mensch/saudi-arabien-und-jordanien-aelteste-bauplaene-der-menschheit-entdeckt-a-610899e8-e46c-4875-aa8b-a8f31c2dd634 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0277927 Quote Abstract Data on how Stone Age communities conceived domestic and utilitarian structures are limited to a few examples of schematic and non-accurate representations of various-sized built spaces. Here, we report the exceptional discovery of the up-to-now oldest realistic plans that have been engraved on stones. These engravings from Jordan and Saudi Arabia depict ‘desert kites’, humanmade archaeological mega-traps that are dated to at least 9,000 years ago for the oldest. The extreme precision of these engravings is remarkable, representing gigantic neighboring Neolithic stone structures, the whole design of which is impossible to grasp without seeing it from the air or without being their architect (or user, or builder). They reveal a widely underestimated mental mastery of space perception, hitherto never observed at this level of accuracy in such an early context. These representations shed new light on the evolution of human discernment of space, communication, and communal activities in ancient times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genava55 Posted June 8, 2023 Report Share Posted June 8, 2023 https://twitter.com/HeraklesCithare/status/1666706504647319553 Heart of the sanctuary of Asklepios superbly illustrated by Massimiliano Pezzolini. Pilgrims went there hoping to find healing through the power of incubation, i.e. through dreams, but the sanctuary also attracted the best doctors in Greece. The marble tholos, erected in the middle of the 4th c. av. probably housed the serpents of Asklepios, healing animals of the god of medicine. The Doric temple includes an internal gallery with Corinthian capitals and a coffered dome. This was the heart of the sanctuary, which extended over a colossal surface and presented monuments as varied as they were numerous: Propylon, Katagogeion (hotel for pilgrims with 160 rooms), Hestiatorion (catering for pilgrims), gymnasium, stadium, theater ... But also baths, an altar to Apollo (the father of Asklépios), a temple to Aphrodite. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genava55 Posted June 9, 2023 Report Share Posted June 9, 2023 https://twitter.com/Yellowriver478/status/1666579698405740545 The coin armour of the North American natives, belonging to the Tlingit people of the Yukon. Most of the coins used is from the Qing dynasty, ranging from the Shunzhi to Xianfeng periods, while the earliest is from Yongle period (1403-1424) of the Ming... and those of the Kangxi and Qianlong emperors being the most popular. These copper coins may have been obtained from trade with Chinese or Russian merchants. The Tlingit had used such coin armour to make Russians' smoothbore muskets powerless. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurken Khan Posted June 9, 2023 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2023 Assuming this doesn't point to intercontinental trade of the North American natives in the 1400s, there were tons of Ming dynasty coins just lying around and used as a commodity? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genava55 Posted June 9, 2023 Report Share Posted June 9, 2023 4 minutes ago, Gurken Khan said: Assuming this doesn't point to intercontinental trade of the North American natives in the 1400s, there were tons of Ming dynasty coins just lying around and used as a commodity? I think that most of the coins are from the Qing dynasty, only a few from the Ming. But yeah the Yongle coins were used massively for foreign trades so it was mostly used by foreign merchants: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yongle_Tongbao 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Gurken Khan Posted August 7, 2023 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2023 In other news: the University of Tübingen has put a database online with 2,400 prehistoric sites. Quote The role of culture in human expansions: Large-scale collection of digital data summarizes the results of 150 years of research and can be used by amateurs and scientists alike Human history in one click: For the first time, numerous sites relating to the early history of mankind from 3 million to 20,000 years ago can be accessed in a large-scale database. Scientists from the research center ROCEEH ("The Role of Culture in Early Expansions of Humans") have compiled information on 2,400 prehistoric sites and 24,000 assemblages from more than 100 ancient cultures. The digital data collection is available for free to scientists and amateurs and was recently published in the journal PLoS ONE. https://uni-tuebingen.de/en/university/news-and-publications/press-releases/press-releases/article/database-with-2400-prehistoric-sites/ https://www.roceeh.uni-tuebingen.de/roadweb/smarty_road_simple_search.php 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurken Khan Posted August 25, 2023 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2023 The vikings, who came from Scandinavia, used iron as their main ingredient for forging weaponry, but it was also common practice to add the bones of dead animals to the mix. The belief was that it would infuse the weapon with the spirit of the creature, making it stronger, but they ended up making a primitive version of steel because of the carbon in the bones mixing with the iron making the weapon stronger, just as they thought it would. (Supposedly true, via ebaumsworld) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alre Posted August 25, 2023 Report Share Posted August 25, 2023 5 hours ago, Gurken Khan said: The vikings, who came from Scandinavia, used iron as their main ingredient for forging weaponry, but it was also common practice to add the bones of dead animals to the mix. The belief was that it would infuse the weapon with the spirit of the creature, making it stronger, but they ended up making a primitive version of steel because of the carbon in the bones mixing with the iron making the weapon stronger, just as they thought it would. (Supposedly true, via ebaumsworld) mmmh I don't want to be judging without merit, but this seems like bullshit. Steel requires advanced metallurgy, not just adding carbon to iron like it's a Minecraft recipe. Besides, iron in nature is not pure. I'm not an expert though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurken Khan Posted September 3, 2023 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2023 Ancient polychrome wall found in northern Peru likely over 4,000 years old LIMA, Aug 24 (Reuters) - An ancient polychrome wall discovered in northern Peru is believed to be over 4,000 years old and could have been part of a ceremonial temple, according to archaeologists, offering new insights into the region's historic cultures. https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/ancient-polychrome-wall-found-northern-peru-likely-over-4000-years-old-2023-08-24/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurken Khan Posted September 8, 2023 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2023 "These Roman swords were hidden in a Dead Sea cave—and they’re remarkably well preserved The astonishing discovery in Israel of four swords from nearly 2,000 years ago evokes ancient rebellions and offers unprecedented opportunity for scientific investigation." They seem pretty protective about their pics so I won't post any here: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/premium/article/roman-swords-spatha-cave-bar-kokhba-dead-sea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Gurken Khan Posted November 23, 2023 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2023 Ancient Greeks Invented World’s First Telecommunications Device Quote The hydraulic telegraph, invented by the ancient Greeks, had the capacity to send long-distance messages as early as the fourth century BC. The ingenious apparatus is dubbed as the world’s first telecommunications device. It was designed for military purposes by Aeneas Tacticus with the purpose of more efficiently sending pre-arranged messages across the vast empire of Alexander the Great. TL, DR: timed with torch signals, two messengers set off and stopped their apparatuses at the same time; the position they stopped in would convey the message. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurken Khan Posted December 15, 2023 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2023 Calakmul, Ebla, Akrotiri, Mohenjo Daro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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