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Sumerian Tablet Ancient History / September 19, 2023 / literature Sumerian is the first written language and linguists think of it as a “language isolate”; it isn’t related to any other known languages. This tablet…
Ancient Indian Board Game Chaturanga Ancient History / December 6, 2024 / Eurasia/Middle Eastern history, folklore/mythology, military history, religion, social history Here are the Indian deity Krishna and his beloved gopi (milkmaid) and constant companion Radha, playing the ancient Indian board game known as chaturanga. In…
Ancient Roman “Room of the Seven Sages” Ancient History / November 12, 2024 / art, literature, Rome, social history Let’s embrace our 14-year-old selves and discuss the funniest toilet humor in Ancient history. Appropriately, it’s found in a bar — in a tavern room…
Ancient Rome and Homosexuality Ancient History / September 23, 2024 / art, history of race, history of sex, Rome, social history The prevalence of slavery in Ancient Rome impacted the sex lives of Roman men, both free and slave. One of the ways it did was…
