This is SO COOL

Dr. Abigail Desmond@abigaildesmond.bsky.social · 3d ago

15,000 years ago, in one of the the earliest settled communities in the world, a child collected fine clay from the slow-moving river by her home. She then committed an act familiar to all inveterate play-doh enthusiasts; rolling and and pinching the squishy clay into tiny round balls.

Joseph Ibn Hayyim marks the beginning of Torah portion Va'etchanan (וָאֶתְחַנַּן) with a camel. #parashahpictures Bodleian Library MS Kennicott 1; 'The Kennicott Bible'; 1476 CE; La Coruña, Spain; f.101r @bodleian.ox.ac.uk

Angry elephants are roaming into the garden of Eden, under a chill winking God

Bluesky #skystorians can I have more ancient camels, and maybe giraffes too? It's for science... I need to know if these animals are camels (and I know for sure only one is, I will let you guess which)

Daniel Bellingradt@dbellingradt.bsky.social · 4w ago

In 18th century Cairo, autonomous camels were no longer dreams of the future, but the next step towards better public transport for everyone (especially for French soldiers).

Ooh, this is so cool! And I just read @amayor.bsky.social Flying Snakes and Griffin Claws a few weeks ago, that's perfect news to follow up 😍🦖

Sarah E. Bond@sarahebond.bsky.social · 4w ago

Me: There is no perfect title for a ancient Roman paleontolog… 🦖 🐟

Mosaic Fragment with Grazing Camel. 5th century CE, Byzantine Eastern Mediterranean, probably Syria

l-Ǧāḥiẓ, Kitāb al-ḥayawān (Book of the animals), Syria, 15th C

Possibly a giraffe? Or more likely a camel? Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum, P. 14027 #skystorians

Rabih Alameddine@rabihalameddine.bsky.social · last mo.

l-Ǧāḥiẓ, Kitāb al-ḥayawān (Book of the animals), Syria, 15th C

#parentinghack for crying kids from 4th century CE: "smear [the child's] head with bull marrow, or bull's brain." Against teething pain: "put foam of wax on its swellings." Michigan Ms. 136

Love this drawing of Mary! "Let all things submit to me, for I am Mary, I am Mariham, I am the mother of the life (of) the whole world, I myself am [name] Let the rock split before me today, let the iron dissolve before me today, let the demons withdraw before me today" (Prayer of Mary).

there's a new Ann Leckie book today it's called Radiant Star and I think it's quite good and you should read it: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/ann-l...

Radiant Star

Space opera's sharpest mind returns to the world of the Imperial Radch in this brilliant standalone from award-winning author Ann Leckie. The Temporal Locati...

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42 new pages 📖 of the 6th century MS known as Codex H (GA 015, Codex Coislinianus), which contains Paul’s Letters, have now been recovered. codexh.arts.gla.ac.uk#/the-manuscr... Nice! you can read a pic of the multispectral images next to the Greek transcription codexh.arts.gla.ac.uk#/the-greek-e...

Approximately five women authors I have read more than one book by: @www.joditaylorbooks.com @marthawells.com @swantower.bsky.social @maryrobinettekowal.com @adapalmer.bsky.social @bluejo.bsky.social @robinhobb.bsky.social @genevievecogman.bsky.social Stopping at those I know are on bsky!

Leah McElrath@leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Approximately five women authors I have read more than one book by: Mary Oliver Ursula Le Guin Octavia Butler Barbara Kingsolver Margaret Atwood Denise Mina Louise Penny Karin Slaughter Elizabeth George @jacquelinecarey.bsky.social @marthawells.com @seananmcguire.bsky.social @annaleen.bsky.social

Ce week-end on a lu Béa Wolf de @zachweinersmith.bsky.social et @bouletcorp.bsky.social avec mon fils... Verdict, avec environ 6 lectures, "maman, il est trop bien ce livre !" (même nos invités ont eu droit à un résumé détaillé)

The Just City, my fun novel about people and Greek gods setting up Plato's Republic with 10,000 ten year olds, is on;y $2.99 as an ebook right now, probably just US www.amazon.com/Just-City-Th...

This is just so cool. A Roman-era mummy recently excavated in Egypt contained a fragment of papyrus with a section of the Iliad.

Archaeologists Find Iliad “Catalog of Ships” Papyrus Inside Egyptian Mummy - Arkeonews

Archaeologists in Egypt’s Oxyrhynchus have discovered a Roman-era tomb containing mummies with golden tongues and a rare papyrus

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History without historians is doomed to fail. With an interdisciplinary team of scholars we show how the purported link between late Roman conflicts and drought has been misunderstood. We also outline a path forward in the use of sources in paleoclimatic research. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Drought, Conflict and the Use of Historical Data and Methodologies in Interdisciplinary Palaeoclimatic Research - Climatic Change

Climatic Change - A major challenge in the interdisciplinary study of past climates is ensuring that evidence and data relating to different disciplines are analysed effectively using appropriate...

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J'ai tellement ri 😂😂😂

-Boulet-@bouletcorp.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Quand je vous dis que mon strip est drôle, allez donc le lire ! À lire sur le blog: www.bouletcorp.com/rogatons/202... Ou sur Insta (english version after the french one) www.instagram.com/p/DVqnKkAiCj6/ (Et si vous avez ri vous devez le partager, c'est la loi.)

Quand je vous dis que mon strip est drôle, allez donc le lire ! À lire sur le blog: www.bouletcorp.com/rogatons/202... Ou sur Insta (english version after the french one) www.instagram.com/p/DVqnKkAiCj6/ (Et si vous avez ri vous devez le partager, c'est la loi.)

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Pierre@pierre.eurosky.social · 5mo ago

Rarement autant ri devant l'un de vos strips. Ma femme m'a pris pour un fou. Bordel de merde, la tête de Natalie "mais de quoi tu parles?!" La case "fait des gestes".