<strong>When Fake Archaeology Uses Fake Science </strong>
"_Dr. M discusses common pseudoscientific arguments used to support pseudo archaeology._"
#Video length: twenty one minutes and forty three seconds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0OMxE_D1pE
#Fake #Archaeology #Archaeodons #Science @archaeodons @science
<strong>The Absolute BEST Way to Use a Notebook</strong>
"_In this video I show you the very best way to use a notebook... well, I help you decide which notebook method is best for you buy giving you helpful criteria and showing you all the different notebooks I keep._"
#Video length: twenty four minutes and fifty one seconds
<strong>"_In this video we will take a look at 5 classic non-fiction books from the 19th century and earlier._"</strong>
#Video length: thirty six minutes and eight seconds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvg2nHl2sFo
#Read #Reading #NonFiction #Book #Books #Ebook #Ebooks #Bookstodon #BookReview #Review @bookstodon
<strong>Britain in Palestine 1917-1948</strong>
"_Britain in Palestine 1917-1948 investigates the contradictory promises and actions which defined British Mandatory rule in Palestine and laid the groundwork for the Nakba (the catastrophe) and the creation of the state of Israel in 1948. The roots of the contemporary social, political, economic, and environmental landscape of Palestine and Israel can be traced back to this period, making it essential viewing for understanding Britain’s legacy in the region and the situation on the ground today._"
#Video length: eighteen minutes and thrity seconds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOJqLTc6RkU
#History #Histodon #Histodons #Britain #GB #UK #UnitedKingdom #Israel #Palestine #MiddleEast #NearEast #Levant #Colonialism #Imperialism #Europe #Asia @histodon @histodons
<strong>The Origins of Hebrew</strong>
"_This episode examines the origins of Hebrew and its relationship with Canaanite dialects in the Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age. The episode will explore archaeological artifacts such as an inscription from Izbet Sarteh in Israel, which may be one of the earliest inscriptions of the Hebrew language._"
#Video length: ten mintues and fifty nine seconds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKQ5280A2mM
#Hebrew #Bible #Canaan #Canaanite #BronzeAge #IronAge #Archaeology #Archaeodons #Language #Languages #Linguistics @archaeodons
<strong>Napoleon's Nazi Funeral</strong>
"_One dark and snowy night in December 1940 in German-occupied Paris, a strange funeral took place when German soldiers carried the coffin of Emperor Napoleon II into Les Invalides. Why was a Napoleon receiving a Nazi funeral?_"
#Video length: ten minutes and three seconds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuZcxQzPeFw
#History #Histodon #Histodons #Napoleon #Nazi #Nazis #Germany #France #Europe @histodon @histodons
<strong>The Lost Roman Legion | Possible Explanations</strong>
"_An exploration into the fate of the Legio IX Hispana and where exactly it drops out of the historical records._"
#Video length: twenty three minutes and forty six seconds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLD6gwdcAzU
#History #Histodon #Histodons #Roman #Romans #Empire #Antiquity #Antiquidons @histodon @histodons @antiquidons
[_I wonder if there is any relationship between the price of gold and monetary policy?_]
Why Gold Is More Valuable Than Ever Now
"WSJ breaks down the factors driving gold’s historic rise, and what makes it different from previous rallies."
#Video length: five minutes and thirty three seconds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYu-xnjwN4Q
#Gold #Markets #Investing #Economy #MonetaryPolicy #Money #Wealth #Economics #Finance #WSJ @economics
From the manuscript to you: How Old Norse manuscripts are read and edited
"A case-study in how a page from an Old Norse manuscript (in this case the Codex Regius of the Poetic Edda) is edited for publication in a modern-day book. Manuscript images from the Árni Magnússon Institute at the University of Iceland (handrit.is)."
#Video length: Thirty minutes and fifteen seconds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7KYyj8ed94
#Read #Reading #OldNorse #Manuscript #Editing #Publishing #Academia #Academic #Academics #Medieval #Medievodons #Iceland #Poem #Poems #Poetry @poetry @medievodons
What causes the aurora borealis?
#Video length: fifty nine seconds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ez7K0DCbOF4
#NorthernLights #Aurora #AuroraBorealis #Science #STEM @science
[_Not an entirely absurd proposition_]
‘Treat food companies like cigarette companies who are trying to get us addicted’
"Ultra-processed foods are designed to make us overeat and are causing both the obesity and mental health crises in the UK, says scientist and author Tim Spector."
#Video length: eleven minutes and four seconds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWECK-3DN40
#Science #STEM #Obesity #MentalHealth #Health #Addiction #Food @science
Why Nietzsche Misunderstood Dostoevsky
#Video length: 17 minutes 50 seconds.
Could Northern Lights appear over the UK again tonight?
#Video length: 1 minute 35 seconds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U415iAfIkNI
🇺🇸 "Land Of Cotton - King Cotton's Slaves" 1936 Southern Tenant Sharecroppers Documentary XD49484
"This particular episode of the series takes an in depth look at the struggles of Black and white tenant sharecroppers and the Southern Tenant Farmers Union (STFU) in Arkansas during the New Deal Years."
#Video length: 8 minutes 25 seconds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_o38AGSx6Q
#History #Histodon #Histodons #USA #US #UnitedStates #America #Arkansas #Documentary #Newsreel #NewDeal #Cotton #Sharecroppers #Farming #Farm #Farmers @histodon @histodons
Why You Hate The Modern World | Kierkegaard's The Present Age
"Kierkegaard's "The Present Age" or "On The Present Age" is his attempt to make sense of the changing world of 19th century Denmark, and the dawn of what we would now call modernity. And In this brilliant piece Kierkegaard takes us through so many issues we now view as major and established - predicting them over 150 years ago. So here is his guide to why you hate the modern world."
#Video length: 23 minutes 48 seconds.
The thing that ruined English spelling
"In this video, let's explore what the GVS was and why it screwed up English spelling forever."
#Video length: 14 minutes 28 seconds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmL6FClRC_s
#English #Language #Spelling #Linguistics #GreatVowelShift @linguistics
Francisco de Almeida - Part 1 - Age of Discovery
"He and his only son venture forth on the 7th Portuguese Armada to establish the worlds first trade empire. However the challenges that await them will test them to their core."
#Video length: 26 minutes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IP3ejxyep0
#History #Histodon #Histodons #Portugal #Europe #Trade #Empire #Animation @histodon @histodons
The Ancient Greeks Who Converted to Buddhism
"...thanks to Alexander the Great, Hellenistic and Buddhist cultures came into contact in the 4th century BCE, creating a cultural synthesis known as Greco-Buddhism."
#Video length: 19 minutes 10 seconds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aA0wB3d7MgE
#History #Histodon #Histodons #Religion #Buddhism #Ancient #Greece #Greek @histodon @histodons
Naming and Necessity by Saul Kripke - Part 1
"This is a video lecture in a course on the philosophy of language. It summarizes Saul Kripke's famous 1970 attack on the Descriptivist Cluster Theory of Proper Names of John Searle."
#Video length: 22 minutes 34 seconds.
1962: The TELEVISION SET You Can WEAR | Tonight | Retro Tech | BBC Archive
"The Electrocula - a 30 ounce portable television set that can be worn on the head. They system projects a television picture onto an adjustable monocle in front of the viewer's eye, enabling them to watch television while doing other things."
#Video length: 2 minutes 24 seconds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXBO5JuecPE
#History #BBC #Archive #Television #TV #Tech #Technology #STEM
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