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<strong>Discovery of ancient Greek shepherd’s graffiti rewrites Athens history</strong>

"_Now, researchers have found graffiti drawn by a shepherd named“Mikon” who lived in the 6th century BC, which depicts a temple on the Acropolis predating the Parthenon._

_By signing his drawing using particular alphabets, Mikon has allowed the graffiti to be dated._"

independent.co.uk/news/science

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<strong>Classics in Translation</strong>

"_Classical literature has been reinterpreted for millennia. Different generations have made these works their own by translating the original Greek or Latin into their vernacular, and every translation brings fresh perspectives. While the earliest appearances of these texts are unattainable, the history of printing is peppered with remarkable Classical firsts from a wide array of translators._"

peterharrington.co.uk/blog/cla

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<strong>Could you add a map of Kirkjubæjarklaustur?</strong>

"_Modern satellite technology has revolutionized mapmaking and Earth observation with high resolution and multispectral imagery as well real time data. Having a GPS system in your pocket is a true privilege! There are countless sources for quality map files, like Google Maps, OpenStreetMap, or census bureaus. So why on Earth can it still be so hard to find reliable maps to visualize your own data?_"

blog.datawrapper.de/basemap-li

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<strong>Late Neolithic collective burial reveals admixture dynamics during the third millennium BCE and the shaping of the European genome</strong>

"_To conclude, our study of a Late Neolithic burial enables direct, quasi–real-time observation of the trimodal admixture processes in Europe between 3300 and 2600 cal BCE as steppe ancestry people dispersed and mixed with local Neo-ancestry groups or individuals. The generalization of the results obtained from our data suggests that this genomic transformation took place during a period of profound cultural change._"

Oğuzhan Parasayan et al., Late Neolithic collective burial reveals admixture dynamics during the third millennium BCE and the shaping of the European genome. Sci. Adv.10, eadl2468(2024). DOI: doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adl2468

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@Klaxun As someone whose tastes in comedy over time have changed, I can attest to the veracity of the research.

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<strong>The Robber Barons who dominated the Gilded Age</strong>

"_But the four men who rode atop the wave of the Gilded Age were Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Jay Gould, and J. P. Morgan. Their business activities during the final four decades of the nineteenth century drove America’s ascension into the most powerful industrial nation on the planet. And they shaped the rules that governed the US economy for decades to come._"

malwarwickonbooks.com/us-econo

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<strong>How Does Our Sense of Humor Change With Age? A Statistical Analysis</strong>

"_This research indicates that as individuals age, their increasing appreciation for incongruity resolution is coupled with a diminished enjoyment of nonsensical humor._"

statsignificant.com/p/how-does

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🇸🇪 <strong>Episode 312: Christina of Sweden, Minerva of the North</strong>

"_In this week’s episode, get to know Christina of Sweden, the keenly intelligent and fiercely independent queen of Sweden, who is remembered today for her passion of learning and knowledge._"

halfarsedhistory.net/2024/06/1

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<strong>Coin hoard from time of the Gallus Revolt unearthed in Lod</strong>

"_The Gallus Revolt was an uprising by the Jews of Roman Palaestina against the rule of Constantius Gallus (brother-in-law of Emperor Constantius II) during the Roman civil war of AD 350–353._

_The uprising was in response to the persecution of non-Christians by Constantius and the Christian clergy, who incited riots and destroyed Jewish synagogues and temples._"

heritagedaily.com/2024/06/coin

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<strong>God’s Ghostwriters by Candida Moss review – did enslaved scribes write the New Testament?</strong>

"_And if the Roman family that purchased them as a scribe had subsequently converted to Christianity, either openly or secretly as many did in the first and second centuries CE, they may well then have been drafted in to write down the words of the great Christian missionary preachers who criss-crossed the empire and came to its capital, including of course Paul._"

theguardian.com/books/article/

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@jemmesedi Argument and counter-argument is the process by which humans reach a better understanding of the world.

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Hmmm....
whyevolutionistrue.com/2022/12

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<strong>The big idea: can you inherit memories from your ancestors?</strong>

"Scientists working in the emerging field of epigenetics have discovered the mechanism that allows lived experience and acquired knowledge to be passed on within one generation, by altering the shape of a particular gene. This means that an individual’s life experience doesn’t die with them but endures in genetic form."

theguardian.com/books/article/

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<strong>The Enduring Mystery of How Water Freezes</strong>

"_For a process that’s anything but exotic, ice nucleation remains surprisingly mysterious. Chemists can’t reliably predict the effect of a given impurity or surface, let alone design one to hinder or promote ice formation. But they’re chipping away at the problem._"

quantamagazine.org/the-endurin

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The origin of the word 'cat' is unknown.

There are similar words in many related languages, such as French 'chat', Welsh 'cath', and Polish 'kot', but also in unrelated languages, e.g. Arabic 'qiṭṭa' and Turkish 'kedi'.

However, none of these languages can be identified as the source language.

See the infographic to learn more about it.

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<strong>The Sale of the Crosby-Schøyen Codex and its Cost Over Time</strong>

"_The highlight of the sale was the so-called Crosby-Schøyen codex, which sold for just over the high end of the estimated price range at £ 3,065,000._"

brentnongbri.com/2024/06/12/th

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<strong>Science of Naples: Making knowledge in Italy’s Pre-Eminent City, 1500–1800</strong>

"_Individual chapters demonstrate the extent to which Neapolitan scholars and academies contributed to debates within the Republic of Letters that continued until deep into the nineteenth century. They also show how studies of Neapolitan natural disasters yielded unique insights that contributed to the development of fields such as medicine and earth sciences._"

uclpress.co.uk/collections/cat

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<strong>How to opt out of Meta’s AI training</strong>

"_Your posts are a gold mine, especially as companies start to run out of AI training data._"

technologyreview.com/2024/06/1

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<strong>The global village of the Silk Roads</strong>

"_The network of Silk Roads included both land and maritime routes. The Northern Route traversed through Central Asia, the Southern Route passed through what is now Iran and India. Major cities along these routes included Xi’an in China, Samarkand in Uzbekistan, and Ctesiphon, near modern-day Baghdad. The Maritime routes linked ports in China to Southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent, the Arabian Peninsula, and East Africa. This was the vastest network the world had ever seen._"

biblonia.com/p/the-global-vill

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<strong>The Tradition of Large Integers in Historical Arithmetical Textbooks</strong>

"_This tradition apparently began with the two first texts that significantly contributed to the spread of the decimal system in Europe—the Latin translations of al- Khwarizmi’s treatise on decimal arithmetic, and Leonardo’s Liber Abaci, containing examples of reading a 16-digit and a 15-digit number respectively. Throughout the centuries, the order of magnitude of these introductory numbers increased, in general up to some 30 digits, but in some cases to over 60 digits._"

Bruckler, Franka Miriam and Stilinovic, Vladimir (2024) "The Tradition of Large Integers in Historical Arithmetical Textbooks," The Mathematics Enthusiast: Vol. 21 : No. 1, Article 5. DOI: doi.org/10.54870/1551-3440.161

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