Forwarded from Dan Davis Author
Arsenical copper swords and spears (and a belt buckle, maybe) from Arslantepe period VIa c. 3400 - 3200 BC.
12 spears and 9 swords were displayed on the wall of a room in the palace complex, along with a wolf pelt.
Extremely cool "Conan the Barbarian"esque stuff.
You can see the "Weapon building" in this image below.
Imagine these weapons displayed and ready... for who? The palace guards / rulers bodyguards? Was it the rulers retinue's personal weapons for warfare?
Academics think it was meant for display, maybe to wow onlookers with this incredible new military technology but who had access to this building and why?
The palace was destroyed at the end of this phase, which saw widespread violence signifying the end of the Mesopotamian "Uruk period".
12 spears and 9 swords were displayed on the wall of a room in the palace complex, along with a wolf pelt.
Extremely cool "Conan the Barbarian"esque stuff.
You can see the "Weapon building" in this image below.
Imagine these weapons displayed and ready... for who? The palace guards / rulers bodyguards? Was it the rulers retinue's personal weapons for warfare?
Academics think it was meant for display, maybe to wow onlookers with this incredible new military technology but who had access to this building and why?
The palace was destroyed at the end of this phase, which saw widespread violence signifying the end of the Mesopotamian "Uruk period".
Forwarded from Portal Ibis
Bas-relief of Serapis and Isis-Thermoutis, BNF, Department of Coins, Medals and Antiquities,
Forwarded from Dan Davis Author
The Continent was almost cut off from Britain already by 8500 BC.
Doggerland would hang on for a while yet before being ultimately inundated.
The sea level rises would have been noticed by the people living on the coasts. Former and ancestral camp sites and foraging grounds on the coasts would be gone. I wonder how weird they found it or if they just took it in their stride.
Doggerland would hang on for a while yet before being ultimately inundated.
The sea level rises would have been noticed by the people living on the coasts. Former and ancestral camp sites and foraging grounds on the coasts would be gone. I wonder how weird they found it or if they just took it in their stride.
Forwarded from Axis of Ordinary
POV: It is 1100 A.D. on an Indonesian island. You are a Bajau sea nomad who freedives for seafood. Your spleen is 15% larger than other locals due to a mutation in PDE10A gene. You can store more haemoglobin rich blood, letting you breathhold & dive longer. Local girls notice how much better you are at diving and hunting fish. You are about to experience natural selection
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