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I wanted to make a thread for random history content because there's plenty of interesting content out there that has explanations and doesn't necessarily fit into the OOPArts thread or forbidden knowledge topics. It would be interesting to see what others share, and I need to take my mind off more depressing matters. Feel free to contribute any historical content that you find interesting.

 

I'll start it off with the Yamnaya.

 

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1 hour ago, EnigmaticWorld said:

Interesting timing to drop a Rome related image with that symbol.

 

Yeah, I always thought that symbol originated in India but a quick bit of research tells me it was more widespread in the ancient world. 

 

The article is also part of the "Britain's always been multicultural" narrative too, when it says: 

 

He’s described as this massively impressive ‘black-skinned’ person, this hero who comes from Troy. I’m wondering why Memnon would be chosen as the name of the gladiator. Is that because we’ve got a black gladiator who is from somewhere well south of Colchester – from north Africa?” Pearce speculated. 

 

Just shows how long we've been victimised by imperialists like that.  

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23 hours ago, Campion said:

I’m wondering why Memnon would be chosen as the name of the gladiator.

 

well aga-memnon was the leader of the mycaenean greeks in the trojan war:

Etymology

His name in Greek, Ἀγαμέμνων, means "very steadfast", "unbowed" or "resolute".[3] The word comes from *Ἀγαμέδμων (*Agamédmōn) from ἄγαν, "very much" and μέδομαι, "think on".[4]

Description

In the account of Dares the Phrygian, Agamemnon was described as ". . .blond, large, and powerful. He was eloquent, wise, and noble, a man richly endowed."[5]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agamemnon

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Crossroads at two ancient cultures: Discovery of Roman woman aristocrat at cemetery is hailed as key to charting the murky history between the fall of the Roman Empire and the rise of Anglo-Saxon Britain
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11856191/Discovery-Roman-aristocrat-woman-Anglo-Saxon-cemetery-1-600-years-old-hailed-researchers.html

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"..we have them to thank for our language, them to thank for our nation, them to thank for a substantial portion of our blood. We the English are an ethnic group, and they are our progenitors, they were not socialists, nor did they know about egalitarianism"

 

On 9/7/2022 at 8:52 PM, EnigmaticWorld said:

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Are lead tablets discovered in a remote cave in Jordan the secret writings about the last years of Jesus?

 

There  is a thriving market in Middle Eastern antiquities and many shadowy figures involved. One archaeologist has allegedly received death threats.

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1368252/Are-artefacts-discovered-remote-cave-secret-writings-years-Jesus.html

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Dutch 'Indiana Jones' recovers one of the most sacred Catholic artefacts ever stolen: Relic 'containing drops of Jesus's blood' is returned six weeks after it was taken from French church

  • Arthur Brand, a Dutch art detective, has tracked down a stolen Catholic relic 
  • Precious Blood of Christ - a reliquary said to contain drops of Jesus's blood - was stolen from church in Fécamp on June 1 along with other valuable objects
  • Brand said thief's friend contacted him, afraid he was cursed for having taken it  
  • Relic was then dropped anonymously outside his house in a cardboard box, and will be returned to France via Dutch police 

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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11005195/Dutch-Indiana-Jones-recovers-Jesus-blood-relic-stolen-French-church.html

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