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Jul 27, 2023
This book has undoubtedly been one of my favorite second hand finds, if for nothing else than the captions are hilarious. 🧵 Image
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Apr 24, 2023
10 signs a Twitter account is using Classics/History to lure people into their web of bigotry and misogyny:

1. Marble bust profile pic. Not always but surprisingly often. Such a tell!
2. A name suggesting they are some kind of intellectual or philosopher, or otherwise a source of information about the topic.
3. Key words that are common dog whistles - tradition, RETVRN etc.
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Mar 6, 2023
I realised something after all of last week's hullabaloo about the Nile River. I mentioned that Upper and Lower Egypt weren't where you'd expect, and a *lot* of people told me I was wrong or that Upper and Lower never refer to northern and southern. Here's what I've realised:
The main idea of my thread was to build from this simple idea into a wider discussion of how geography affects our world view. I probably could have done better signposting that, cos a lot of people read the first tweet and said I was an idiot. However -
I could also have included photos like this where maps from ancient times show a different orientation or one of those 'Australia' type joke maps. But people were insistent that Upper would always refer to upriver or higher elevation
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Mar 2, 2023
Following on from yesterday's interesting factoid, I thought we could go over another idea from the Ancient World and see what greater ideas we can glean from it. Have you ever wondered the city and the empire was called Rome? It's a fascinating story.
It all goes back to the story of the founding of Rome. Although at this point the story slips between myth, legend and historical concepts, there are some key points that appear to be the story that Romans believed.
Ok so if you're still reading by now, hopefully all the idiots who can't read more than a couple of words without mouthing off about how smart they are have gone. I wanted to say thanks to everyone who was supportive of my post yesterday.
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Mar 1, 2023
One of my favourite concepts to introduce to students is that Upper and Lower Egypt are not here you might think they were! Why you ask? Read on!
The concept challenges our notions of how people understand and relate to geography. Today when we look at a map like this, we have clearly defined ideas of North and South, and up and down. I then ask them if space has an up and a down (kind of!)
If we turn the map upside, then suddenly it makes more sense. Egyptians saw the 'top' of their land where we think of as South, and vice versa. And the reason why is really simple!
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