Fact-checking common claims about the ancient world. #BadAncient Managed by @reeshistory. Ko-Fi: https://xitter.cf/t.co/f9WKJ7R168
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Bad Ancient retweeted
Retrospective diagnosis in an entirely flawed method of ancient history - one where we have to trust our literary sources to accurately give us relevant, medical symptoms, which is rarely what they were trying to do. Without the body, this is all fantasy. #BadAncient
So pleased to publish this article from a great new contributor. Check it out!
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Really happy to have been asked to contribute to @BadAncient by answering the question: Did King Tutankhamun own a dagger made from a meteorite? If so, who made it, where did it come from, and why was it buried with him?
Read my article and find out more: badancient.com/claims/tutank…
Bad Ancient retweeted
Really happy to have been asked to contribute to @BadAncient by answering the question: Did King Tutankhamun own a dagger made from a meteorite? If so, who made it, where did it come from, and why was it buried with him?
Read my article and find out more: badancient.com/claims/tutank…
We miss one Easter weekend and this nonsense spreads like wildfire! Ishtar has no link, at all, to Easter.
The more you know about Ishtar, or indeed Easter, the more this becomes obvious #BadAncient:
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HAPPY EASTER????
Have you been LIED too????
Think TWISE before saying ‘Happy Easter’ this RESURRECTION Sunday!!!
Ishtar: pronounced ‘Easter’
‘Easter’ was originally the celebration of the god Ishtar, the Assyrian and Babylonian goddess of fertility, animal sacrifices, prostitution and sex. Her symbols… the egg and the bunny…
Did you actually think eggs and bunnies had anything to do with Christ’s Resurrection???
After Constantine decided to Christianize the Empire, Easter was changed to represent Jesus. But at its roots, Easter is all about celebrating fertility, animal sacrifices, prostitution and sex.
Be NOT deceived!!!
Bad Ancient retweeted
🚨New #BadAncient article🚨all about the Spartan Krypteia. Our thanks to Prof Stephen Hodkinson (@UoNClassics @UoNArch) for his support when we were writing this article!
'Was the Krypteia Sparta's Secret Police?'
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🚨New #BadAncient article🚨all about the Spartan Krypteia. Our thanks to Prof Stephen Hodkinson (@UoNClassics @UoNArch) for his support when we were writing this article!
'Was the Krypteia Sparta's Secret Police?'
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Bad Ancient retweeted
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Pretty big news, yes, but to clarify, this is NOT "the first pharaoh's tomb discovered in Egypt since Tutankhamun's." It is, though, the first such royal tomb to be discovered in the vicinity of the Valley of the Kings since Carter discovered Tut’s tomb.
We saw a lot of people reposting this image, which looks like a poorly thought through advert for the new film version of the Odyssey. But, as has since become apparent, it was not an authentic film poster, so let's do a quick thread on how to check. 1/5
The search brings up images that come close, so we are looking for an exact match. Spotted here: 4/5
Bad Ancient retweeted
For those who are looking for other formats, an audio book version for 'The Far Edges of the Known World' is available and narrated by the excellent Gareth Armstrong:
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Bad Ancient retweeted
It is publication day for The Far Edges of the Known World! If you love ancient history, global history, unusual stories from the past, or if you want some nice historical escapism about life at the edges of the ancient world - pick up a copy today!
🌎 Far Edges of the Known World - @reeshistory
Owen Rees explores powerful empires and diverse people beyond the reaches of Greece and Rome and in doing so offers us a new, brilliantly rich lens with which to understand the ancient world.
Read more - bloomsbury.com/uk/far-edges-…
Them: 'AI will mean we wont need biased experts making up history'
AI: 'The Amazons from Greek myth lived in the Amazon Rainforest.' #BadAncient
If you want to know about the Amazons of myth and history, read @amayor!
@BadAncient @fakehistoryhunt
How to stop this ridiculous AI-written fake report about Amazons of Greek myth living in the "vast Amazon Rain Forest"
by Verity Verse on YouTube?
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Bad Ancient retweeted
Our Founder @reeshistory has a new book out this February, which offers a different perspective of the ancient history that we all know and love!
Less than a month to go before the release of @reeshistory's revelatory book The Far Edges of the Known World!
🌎🏛️📜
Pre-order your copy below!
Waterstones: bit.ly/4jia3xr
Amazon: amzn.to/3E3ZxJY
Bookshop.org: bit.ly/3PKs5uA
Our Founder @reeshistory has a new book out this February, which offers a different perspective of the ancient history that we all know and love!
Less than a month to go before the release of @reeshistory's revelatory book The Far Edges of the Known World!
🌎🏛️📜
Pre-order your copy below!
Waterstones: bit.ly/4jia3xr
Amazon: amzn.to/3E3ZxJY
Bookshop.org: bit.ly/3PKs5uA
Bad Ancient retweeted
Thanks to @BloomsburyBooks for this gorgeous copy of @reeshistory new book, The Far Edges of the Known World - it’s excellent!
ALT The hardback book.
This is not a Roman military salute. Leave ancient history out of this! #BadAncient
At some point people will surely notice that these are not the same gestures right? Right? #BadAncient
ALT Roman statue of Augustus, his right arm is raised, elbow bent, and his hand only slightly open which his index finger slightly protruding.
ALT Elon Musk is wearing a dark suit and white shirt, stood in front of a lectern with a blue backdrop. His arm is extended straight, above his shoulder line, with his hand open (palm down) and his fingers closed in a position similar to the famous Nazi salute.