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Tamilian from India may have migrated to Australia Satellite photograph of the rock carved legend reveals.
#Archaeology #Thread
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#Archaeology #Thread
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Other set of ancient symbols discovered along the eastern coastline of Australia and Antarctica are very similar to early #Sumerian and #IVC characters
Src: William James Veall, (Copyright WJV 2017)
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Src: William James Veall, (Copyright WJV 2017)
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Yet another Rock-strewn debris with a pattern of rocks seemingly set in the form of an ancient legend embedded into the seashore. Exposed size 50 meters in length x 25 meters
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#Hydronomastics is the study of #hydronyms, the proper names of bodies of water.
It's a branch of #toponomastics, the study of #toponyms (the proper names of places), which in turn is a branch of #onomastics, the study of #orthonyms (proper names).
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It's a branch of #toponomastics, the study of #toponyms (the proper names of places), which in turn is a branch of #onomastics, the study of #orthonyms (proper names).
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#Hydronym and #hydronomastics both derive from Ancient #Greek ὕδωρ / húdōr (water) + ὄνομα / ónoma (name).
#Hydronyms tend to outlast other #toponyms, even when new #languages and cultures displace earlier ones.
#England, #EastAnglia, #Essex, and #Sussex are named for the #Angles and #Saxons; but #Trent, #Ouse, #Thames, #Severn, and #Avon are older #Celtic and #RomanoBritish names.
#England, #EastAnglia, #Essex, and #Sussex are named for the #Angles and #Saxons; but #Trent, #Ouse, #Thames, #Severn, and #Avon are older #Celtic and #RomanoBritish names.
Few facts about #Kurds & #Kurdistan people. A Thread
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#Turkey #Iran #Iraq #Syria #كورد
#KurdlerAyrılmayıTartışıyor
#TurkeyIsBombingKurds #turkeykillskurdishcivilians
#TurkeyInvadesKurdistan #Kurdish #kurdsoppressed #KurdishLivesMatter #kurdishResisitance
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#Turkey #Iran #Iraq #Syria #كورد
#KurdlerAyrılmayıTartışıyor
#TurkeyIsBombingKurds #turkeykillskurdishcivilians
#TurkeyInvadesKurdistan #Kurdish #kurdsoppressed #KurdishLivesMatter #kurdishResisitance
1: Who are the Kurds?
They are indigenous people native to their homeland called Kurdistan and have been there for over 3000 years. They are not Persian, Turkish or Arab. They have their own unique language, culture, traditions, lifestyles etc.
They are indigenous people native to their homeland called Kurdistan and have been there for over 3000 years. They are not Persian, Turkish or Arab. They have their own unique language, culture, traditions, lifestyles etc.
Was #Jesus a #mythical figure based on the #Sumerian #god #Dumuzi and the Babylonian god #Tammuz?
Um, #No, and here is why.
Um, #No, and here is why.
Dumuzi was the Sumerian god of Shepherds, the underworld and vegetation (though as we are about to see, he wasn’t really much of a god…). He was married (some sources say just a lover) of the goddess Inanna. He is identified with the Babylonian god Tammuz, whose tales share many
a similarity with that of Dumuzi. (though there are interesting differences). He was classed as one of the so-called “dying and Rising” gods of antiquity, though the “Dying and Rising” category has fallen out of academic favor.
Inanna was the Sumerian goddess of war, fertility and love. Queen of both Heaven and Earth, Inanna was known to the Babylonians as Ishtar (though the stories about Ishtar have differences from that of the Sumerian Inanna, reflecting different theologies). Inanna was considered
the protector of prostitutes, and she was at times depicted at the keeper of the tablets of the Me, or cosmic laws. She fell in love with a minor god named Dumuzi (known to the Babylonians as Tammuz), only to lose him to the underworld. In some accounts this was for half of the
