Mitchell, P., Wang, T., Billig, Y., Gadot, Y., Warnock, P., & Langgut, D. (2023). Giardia duodenalis and dysentery in Iron Age Jerusalem (7th–6th century BCE). Parasitology, 150(8), 693-699. doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182023000410 #OpenAccess #OA #Journal #Article #Bible #Archaeology #NearEast #History #Histodon #Histodons @archaeodons @histodon @histodons

This new book sounds amazing, especially if like me you know next to nothing about the #Mongol world.

"The Mongols were not merely invaders, however, and an overemphasis on military history often conceals the rich cultural history of a nomadic society with its own religious traditions and policies of tolerance towards the diverse societies of the medieval #NearEast."

#Ottoman History Podcast | The Mongols and the #Medieval Near East

https://www.podbean.com/ea/dir-r476f-1890dc9b

Archaeologists uncover early evidence of brain surgery in Ancient Near East

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/02/230222141115.htm

#archeology #bronzeage #surgery #neareast

Referenced link: https://phys.org/news/2023-02-archaeologists-uncover-early-evidence-brain.html
Discuss on https://discu.eu/q/https://phys.org/news/2023-02-archaeologists-uncover-early-evidence-brain.html

Originally posted by Phys.org / @physorg_com: http://nitter.platypush.tech/physorg_com/status/1628469682465382400#m

Archaeologists uncover early evidence of brain surgery in Ancient #NearEast @BrownUniversity @PLOSONE https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article https://phys.org/news/2023-02-archaeologists-uncover-early-evidence-brain.html

Ned Hairston :verified_gay:
@ned

I'm a gay, #disabled, #pastor of a #nondenominational church. I speak English and sign #ASL. I'm currently learning #BiblicalHebrew. I'm #epileptic, have #IBS, and #gout. My interests include the #Bible, #ancient #NearEast #history, #mythology and #folklore, #art (yes #furry, but not just furry), #LGBTQIA+ culture and #activism, #FOSS, Classic Dungeons & Dragons (AD&D, B/X), #Discworld, #MarvelComics, #StarTrek, and whatever new thing I learned about this week from YouTube/XKCD/social/wherever.
#follow #boost #altext #photo #MastoArt #art #gimp #altext
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Dirt Road
by Carl J Shoemaker

#Tang shipwreck in Museum of Asian Civilizations #Singapore. Beautiful exhibition with great pieces. Very good discussion about connectivity between #China and the #NearEast over 1100 years ago.

Ein lesenswerter Artikel über den #Film "Farah" bei #Netflix. Steht jetzt definitiv auf meiner Watchlist.

https://newlinesmag.com/first-person/netflixs-farha-depicts-palestinian-struggle-to-preserve-history/

#movie #israel #palestine #war #cinema #neareast

Original study:

@DrSNilson@twitter.com et al., #Genetics of randomly bred #cats support the cradle of cat #domestication being in the #NearEast, @HeredityJournal@twitter.com 129, 2022. 🔓

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41437-022-00568-4

H. Aram Gulezyan And His Intrumental Group - Exotic Music For The Oud / I am suspicious of everyone who doesn’t love the oud. #nowplaying #vinyl #records #oud #NearEast #MiddleEast

Submission and heteronomy certainly should never be part of a #peace treaty. Donald's and Jared's present to #Netanyahu is not only worthless as a peace plan, it's also a slap in the face on both the #UN and the #Palestinians. This plan needs to be binned right away - and that's even in #Israel's own interest. #NearEast

The new Bantustans can be found in the #NearEast. #Shame on #Trump to call this present to his campaigning buddy #Netanyahu a #PeacePlan. Are the #Palestinians supposed to sign this blatant act of #surrender? The #UN should clearly say that the occupied areas are just that. And that settlements in occupied areas are illegal. #Israel is an occupational force, and alternative states seem to be the new alternative facts.

For fucks sake: #BennyGantz, the head of the opposition in #Israel, has promised to annex the #Westbank if he were to win the next elections. Has the whole fucking world gone mad? Israel has signed the #OsloTreaty. Isreal has agreed with a two-state solution. A unilateral #annexation is utterly unacceptable for anyone interested in peace in the #NearEast. Stop this madness.

No: International law is not defined by the WhiteHouse. #Settlements on #occupiedland are still in breach of international law, and #Israel is still in contempt of that law. The Oslo agreement on a two-state solution is being killed by the #UnitedStates and #chauvinists in Israel. This will not end well. And the US are in no position to broker any kind of deal in the #NearEast anymore, being deeply complicit.

Oh, that sounds like an excellent idea: Tell the #Arabs to throw #Palestinians under the bus in order to deal with #Iran. I'm sure #Hezbollah will be enthusiast about this ingenious plan of that Israeli spymaster.

Sorry: No #peace in #NearEast without a compromise and more importantly TWO STATES!

While evangelical, reborn Christians (think button-eyed VP Pence) see a last giant battle in the #NearEast as #Armageddon becoming real (and thus the coming of Christ and redemption), folks without severe, religiously based delusions know that a war in this region is way to big a risk to take. So please just don't do it, you utter muppets. #Iran #USA #Israel