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"As a rule, among the Gallic peoples, three sets of men are honoured above all others: the Bards, the Vates, and the Druids" Strabo, Geography
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The Pandyas sent an embassy to Caeser Augustus "For instance, the historian and geographer Strabo (64/63bce–24ce), in his Geographikà (“Geography”), mentioned the magnificent and precious gifts sent to the Emperor Caesar Augustus (27bce– 14ce) by the Indian King Pandion.9 A
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@nypost That's what I love about these holocaust survivors, man. I get older, they stay the same age.
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Strabo also tells us about a Gaulish oracle associated with 2 crows
The raven was sacred for the Gauls, and was also called "Branos" in Gaulish, from which is derived the proper name "Brennos". The Gallic chietain who besieged Rome in 387 BC and the Galatian commander who lead the sack of Delphi in 278 BC both bore this name.
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So we can deduce from Strabo and from the founding myth of Lyon that the ravens were used as a means for divination by the Gauls. This leads us to the mysterious Gallo-Roman “bird god”, with 2 birds sitting upon his shoulders.
The site of Lyon/Lugdunon was chosen when a flock of ravens, avatars of the god Lugh, settled there: "suddenly, while the foundations were being dug, there appeared ravens fluttering about, and they filled the trees all round. Now Momaros (..) named the city Lugdunon"
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ᛯ Libyan had the same definition as Berber today it designated multitudes of groups " Maurusi Masaessyli , etc" under a common name: Libyan. Strabo affirmed that the Libyans were culturally unified they had the same habits etc
❝Before the modern period, the Berbers never defined themselves as a single, unified people. Throughout their history, they were divided among several kingdoms and tribes, and identified primarily with these. They did not perceive themselves as belonging to a common single
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Palestinians are a Semitic people par excellence. They migrated from the sea, blending with Canaanites and other Semites. Strabo, Theodoret, and Diana Darke note most names were Semitic Arabic first, Phoenician second. Today, they descend from Arabs, Edomites, Nabataeans, Canaan.
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The Labyrinth of Egypt is a massive, multi-level complex described by Herodotus, Strabo, Diodorus Siculus, and others, believed to be located beneath the Pyramid of Amenemhat III at Hawara in the Faiyum region of Egypt. This giant structure is now already confirmed to exist! In
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Romans sure loved their aqueducts. "there is nothing more worthy of our admiration throughout the whole universe." - Strabo
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You're not history-maxxing hard enough if you don't know the Great Labyrinth of Egypt described by Herodotus, Pliny the Elder, Diodorus, and Strabo as more marvelous and far older than the pyramids was already found and systematically concealed from the public.
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A quote from the ancient scholar and geographer, Strabo (c. 64 BCE-24 CE), about the importance of geographical knowledge. https://t.co/HTOia6ORko
#history #quotes
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The term “Cyclopean wall” (or Cyclopean masonry) was not coined by archaeologists, it was coined by the ancient Greeks themselves. The earliest known uses appear in Classical Greek literature, where writers such as Pausanias (2nd century CE) and Strabo (1st century BCE–1st
@TheProjectUnity Who came up with the term 'cyclopian wall'? I've heard it around, but I thought it was attributed to European construction.
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As the father of descriptive geography, Strabo of Amasia provides a unique view of the early #RomanEmpire. ⌛️ Last chance to read this History Matters for free https://t.co/Z7LubYi8qR
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2,000-YEAR-OLD ‘PARTY BOAT’ FOUND IN ALEXANDRIA – FIRST EVER DISCOVERY OF ITS KIND🚨 Archaeologists uncovered a remarkably preserved 1st-century pleasure boat off Alexandria’s coast, matching Greek historian Strabo’s description of festival cruises filled with music and dancing.
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Strabo described the Parthian horse as the most elegant riding horse of the Roman world. It was fast enough to surpass the Spanish horses that were considered the fastest of their time, yet strong enough to serve as the backbone of cataphract heavy cavalry.
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Michael @MichaelButtonX talks about how ancient writers repeatedly documented a massive structure in Egypt - the Lost Labyrinth. Herodotus described it as surpassing anything the Greeks ever built, greater in grandeur than even the pyramids. Diodorus Siculus, Strabo, and Pliny
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Yes! Wederom heeft onze trouwe opdrachtgever Salsa Shop ons verblijd met twee mooie, nieuwe opdrachten. In Stadshart Amstelveen én in de binnenstad van Nijmegen gaat Strabo weer twee uitgebreide vestigingsplaatsonderzoeken verrichten. Fijn ook om te horen dat onze
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Remember, sometimes doing your part means doing nothing at all.
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Strabo noted Tyre’s Phoenician houses, source for many colonies, had multiple floors, rivaling Rome but earthquake-prone. After Carthage fell, Phoenicians dominated Mediterranean navigation. Marinus of Tyre, Ptolemy’s teacher, pioneered cartography, mapping China.
Western Phoenician houses in Spain & North Africa (c. 800 BC), modeled on Cádiz, were multi-story. Historian Ross Lecky notes in Carthage: Engineering an Empire that they featured internal courtyards, surrounding rooms, drainage, toilets, and water cisterns.
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