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Really, All of It — Distilled. This “Histomap,” created by John B. Sparks, was first printed by Rand McNally in 1931.
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Patchwork of amazing web content. Could not classify them, but wanted to share nevertheless. Enjoy!
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A Mesopotamian terracotta cuneiform cylinder sold for £264,000, believed to be a world record for a cuneiform clay document. The Babylonian cylinder, circa 604-562 B.C. of barrel form with a central hole inscribed with two columns each composed of 18n lines of text for Nebuchadnezzar II King of Babylon recorded the restoration of the sun-god Shamesh in Sippur. The cylinder is from the collection of Dr Edgar Banks who was Field Director of the Babylonian Expedition and American Consul to Bagdad in 1937. More recently it was the property of a New England museum to whom it was gifted prior to 1990.
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A community archaeology project based in Norfolk has stumbled upon a medieval mystery that has so far defied archaeologists and historians to unravel its meaning. Via Scott Scanlon
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... no other species has survived so long while in such fundamental disagreement with observable reality. Fun.
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Pretty cool...not sure how accurate, but interesting to look at and see the ebb and flow of civilizations. Too bad the map starts at 2000 BC. Would've liked to see the Mayans and the Incas on there.