The Ancient Economies Podcast

A theoretical podcast about economies of the ancient world. Personal Page: @frankiii

[The Ancient Economies Podcast @AncientEconomy]

“The Collosal Idols at Bameean” from Alexander Burnes’ 1835 “Travels into Bokhara” #gandhara #Buddhism #Afghanistan

[Archaeology Magazine @archaeologymag]

A tomb discovered in the ancient Maya city of Palenque in southern Mexico is believed to hold the remains of K’uk Bahlam I, the founder of the city’s ruling dynasty, who came to the throne in A.D. 431. #TBT

https://t.co/LtLs1n71Mk

[Brian Schatz @brianschatz]

What if instead of asking individuals to personally figure out the carbon intensity of their individual consumer choices we just actually fixed this with government action, which is really the only way you can mobilize the whole planet to save itself?

[CBS Mornings @CBSMornings]

The subject of @MikeDuncan's latest work is the famed Marquis de Lafayette, who played a remarkable role in some of the world's most important revolutions.

The bestselling author and podcaster spoke to @JeffGlor about his new book, “Hero of Two Worlds."

[The Ancient World @TheAncientWorld]

OK, so, are y’all ready for this? And by “y’all” I mainly mean @HistoryofPersia ;)

Lookee what amazingness I came across in the Asian Art Museum yesterday!

This scene depicts the Sassanian king Shapur I crushing Gordian III beneath his horse in front of Roman captives

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[Jin Xu 徐津 @xujnx]

Chinese or Manchu ladies dressed in European fashion playing a board game, a rare work by painters in the Qianlong emperor's court (18th c) during the Qing dynasty. Now in the Museum of Ethnology, Hamburg, it's said to have originally decorated the old Summer Palace near Beijing.

[Antiokhos in the West @AntiokhosE]

Photos shared by a friend from early 1900s excavations in 高都古城 (Gaochang 高昌) and 七个星佛寺, early Buddhist sites in present day Xinjiang.

Most of the amazing Gandharan style statues are now eroded away.

A photo of Gaochang’s ruins during my visit a few years ago.

[William Dalrymple @DalrympleWill]

‘A war begun for no wise purpose, carried on with a strange mixture of rashness and timidity, brought to a close after suffering and disaster, without much glory attached either to the government which directed, or the great body of troops which waged it.'

[Christopher W. Jones @cwjones89]

At least according to Google Ngram viewer, the phrase "graveyard of empires" wasn't commonly used during the Soviet war in Afghanistan and only took off after 9/11, (although this is only measuring its presence within books which are part of Google Books):

[World History Encyclopedia @whencyclopedia]

Western view of the "All Nations Gate" at Persepolis, located in present-day Iran. This gate was not on Darius the Great's initial plan for Persepolis but was added by his son and successor, Xerxes. https://t.co/GcmdCHUdHk

[Real-Time WW3 from 2033-36 @Ww3Real]

NATO tank columns stream toward Belgrade. The way to the city is guarded by two SVR corps subordinated to the Carpathian Front with the aid of many pro-Russian volunteers, but the city itself is divided and has severe rioting.

[The Ancient World @TheAncientWorld]

The remains of Classical Corinth (2021)

[Antiokhos in the West @AntiokhosE]

Today, mansions of the Tianjin concessions - increasingly sold to rich Chinese buyers fleeing turmoil and exiled into relative safety of foreign-run city.

Firstly, British concession. Final photo house of warlord Sun Dianying 孙殿英, who sacked Eastern Qing tombs in 1928. 1/4

[The Ancient Economies Podcast @AncientEconomy]

@AGG_500 😂😂😂

[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC]

Shout out to all the legislators going out on dinner dates with Exxon lobbyists so they can say a Green New Deal is too expensive 👍🏽

[Albert @albertvancouver]

In times like this, it's worth thinking about how our city is designed

- why can't I freaking sit down anywhere
- in the shade
- where are the public washrooms
- where can I get water if I'm thirsty
- without paying
- why do I have to breathe car exhaust everywhere

[The Ancient Economies Podcast @AncientEconomy]

@mikeduncan I don’t know how you sat on that one for so long.

[Fateh-ul-Mulk Ali Nasir @FatehMulk]

My piece in today's Friday Times. The Megalith of Asota.
@zofeen28 @DalrympleWill @mayavision @titojourno @odysseuslahori @koolkopper @gypsy_heart6 @omarali50 @MuseZack @spwells
Pakistan’s Stonehenge https://t.co/Hz8nfEkpvc

[Paul Holdengraber @holdengraber]

“The rest have gone down in utter silence.”
~ George Orwell
Born on this day, in 1903

thanks to @sentantiq

[Archaeology Magazine @archaeologymag]

Fermenting wool fibers before dyeing them might have been the technique used to produce the vibrant colors of the Pazyryk Carpet, which was buried almost 2,500 years ago with a member of a nomadic Scythian people.

https://t.co/X8GCuojAhm

[William Dalrymple @DalrympleWill]

The solid-gold, garnet-encrusted Bimaran Casket is arguably the earliest securely dated representation of the Buddha, dating from around 50-60 CE. It was found by the East India Company deserter turned pioneering archaeologist of Afghanistan, Charles Masson.