“Run from what’s comfortable. Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious. I have tried prudent planning long enough. From now on I’ll be mad.”
…Oh. Feeling a bit dizzy now, I’ve just come across a 50 page article from 2011 about -title above – that links Slavic countries with language with artefacts with something I’d shelved a while ago. “Shut up everybody. Shut up. Don’t move. Don’t speak. Don’t breathe. I’m trying to think.” Laugh out loud.
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“The “Shah” is a diamond that weighs around 89 karats, “with three inscriptions in the ancient Persian language engraved upon it, which indicate that it was discovered in 1591 – most likely, in the mines of Golkonda in India.” The inscriptions refer to Nezam Shah Borhan II, 1591; Jahan Shah, son of Jahangir Shah, 1641, […]
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Again! This time it’s Marcus Aurelius. I’ve had his meditations on my shelves forever. “Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.” If you’ve seen the film Gladiator – great spectacle, BS history – you’ll know who Marcus Aurelius is. “Very little […]
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Today I’ve gone from silly to bemused to utterly confused! Article from Wanderlust And this has just been uploaded. I’m off to lie down in a darkened room like a Drama Queen. Schwoon,
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This is clear as mud to me. But… I keep coming across it. Soooooo, it must be important! WikiBS page about it. Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow… That bloody Bard won’t go away. Out, out damn spot. By the pricking of my thumbs… ;o)
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And I quote… 10. HOW THE NAME OF THE WINNER IN THE BATTLE WITH TATARS IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC IN 1241. In 1241, according to the Scaligerian version, the “Mongol”, that is, the great troops, invaded Western Europe [770], p.127. However, it is believed that, after defeating Hungary and Poland, they could not get to […]
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So we all “know” what this is, yes? 1066. Of any date, that any child was ever taught, in any school in the UK, 1066 is probably the best remembered. What we were not taught though, is that the FIRST recorded (!) as in written down, date that survives for the tapestry is 1463 from […]
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More linguistical language stuff. Did I mention that it does my head in? This is a loooong but very revealing article. Persevere. You will learn a lot! Just remember that Mongolian = Tartarian. Turk = Tartarian. And – I’ve posted already about Genghis and Batu Khan. This one has really fried my poor brain :o) […]
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I have just given myself a crash course in Linguistics – a subject that does my head in at the best of times – by looking into several languages i.e. Altaic, Tungusic, Yakutic and Evenkis. Yes….I thought that too. WTF? Anyhoo. it would seem that these languages above are just fancy-pant names for the divisions […]
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I won’t even Pretend to understand the science (!) But the shapes make sense :o) Star Fort 4 Dimensional Prismasaurus What it says on the image! Just saying :o)
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I have had a draft post about the Borgias for over a month now. As I am currently reading a biography of Lucrezia and reviewing photos taken 5/6 years ago when my beautiful sister-in-law and I had a European Vacation together, I thought I’d review the said post. To start with the holiday – sis-in-law […]
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