New discovery: A 2000 year-old 'pleasure boat' that matches a description by the first-century Greek historian Strabo has been discovered off the coast of Alexandria
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December 8, 2025 at 8:41 PM
New discovery: A 2000 year-old 'pleasure boat' that matches a description by the first-century Greek historian Strabo has been discovered off the coast of Alexandria
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Mappa Mundi in the margin
BnF MS Latin 4798; Strabo, Geographica (Guarinus Veronensis interpres); 14th century (towards 1470); Florence; f.3v @gallicabnf.bsky.social
BnF MS Latin 4798; Strabo, Geographica (Guarinus Veronensis interpres); 14th century (towards 1470); Florence; f.3v @gallicabnf.bsky.social
May 21, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Mappa Mundi in the margin
BnF MS Latin 4798; Strabo, Geographica (Guarinus Veronensis interpres); 14th century (towards 1470); Florence; f.3v @gallicabnf.bsky.social
BnF MS Latin 4798; Strabo, Geographica (Guarinus Veronensis interpres); 14th century (towards 1470); Florence; f.3v @gallicabnf.bsky.social
Sorry, folks, I’m going to need that load-bearing Strabo Loeb after all.
December 4, 2024 at 2:28 PM
Sorry, folks, I’m going to need that load-bearing Strabo Loeb after all.
The Greek scholar Strabo visited Hierapolis in the first century BCE, and wrote about the frightening properties of its Ploutonion in his Geographica:
“the Ploutonion… is an opening large enough to admit a man, but it reaches a considerable depth…”
“the Ploutonion… is an opening large enough to admit a man, but it reaches a considerable depth…”
March 26, 2025 at 10:27 AM
The Greek scholar Strabo visited Hierapolis in the first century BCE, and wrote about the frightening properties of its Ploutonion in his Geographica:
“the Ploutonion… is an opening large enough to admit a man, but it reaches a considerable depth…”
“the Ploutonion… is an opening large enough to admit a man, but it reaches a considerable depth…”
Interesting example on how assumptions about people not bathing made people first assume the bath wasn't a bath and then assuming it was built after Roman influence in stead of before.
Also Strabo writing about daily hygiene of these peoples:
pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balne%C...
Also Strabo writing about daily hygiene of these peoples:
pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balne%C...
July 5, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Interesting example on how assumptions about people not bathing made people first assume the bath wasn't a bath and then assuming it was built after Roman influence in stead of before.
Also Strabo writing about daily hygiene of these peoples:
pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balne%C...
Also Strabo writing about daily hygiene of these peoples:
pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balne%C...
Ancient Egyptian pleasure boat found by archaeologists off Alexandria coast 🤿⛏️🇪🇬 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Ancient Egyptian pleasure boat found by archaeologists off Alexandria coast
First-century luxury vessel matches description by the Greek historian Strabo, who visited city around 29-25BC
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December 8, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Ancient Egyptian pleasure boat found by archaeologists off Alexandria coast 🤿⛏️🇪🇬 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Alphabets: Hebrew, Greek, and Runic from the Vademecum of Walahfrid Strabo (ca. 808 CE-849 CE), Abbot of Reichenau.
St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 878; Vademecum of Walahfrid Strabo; between about 825 CE & 849 CE; Reichenau; pp.320-321
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St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 878; Vademecum of Walahfrid Strabo; between about 825 CE & 849 CE; Reichenau; pp.320-321
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October 22, 2023 at 7:46 PM
Alphabets: Hebrew, Greek, and Runic from the Vademecum of Walahfrid Strabo (ca. 808 CE-849 CE), Abbot of Reichenau.
St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 878; Vademecum of Walahfrid Strabo; between about 825 CE & 849 CE; Reichenau; pp.320-321
(www.e-codices.ch/en/list/one/...)
St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 878; Vademecum of Walahfrid Strabo; between about 825 CE & 849 CE; Reichenau; pp.320-321
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"The Other Must Be Geographic"
a book by Strabo, with preface by Simone De Beauvoir
a book by Strabo, with preface by Simone De Beauvoir
August 3, 2026 at 4:23 PM
"The Other Must Be Geographic"
a book by Strabo, with preface by Simone De Beauvoir
a book by Strabo, with preface by Simone De Beauvoir
The Strabo Situation
May 18, 2026 at 9:28 PM
The Strabo Situation
Surviving records show a fire started by Julius Caesar's men burning boats in harbor spread to nearby buildings, including warehouse containing books, but no evidence it burned the Mouseion.
Greek geographer Strabo writes of visiting 30 years later to consult the volumes, so it must have survived.
Greek geographer Strabo writes of visiting 30 years later to consult the volumes, so it must have survived.
May 12, 2024 at 9:07 PM
Surviving records show a fire started by Julius Caesar's men burning boats in harbor spread to nearby buildings, including warehouse containing books, but no evidence it burned the Mouseion.
Greek geographer Strabo writes of visiting 30 years later to consult the volumes, so it must have survived.
Greek geographer Strabo writes of visiting 30 years later to consult the volumes, so it must have survived.
Pompey Strabo executes the rebel leaders of the city, seizes their property, takes a bunch of captives and - the dream of all Roman generals - holds a triumph in Rome.
A grand military parade through the city, displaying the victorious army and the spoils they took. 4/
A grand military parade through the city, displaying the victorious army and the spoils they took. 4/
October 23, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Pompey Strabo executes the rebel leaders of the city, seizes their property, takes a bunch of captives and - the dream of all Roman generals - holds a triumph in Rome.
A grand military parade through the city, displaying the victorious army and the spoils they took. 4/
A grand military parade through the city, displaying the victorious army and the spoils they took. 4/
I’m going to be appropriately normal about today but to give you an example of how bizarre American media was in the long years after it here’s a bunch of gangbangers pantomiming 9/11 to a time-displaced Sarah Connor on the Terminator TV show
Sarah Connor learns about 9-11
YouTube video by Strabo
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September 11, 2026 at 1:44 PM
I’m going to be appropriately normal about today but to give you an example of how bizarre American media was in the long years after it here’s a bunch of gangbangers pantomiming 9/11 to a time-displaced Sarah Connor on the Terminator TV show
📰 Ancient Egyptian royal "pleasure boat", matching a description by the Greek historian Strabo, found off the coast of Alexandria
🏺 #ArchaeologyNews via @theguardian.com
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Ancient Egyptian pleasure boat found by archaeologists off Alexandria coast
First-century luxury vessel matches description by the Greek historian Strabo, who visited city around 29-25BC
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December 9, 2025 at 10:22 AM
📰 Ancient Egyptian royal "pleasure boat", matching a description by the Greek historian Strabo, found off the coast of Alexandria
🏺 #ArchaeologyNews via @theguardian.com
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🏺 #ArchaeologyNews via @theguardian.com
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First-century luxury vessel matches description by the Greek historian Strabo, who visited city around 29-25BC.
Ancient Egyptian pleasure boat found by archaeologists off Alexandria coast
First-century luxury vessel matches description by the Greek historian Strabo, who visited city around 29-25BC
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December 8, 2025 at 11:54 AM
First-century luxury vessel matches description by the Greek historian Strabo, who visited city around 29-25BC.
The priests made a spectacle of entering the Ploutonion themselves, although it's clear they understood its dangers.
“They hold their breath as much as they can," Strabo tells us. “I could see in their countenances a kind of suffocating attack”
Source: www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?...
“They hold their breath as much as they can," Strabo tells us. “I could see in their countenances a kind of suffocating attack”
Source: www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?...
March 26, 2025 at 10:27 AM
The priests made a spectacle of entering the Ploutonion themselves, although it's clear they understood its dangers.
“They hold their breath as much as they can," Strabo tells us. “I could see in their countenances a kind of suffocating attack”
Source: www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?...
“They hold their breath as much as they can," Strabo tells us. “I could see in their countenances a kind of suffocating attack”
Source: www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?...
The inscription records Germanicus Julius, son of Tiberius, grandson of Augustus Caesar, consul, elected as honorary quinquennal, and that Julius Strabo, son of Caius, acted as prefect on his behalf.
Date: 12 BCE
This is Buthrotum, #Roman Butrint, Albania.
My 📷
#Archaeology #RomanSiteSaturday
Date: 12 BCE
This is Buthrotum, #Roman Butrint, Albania.
My 📷
#Archaeology #RomanSiteSaturday
June 13, 2026 at 8:18 AM
The inscription records Germanicus Julius, son of Tiberius, grandson of Augustus Caesar, consul, elected as honorary quinquennal, and that Julius Strabo, son of Caius, acted as prefect on his behalf.
Date: 12 BCE
This is Buthrotum, #Roman Butrint, Albania.
My 📷
#Archaeology #RomanSiteSaturday
Date: 12 BCE
This is Buthrotum, #Roman Butrint, Albania.
My 📷
#Archaeology #RomanSiteSaturday
Ancient Egyptian pleasure boat found by archaeologists off Alexandria coast
Ancient Egyptian pleasure boat found by archaeologists off Alexandria coast
First-century luxury vessel matches description by the Greek historian Strabo, who visited city around 29-25BC
An ancient Egyptian pleasure boat that matches a description by the first-century Greek historian Strabo has been discovered off the coast of Alexandria, to the excitement of archaeologists.
With its palaces, temples and the 130 metre-high Pharos lighthouse – one of the seven wonders of the ancient world – Alexandria had been one of the most magnificent cities in antiquity. The pleasure boat, which dates from the first half of the first century, was 35 metres long and constructed to hold a central pavilion with a luxuriously decorated cabin. Continue reading...
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December 8, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Ancient Egyptian pleasure boat found by archaeologists off Alexandria coast
Some alphabets for your consideration, including Hebrew
St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 878; Vademecum of Walahfrid Strabo; between about 825 CE and 849 CE; Reichenau; pp.320-321
(www.e-codices.ch/en/list/one/...)
St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 878; Vademecum of Walahfrid Strabo; between about 825 CE and 849 CE; Reichenau; pp.320-321
(www.e-codices.ch/en/list/one/...)
August 24, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Some alphabets for your consideration, including Hebrew
St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 878; Vademecum of Walahfrid Strabo; between about 825 CE and 849 CE; Reichenau; pp.320-321
(www.e-codices.ch/en/list/one/...)
St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 878; Vademecum of Walahfrid Strabo; between about 825 CE and 849 CE; Reichenau; pp.320-321
(www.e-codices.ch/en/list/one/...)
Stack o' Landmarks. Can we get a Pausanias or Strabo next? Please? Pretty Please?
📚💙 #HistoryBookChat #Classics
📚💙 #HistoryBookChat #Classics
November 7, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Stack o' Landmarks. Can we get a Pausanias or Strabo next? Please? Pretty Please?
📚💙 #HistoryBookChat #Classics
📚💙 #HistoryBookChat #Classics
#CatchThePhrase
Albert Ayler & Don Cherry - Children
Albert Ayler & Don Cherry - Children
January 8, 2026 at 9:57 PM
#CatchThePhrase
Albert Ayler & Don Cherry - Children
Albert Ayler & Don Cherry - Children
Some #Caturday reading. I know there’s a newer, well regarded translation of Strabo out now, but I’ve never fully read this Cambridge edition and figured I should before buying another one.
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February 14, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Some #Caturday reading. I know there’s a newer, well regarded translation of Strabo out now, but I’ve never fully read this Cambridge edition and figured I should before buying another one.
📚💙 🐈⬛📷
📚💙 🐈⬛📷
Tomyris led her armies to defend against an attack by Cyrus the Great of the Achaemenid Empire, and she defeated and killed him in 530 BC. Tomyris is mentioned by several ancient writers, including Herodotus, Strabo, Polyaenus, Cassiodorus, and Jordanes.
September 12, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Tomyris led her armies to defend against an attack by Cyrus the Great of the Achaemenid Empire, and she defeated and killed him in 530 BC. Tomyris is mentioned by several ancient writers, including Herodotus, Strabo, Polyaenus, Cassiodorus, and Jordanes.
Heracles Gate with Reliefs of His 12 Labors Found in the Ancient Greek City of Side in Anatolia
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Heracles Gate with Reliefs of His 12 Labors Found in the Ancient Greek City of Side in Anatolia
The excavations carried out on Street B of the archaeological complex of Side, on the Mediterranean coast of southern Turkey (founded by Greek colonists from Cyme, according to Strabo and Flavius Arri...
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August 27, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Heracles Gate with Reliefs of His 12 Labors Found in the Ancient Greek City of Side in Anatolia
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