If you want to know what's being studied and learned at Göbekli Tepe (and don't we all?) without the pseudoscience and claptrap, Tepe Telegrams seems to be the place.
Friday, September 27, 2024
Thursday, September 12, 2024
New Euripides fragments! I'm unable, however, to find their actual text, translated or un-.
Friday, September 06, 2024
I thought I'd posted this, but apparently not: Incomprehensible idioms in Maltese.
“Libbislu ċoff u daħħlu wejter!” Literal translation: “Tie a bow on him and employ him as a waiter.” What it means: “The object/human you are speaking about is useless.”
“Mela żobb, Sur Kappillan!” Literal translation: “Therefore penis, Mr Parish Priest!” What it means: “You bet!”
Wednesday, May 15, 2024
I haven't made my deep dive yet, but this looks like a promising series: Philosophising in... For instance, Philosophising in Sakha (that's Yakut to old-schoolers). Or you could try the posts on Syriac, Amharic, Cuneiform and more.
Via Languagehat (of course, because is anyone else even attempting to put anything interesting on the internet anymore?)
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
3d model comparison: Aurochs cranium versus modern cow. Hiking with these in the landscape would be... exciting.