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Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬

Giant, #Ancient Life Form Doesn’t Fit Into Any Known Branch of Life
Scientists have debated where #Prototaxites belong in tree of life for over a century, but now a new study suggests it might represent a whole new branch.
Researchers analyzed #fossil of Prototaxites species called Prototaxites taiti and concluded that it belonged to now-extinct lineage of multicellular #terrestrial #eukaryotes (organisms, including all animals and plants, whose cells contain a nucleus).
gizmodo.com/giant-ancient-life

Gizmodo · Giant, Ancient Life Form Doesn’t Fit Into Any Known Branch of LifeScientists have debated where Prototaxites belong in the tree of life for over a century, but now a new study suggests it might represent a whole new branch.
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CoinOfNote

An article in E-Sylum this week for fans of #Ancient #Greek and #Roman gods and / or #AncienCoins:

"Vulcan on Ancient Coins

TO THE ANCIENT Greeks, he was Hephaistos. To the Romans, he was Vulcan. To the Etruscans, he was Sethlans. Many ancient cultures imagined a god of fire who presided over volcanoes and was a metalsmith who crafted magical armor and weapons."

coinbooks.org/v28/esylum_v28n1

#Numismatics #CoinCollecting #History #Histodons @numismatics @ancientcoins @histodon

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Bibliolater 📚 📜 🖋

📖 **How Republics Die: Creeping Authoritarianism in Ancient Rome and Beyond**

"_This book gathers together Roman historians with political scientists and scholars of other periods of authoritarian takeover to explore how open and democratic political systems have historically fallen prey to autocrats._"

🔗 doi.org/10.1515/9783111705446.

#OpenAccess #OA #DOI #Ancient #History #Histodons #PoliticalScience #Authoritarianism #Romans #Empire #RomanEmpire #Imperialism #Academia #Academics @politicalscience @histodons

De Gruyter BrillHow Republics DieAuthoritarianism is everywhere on the advance; democracies seem fragile and threatened. We console ourselves that where rule by the people has long established itself, it has never collapsed from internal causes. Except it did, once: in Rome. This book gathers together Roman historians with political scientists and scholars of other periods of authoritarian takeover to explore how open and democratic political systems have historically fallen prey to autocrats. The Late Roman Republic is the main focus, with a mix of large-scale thematic and analytical chapters paired with more detailed case studies, from some of the leading scholars in the field. Other chapters widen the scope, analysing comparable cases from ancient Athens to Napoleon to Hitler’s Germany and Franco’s Spain. The book as a whole draws on contemporary political science scholarship on democratic decay and competitive authoritarianism. It shows that these concepts are not only applicable to modern states, but that we can properly use them to study past democratic collapses as well. This provides the tools for a more historically-informed understanding of how republics die, as part of a renewed conversation between historians and political scientists.
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Wayne Moran Photography

The Great Meteoron Monastery Meteora Greece

Bask in the ethereal beauty of Meteora, Greece, with this breathtaking vertical composition captured by fine art photographer Wayne Moran. The image features the majestic Great Meteoron Monastery, perched atop towering rock pillars, glowing under the warm hues of a golden sunset.

fineartamerica.com/featured/su

#Meteora #Greece # Monasteries #historic #ancient #architecture #Landscape #photography #travel #travelphotography

#AYearForArt#buyintoArt
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mythologyandhistory

Did you know that an #ancient #Olympics athlete was chosen by the #gods?

Eubotas knew he would win the #running #race at the 93rd Games in 408 BC. The #oracle of Cyrene had told him!

He commissioned his own statue before the games - & of course he DID #win!

44 years later, Eubotas won the chariot race in the 104th Games (as an owner, to whom the prize went).

He possibly also won six other races.

The prettiest courtesan of the age was madly in love with him, too.

#history
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