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7clubs · 5 months
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fresh ink! got my first tattoo this last weekend ^v^
design by me, inked by @/norink__ on instagram! (second photo also courtesy of them)
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songs-of-the-east · 5 months
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blackcrowing · 5 months
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Review of The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World by David W. Anthony
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I will be upfront, it is a very technical book. If you are not well versed in the anthropological categorizing of cultures and time periods of the areas being discussed it can be very difficult to keep up with the more finite points the author is making. That being said, I had never heard of any of the specific cultures being discussed in the Danube Valley and was still able to enjoy this book and its well put together analysis of various aspects of language, culture, technological developments and shifts in behaviors and place.
If you are especially interested in any of the major themes this book discusses (which is in all honesty is an extensive list including but not limited to; the development of Indo-European language, the time periods and locations as well as likely motivation for domestication of various livestock types, the cultural effects of technological developments on the peoples of the Eurasian Steppes and their migration/trading patterns) I do highly recommend. It is heavy reading but extremely illuminating.
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paganimagevault · 5 months
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Tomb of Yu Hong 592-598 CE. Link to my blog at bottom with more sources and description of individual images.
This is probably a Sogdian tomb. Interestingly, the man has a haplogroup that was widespread amongst the blue-eyed Mesolithic/Neolithic Western Hunter Gatherers (WHG are probably where blue eyes originated from) and the haplogroup is found today most prominently in Sami, Finns, and Estonians. His wife has a haplogroup found prominently amongst East Asians. Based on her East Asian origins and the inclusion of some Turkic-looking people in the tomb's artwork I would assume she was probably a Turk, herself. The long-haired men without halos (e.g. panel 4) are probably Turks, that was a typical appearance for them during this time period. Men from other surrounding populations such as the Sogdians, Huns, Tocharians, etc. typically kept shorter hair that didn't go past their shoulders. More info:
"The man buried in the tomb went by Yu Hong (Chinese: 虞弘; pinyin: Yú Hóng; Wade–Giles: Yü Hung; 533–592 AD), with Mopan (莫潘) as his courtesy name, who was a Central Asian, probably of Persian or Sogdian origin, and practiced Zoroastrianism. He had settled in Early Middle Period China during the Northern Qi, Northern Zhou and Sui dynasties. This tomb is so far the only archaeological find in the Central Plains region that reflects Central Asian (Western Regions) culture. The epitaph found in the tomb records that he was a noble of the city of Yü-ho-lin / Yuhelin (尉紇驎) in the mysterious Yu country (魚國), assumably for which he is named, because the two characters 虞 and 魚 are homophones.
According to the epitaph, Yu Hong started his career in service of the nomadic tribe at the time, known as Ruru. At the age of 13, he was posted as an emissary to Persia by the Khagan of Ruru, as well as Parthia, Tuyuhun and Yuezhi. Later he went on a mission to the Northern Qi, Northern Zhou and Sui dynasties. He served as chien-chiao sa-pao fu / jianjiao sabao fu (檢校薩保府, lit. “acting director of the office of Zoroastrian affairs”, or “Sogdian affairs”) during the Northern Zhou period. The term sa-pao / sabao (薩保) comes from the Sogdian s′rtp′w, means a “caravan leader”.
He had later served as a provincial governor in the Sui dynasty government, a chieftain of the Central Asian people who had settled in China during that period. Yu Hong died at the age of 59 in 592 AD. His wife survived him by six years, and was buried in the same grave in 598 AD.
A study on ancient DNA reveals that Yu Hong belonged to the haplogroup U5, one of the oldest western Eurasian-specific haplogroups, while his wife can be classified as haplogroup G, the type prevalent in East Asia.
The age of U5 is estimated at between 25,000 and 35,000 years old, roughly corresponding to the Gravettian culture. Approximately 11% of Europeans (10% of European-Americans) have some variant of haplogroup U5.
U5 was the predominant mtDNA of mesolithic Western Hunter Gatherers (WHG) [this is where blue eyes probably originated from].
U5 has been found in human remains dating from the Mesolithic in England, Germany, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Sweden, France and Spain. Neolithic skeletons (~7,000 years old) that were excavated from the Avellaner cave in Catalonia, northeastern Spain included a specimen carrying haplogroup U5.
Haplogroup U5 and its subclades U5a and U5b today form the highest population concentrations in the far north, among Sami, Finns, and Estonians. However, it is spread widely at lower levels throughout Europe. This distribution, and the age of the haplogroup, indicate individuals belonging to this clade were part of the initial expansion tracking the retreat of ice sheets from Europe around 10,000 years ago.
U5 was the main haplogroup of mesolithic European hunter gatherers. U haplogroups were present at 83% in European hunter gatherers before influx of Middle Eastern farmer and steppe Indo-European ancestry decreased its frequency to less than 21%.
Today, haplogroup G is found at its highest frequency in indigenous populations of the lands surrounding the Sea of Okhotsk. It is an East Asian haplogroup. Haplogroup G is one of the most common mtDNA haplogroups among modern Ainu, Siberian, Mongol, Tibetan and Central and North Asian Turkic peoples people (as well as among people of the prehistoric Jōmon culture in Hokkaidō). It is also found at a lower frequency among many other populations of East Asia, Central Asia, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal. However, unlike other mitochondrial DNA haplogroups typical of populations of northeastern Asia, such as haplogroup A, haplogroup C, and haplogroup D, haplogroup G has not been found among indigenous peoples of the Americas."
-taken from Wikipedia
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Eurasian lynx - Tierpark Stadthaag by Mandenno Photography
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coffeenuts · 9 months
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huppe fasciée / hoopoe 23J_2217 by Bernard Fabbro https://flic.kr/p/2oLwx3R
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amir2000photography · 1 month
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Eurasian #wigeon #birds in #Amsterdam #duck #winter #nature #photo #eurasianwigeon #photography #duckphotography #fotograaf #photography #canon #eos5dmark4 I love the #Netherlands #dutch life📷
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theeurasianinvasion · 1 month
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lightgriffinsect · 9 months
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Boots, 1800s.
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tiifu-ndovu · 4 months
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wingedjewels · 1 year
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Happy find - Hoopoe In Explore Dec 27/22
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Happy find - Hoopoe by Georgie Alexon Via Flickr: I do love these Eurasian hoopoes. We do not get these birds back home in Canada. They are always a treat to see here in Europe. -This was photograph was taken in Lisbon, Portugal -Upupa epops
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songs-of-the-east · 5 months
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Qaraqalpaq Girl
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russianasianclub · 9 months
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paganimagevault · 6 months
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The Kroraina (Loulan) girl from the silk road by Tang Wei Min 2013. Below, info on the Beauty of Loulan mummy:
"In 1993, Victor Mair, a Chinese language and literature professor from the University of Pennsylvania, was finally authorized by the Chinese government to collect 52 tissue samples from the mysterious mummies. At the last minute, however, government officials changed their minds and prevented Mair from leaving the country with the samples.
Luckily, Mair had a friend on the inside who was able to slip him half a dozen vials’ worth of mummy DNA on the sly. By 1995, he was able to conclude that there was indeed evidence of a European genetic marker amid the ancient inhabitants of the Chinese region.
Tests revealed that she was more than likely of Celtic, Siberian, or Scandinavian descent. Suddenly, everyone in China was forced to rethink previously disregarded ancient Chinese literature that told of fair-skinned people with blue eyes and red hair.
In 2007 and 2009, more research was done on the mysterious Loulan Beauty by scientists from two Chinese universities. They also concluded that the red-haired beauty did indeed have a Caucasian father, though her mother was of mixed race, with at least some Eastern Asian genetics.
We also now know that she was around 40 to 48 years old at the time of her death, probably due to a disease of the lungs. She was buried in clothing woven from fur and hair, as well as leather goat boots, all of which were made with a great deal of skill."
-taken from history101
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Eurasian Lynx - Tierpark Stadt Haag by Mandenno Photography
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