Culture Corner

[Baloo]

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FFS Baloo. You need to get a grip. Are you off to the ballet tonight?

I've noticed you can't keep away from this thread Pearcey. Unfortunately you'll need to start your own for mud wrestling, dwarf tossing and people setting light to farts.

[Baloo]

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Ben Shepherd’s face is perfect. Remarkable daytime quizzing, this 🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/0Lreh0JCX2

— Graeme Douglas (@graemedouglas) October 25, 2021

[Taunton Blue Genie]

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Very highly recommended Radio 4 series available via podcast:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/b00nrtd2

Absolutely incredible series for those interested in history and mankind.

[Baloo]

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Very highly recommended Radio 4 series available via podcast:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/b00nrtd2

Absolutely incredible series for those interested in history and mankind.

Thanks for this. Was just listening to the episode about the origins of literature and science and the 'Flood Tablet' from 7th Century BC Mesopotamian which parallels and pre-dates the Noah story in the bible. Showcasing how a common pool of legend and myth was drawn upon by ancient peoples who held very different beliefs. The plant of life stealing, talking snake also makes an appearance in the Gilgamesh epic from around that same period I believe.

[tforturton]

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It's pretty clear that at some point in the past, a major floor did occur, if only because most of the world's cultures have myths about it. Lots of people like to link this to the Zanclean flood, when the Atlantic breached the land gap (in the region of Gibraltar) and flooded the Mediterranean area. However, this happened over 5m years ago, when people weren't around, and also, why would far eastern cultures have a flood myth based on the Mediterranean?

[Baloo]

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Around 4,000 years old, this Gold Cape wouldn't look out of place in the Ancient Egypt collection at the British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collec.../H_1836-0902-1

It was discovered in Mold, North Wales. We might not have found great temples, palaces nor cities but findings like this provide new insights into the societies of prehistoric Britain, which clearly had centres of significant wealth, traded internationally and produced fine works of art and design.

[bobh]

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Ben Shepherd’s face is perfect. Remarkable daytime quizzing, this 🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/0Lreh0JCX2

— Graeme Douglas (@graemedouglas) October 25, 2021

LMAO

[Baloo]

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Life cycle of the blackberry... pic.twitter.com/GePemAhurB

— Mark Stephens (@MarksLarks) July 6, 2022