Tag Archives: Turkey

Life Among The Ruins

Posted on August 16, 2011 by nathanalbright

One of the stronger, and odder, interests of mine as a lifelong student of history has been my love of the melancholy beauty of ruins. Though ruins are all over the world, no one deliberately goes out to build ruins. … Continue reading →

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Stranded

Posted on August 5, 2011 by nathanalbright

Updated: 08/06/2011 Imagine that you are a Turkish young woman learning English translation at a university in Istanbul. In search of adventure and a little bit of money from a summer job, you get accepted in a foreign work program … Continue reading →

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Mene Mene Tekel Upharsin

Posted on May 28, 2011 by nathanalbright

Her name was Ennigaldi. Not much is known of her [1], for though she was a powerful woman, the first known museum curator in the entire world, a high priestess of Nanna, with her home on in the temple on … Continue reading →

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Today In History: On April 25, 1915, Australia and New Zealand Became Nations

Posted on April 25, 2011 by nathanalbright

Earlier today, a friend of mine made a very thoughtful and insightful post about Anzac Day, with a lot of intriguing comments about all sides of the dispute and its historical ramifications, even playing with the counterfactual historical questions attached … Continue reading →

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Scrounge For Gold: History Repeating Itself

Posted on January 26, 2011 by nathanalbright

A few years ago when the Cash 4 Gold advertisements started appearing, I was mildly amused by what was an obvious (to me) ripoff of people in giving them vastly lower returns than the value of the gold they sent … Continue reading →

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