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Ancient Nomadic Scythians Found to be Ethnically Diverse
Archaeology

Ancient Nomadic Scythians Found to be Ethnically Diverse

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The more genetic history that is done, the more it is clear that ancient ethnonyms, the names given supposed ethnicities, […]

Making it official: Famine strikes Gaza City

Making it official: Famine strikes Gaza City

08/24/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Ancient Iran’s Paradise Pleasure Gardens: Unimaginable Beauty and Opulence

Ancient Iran’s Paradise Pleasure Gardens: Unimaginable Beauty and Opulence

08/24/2025 By The Conversation

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On Denying “Radicals” Due Process (Fighting Bob LaFollette Poster)

On Denying “Radicals” Due Process (Fighting Bob LaFollette Poster)

Juan Cole

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Kairouan, Tunisia

Kairouan, Tunisia

Kairouan, Tunisia, May 2012, from a rooftop. Photo by Juan Cole For more on this UNESCO Heritage City, see this link.

Juan Cole

Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam (313) “wine loosens even cast-iron shackles”

Omar Khayyam (313) “wine loosens even cast-iron shackles”

Wine-bibbing makes people         less full of themselves, and wine loosens even     cast-iron  shackles. If satan had only      tippled […]

Juan Cole

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Lemurs are the Species most threatened with Extinction

Lemurs are the Species most threatened with Extinction

A new study finds that the Madagascar lemur primate is the vertebrate species most threatened by extinction. One reason for the threat is not only […]

Juan Cole

Syria
Ghoul's Glossary:  From Atrocity (Syria) to CEO (Romney)

Ghoul’s Glossary: From Atrocity (Syria) to CEO (Romney)

Atrocity: What a mass murder is called when the world is too blind or timid or divided to prosecute it as a war crime. Synonym […]

Juan Cole

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John Adams on the War on Terror (Poster)

John Adams on the War on Terror (Poster)

Juan Cole

Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam (152) “so many hearts have been left bleeding”

Omar Khayyam (152) “so many hearts have been left bleeding”

A shame that bankruptcy has left us without capital in hand, and that so many hearts have been        left bleeding by the blade […]

Juan Cole

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Dream Ticket (Poster)

Dream Ticket (Poster)

Juan Cole

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Syria:  You know you’re in Trouble When…

Syria: You know you’re in Trouble When…

Some observations for the Syrian government of Bashar al-Assad: You know you’re in trouble when you can only rule over people if you massacre them: […]

Juan Cole

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