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Ancient Nomadic Scythians Found to be Ethnically Diverse
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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

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Racial McCarthyism on the Right Redux A repeat and a reminder to let your academic friends know: “The petition I set up to defend John […]

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Bill Scher: The Importance of Cole v. Hitchens And, a Suggestion Bill Scher nails it. He also points out the MEMRI’s translation is close to […]

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Cobban on Hitchens Helena Cobban is one of our great foreign affairs journalists. She has covered the Middle East, Africa and elsewhere for many years […]

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Hitchens not Drunk, Only an Asinine Thief I’m told Andrew Sullivan is saying that he was at Hitchens’s house when Hitchens stole my private mail […]

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Hitchens the Hacker; And, Hitchens the Orientalist And, “We don’t Want Your Stinking War! Christopher Hitchens owes me a big apology. I belong to a […]

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