January 3, 2011
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Image via Wikipedia Interesting item from the Independent: An isolated community near the Black Sea coast in a remote part of north-eastern Turkey has been found to speak a Greek dialect that is remarkably close to the extinct language of ancient Greece. As few as 5,000 people speak the dialect but linguists believe that it…
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Image via Wikipedia ante diem iii nonas januarias ludi compitales (day 1) — really a moveable festival which might occur anytime between Saturnalia and January 5. It was largely a rural occasion involving woollen dolls being made to represent each free member of the household (simple woollen balls would be used to represent slaves) being…
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