FHH backup I’ve read more than a 100

So thanks for proving me right as well! 😘

No, Marie Antoinette didn't have lice & other myths about historic hygie... youtu.be/s2ALFBiMHV8?si… via YouTube

We still cannot get over this moment of that debate between Dibble and Hancock. It will be a watershed moment for some - it is not that we are missing key pieces of evidence, but that not a single piece we have actually supports this narrative. #BadAncient

The Elviña hillfort (A Coruña, #Galicia ) was the possible capital of the Artabri, one of the most quoted people of Western Iberia in the classical sources. Astoninshingly, most of the buildings unearthed were not domestic, but public or sacred ones.
#hillfortswednesday

Chastity belts. Iron Maidens. 1,000 years without a bath. What we think we know about Medieval Europe is actually more fiction than fact.

Debunk the 6 most common myths about the Middle Ages: t.ted.com/67zmaJa

One of the reasons some people still think the middle ages were filthy, dark and grey:

(abit late to this)

Here's a megathread on African castles, fortresses, fortified cities and other monumental structures
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As I keep saying:
The Black Death was not just an European affair and (personal) hygiene had little to do with how it spread:

going-medieval.com/2024/01/25/on-…

[ARCHAEOLOGY THREAD] One of the most pernicious racisms I see regularly is the myth that Africa has been an unimportant place in human history

But the archaeology of Africa is incredible. Black Lives matter, and so does their history
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Many African civilizations have figured out how to make a wheel. The most obvious is Egypt, but I'm guessing the op doesn't count Egyptians as African due to skin color. And the op will ofc ignore Saharan chariots and wagons bc they were introduced via cultural diffusion. 1/5

I think this is a compliment ;)

Did Christian theologians discourage everyone from washing or bathing and cause medieval Christians to avoid hygiene? Short answer - no.
Long answer - a thread 🧵

Love this meme.

medievalists.net/2022/05/dark-a…

Oh dear.
This silly Billy thinks that the photo of a Greek bath I shared doesn't show an 3000+ year old tub but a medieval one... even after seeing the sign.
Someone doesn't know what B.C. stands for!