The Italian phrase that turns doing absolutely nothing into an art form

https://www.dictionaryscoop.com/article/The-Italian-phrase-that-turns-doing-absolutely-nothing-into-an-art-form Every culture looks at life through its own lens: from a farmer in old Japan to a poet in ancient Rome, they all figured out their own version of "life's too short, don't be a fool about it". But some languages found the perfect handful of words to capture an idea that other languages take a whole paragraph to fumble through. You've probably heard "Carpe diem" shouted by Robin Williams in Dead Poets Society, or maybe your grandfather liked to say "a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush" (which got a big boost from Benjamin Franklin, who printed it in his famous almanac). Here are 10 more gems worth adding to your back pocket.

These body parts have a proper name that most people don’t know about

https://www.dictionaryscoop.com/article/These-body-parts-have-a-proper-name-that-most-people-dont-know-about Would you be able to confidently point at your pinna if asked? Or could you say how many canthi a person has? Each part of our body has a specific name—sometimes more than one—but we don’t always use them or even know them, especially if a popular version exists. The big toe, the bit of flesh between the index and the thumb, the space between the brows, all these have a proper name that is rarely used. Let’s discover the proper way to refer to some parts of our body.

Were you born on this rare date? Only 1 in 1,461 people were

https://www.dictionaryscoop.com/article/Were-you-born-on-this-rare-date-Only-1-in-1-461-people-were Most of us think we know the calendar pretty well, and if we don’t, our phones are there to remind us of dates and events. But the way humans measure the passage of time hasn’t always been the same. From the origins of month names to the truth behind leap years, today we’re going to share 10 surprising facts you probably didn’t know about the calendar.

10 Asian words that are part of our daily vocabulary

https://www.dictionaryscoop.com/article/10-Asian-words-that-are-part-of-our-daily-vocabulary English vocabulary is riddled with words borrowed from other languages, but we often think about those that come from French, Spanish, or other Romance languages, though we are aware of the influence of Germanic and Nordic languages. But how often do we think about the influence of Asian languages in our everyday words? Asian influence might not be as pervasive as that of some European languages, but it’s much more present than you would think. Here are 10 Asian words that everyone has used at least once.

Craft behaviours during a period of transformations. The introduction and adoption of the potter’s wheel in Central Greece during Early Bronze Age Maria Choleva

https://www.academia.edu/38376530/Craft_behaviours_during_a_period_of_transformations_The_introduction_and_adoption_of_the_potter_s_wheel_in_Central_Greece_during_Early_Bronze_Age?email_work_card=title This paper will focus on the modalities of appearance and on the transmission of the potter’s wheel in central Greek settlements by drawing on two different case studies, Lefkandi on Euboea and Pefkakia in Magnesia. While both settlements experienced the innovation of the potter’s wheel during late EBA II and present continuity in the presence of wheel-made pottery throughout EBA III, they follow two radically different trajectories in terms of integrating the new tool into the local technological systems. The aim of examining the craft practices involved in wheel-made pottery, is to reconstruct and compare the chaînes opératoires linked to the use of the potter’s wheel within local production and to explore the pottery traditions shaped and transformed under the impact of the new technology in the course of late EBA. The identification of various craft behaviours through time will reveal different technological patterns regarding the adoption and transmission of the new way of producing pottery and will disclose differentiated socio-cultural mechanisms underlying the wheel’s innovation. By adopting an anthropological view of techniques as expressions of social behaviours, this paper will bring into view the different reactions of the local communities to the profound socio-cultural changes as they are communicated through pottery production. This will be achieved by shedding light on the ways that potters establish and negotiate their social identities through craft practices within a socio-historical context of transformation and change.

"Egyptology and Global History: Between geocultural power and the crisis of humanities", Journal of Egyptian History 13 (2020), 29-76. Juan Carlos Moreno Garcia

https://www.academia.edu/45148528/_Egyptology_and_Global_History_Between_geocultural_power_and_the_crisis_of_humanities_Journal_of_Egyptian_History_13_2020_29_76?email_work_card=title

Debate do Filme "A Odisseia" -Grupo de estudos Saturnália Antropofágica Saturnália Antropofágica -IFCH UNICAMP Pedro Paulo A . Funari

https://www.academia.edu/171943733/Debate_do_Filme_A_Odisseia_Grupo_de_estudos_Saturn%C3%A1lia_Antropof%C3%A1gica_Saturn%C3%A1lia_Antropof%C3%A1gica_IFCH_UNICAMP?email_work_card=title