Candace shoves Roman courtier aside by the booty to tell Caesar Augustus he’d better give up, OR ELSE!
Candace shoves Roman courtier aside by the booty to tell Caesar Augustus he’d better give up, OR ELSE!
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Did the Romans chicken out, start a war of conquest and lose, or surrender to Cush?
Often with twisted narratives, or the usual sort of pilpul, it takes considerable explanation to demonstrate that the argument is hollow and disingenuous. (more…)
Propaganda poster found in ancient vault, inscribed “Brown Sugah Candi goan whup crackah booty!”
Propaganda poster found in ancient vault, inscribed “Brown Sugah Candi goan whup crackah booty!”
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Behold! In the days of yore, there arose in Cush a most noble lady, Amanirenas named, and she was a mighty Queen.[1] Two millennia later, renewed buzz is effervescing about the East African potentate. One item was pipelined to my start page feed, thanks to whichever munchkin is entrusted with the Firefox transmission belt. (more…)
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There is a wonderful Ridley Scott film from 1977 called The Duellists, based on a Joseph Conrad short story, “The Duel.” It follows the exploits of two hussars in Napoleon’s Grande Armée as they traveled from 1800 Strasbourg, to 1812 Russia, and back again to France after Napoleon’s final defeat at Waterloo. Were their enemies the Prussians, or the Russians, or the British? No, their true enemies were one another — (more…)