The Straw That Learned to Write
There was in Proto-Indo-European a word *ḱolh₂mos, “straw, stalk.” From it descend Latin culmus, German…
Polyhymnia
This category is about religion.
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A Mosque That Names Itself
Two years after the Saltukids had married their way into three neighbouring houses, they began…
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Erzurum (Not Theodosiopolis)
After the Roman empire came apart, Erzurum—Karin—found itself in its eastern half: Byzantium. At the…
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A Spoonful Closer to Home
Today Türkiye marks the Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day. They do rather like…
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Thirteen Stone Warriors
A room of its own in the Van Museum holds a baker’s dozen of stone…
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Aghtamar Tells the Bible
Outside, in relief; inside, in paint. Though “paint” is by now a generous word: of…
