(08-13-2019, 09:27 PM)gordi Wrote: I think I've just found Erwin's alter-ego / doppleganger / twin ....
Meet the British Museum's Irving Finkel!
I watched several of Irving's videos.
Irving Finkel is my new hero. I want to be just like him when I grow up. He is my favorite old man - other than myself, of course.
He probably knows at least as much as myself about ancient Mesopotamia. Possibly more regarding the Assyrians (Those freaking usurpers!)
I have no doubt that he was there, too.
What I want to know now is has the British Museum started making reproductions of the ancient Royal Game of Ur again, or not? I want one... I NEED one! ... and I have another birthday coming up, hopefully... Irving may have rediscovered the rules, but I can still smoke him on it, since it is a game of strategy...
... If I can't get one, I'll have to make one, or else it's bronze spears and axes starting at 40 paces and rushing together!
ETA: I found an online version of the game, here: http://www.playonlinedicegames.com/royal-game-of-ur
Like a true Assyrian, the computer told me to fuck off if it couldn't win.
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Diogenes was eating bread and lentils for supper. He was seen by the philosopher Aristippus, who lived comfortably by flattering the king.
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’