Curious stories about dead languages, rough translations, forgotten cants, mysterious codes, and uncracked ciphers from around the globe.
Lingua Obscura, Video Electives
The word barbarian was coined by the Greeks to cover all people who didn’t speak Greek.
b’ejekoteem = caminar llevando muchas cosas dentro de la ropa = to walk carrying many things underneath one’s clothes
Forget Carpe Diem. Start Dropping Aut Viam Inveniam Aut Faciam Instead.
Here’s one of my favorite cuneiform letters translated to English. It’s a letter written by a boy who was away at boarding school…
In 1777, British General Sir Henry Clinton sent this message to his fellow officer John Burgoyne…
This word is used by Gilgamesh and Enkidu of each other.
The greatest moments of learning about the ancient past are those where people are surprisingly familiar…
How we teach, learn, share, barter, steal, warn, court, threaten, trade and of course, just talk. This is Communication.
“Are You Sure” is a service designed to quell violence via text message, by confirming or denying rumors of ethnic strife.
b’ejekoteem = caminar llevando muchas cosas dentro de la ropa = to walk carrying many things underneath one’s clothes
Forget Carpe Diem. Start Dropping Aut Viam Inveniam Aut Faciam Instead.
The joy of small things lost in translation…
This word is used by Gilgamesh and Enkidu of each other.
These stories feature tax-savvy shoppers, houses from recycled boats, bureaucracy-beating apps, and tales of migrant ingenuity – creative workarounds for a world crisscrossed by boundaries.
Aaron Carapella, a self-taught mapmaker in Warner, Okla., has designed a map of Native American tribes showing their locations before first contact with Europeans.
What did the United States look like to the Ottomans?
Refugee Doctor Provides Care In Calais ‘Jungle’ When NGOs Leave
One-fifth of Venezuelan fuel exports leave the country illegally. Find out why and how smugglers move fuel across borders in this animated breakdown.
From trucker art in Japan to bamboo bikes in Africa, these stories take you on a tour of how people move themselves and their possessions at the street level.
Only 5% of Cubans currently have internet access, but semi-legal information peddlers have figured out how to make internet travel by foot.
Zambikes provides alternative transportation solutions in Zambia using the abundant bamboo that grows around their workshop.
Original stories grounded in academic research, plus clever curation from around the web.
Mexico’s shock vendors jolt you for a price
One-fifth of Venezuelan fuel exports leave the country illegally. Find out why and how smugglers move fuel across borders in this animated breakdown.
Until the 1990s it was arguably legal to purchase stolen goods in London’s Bermondsey Market without fear of prosecution.
Everyone’s gotta celebrate. Shake loose, rejoice, jump for joy, shout to the skies, and revel.
The town of Glacier View, Alaska, doesn’t get dark enough for fireworks on the Fourth of July. So they drive cars off a cliff.
With a mass jousting event involving hundreds of charging horsemen, the Sumbanese celebrate the advent of harvest and arrival of sea worms.
A trove of intriguing books in PDF format free to download for dedicated curiosity-seekers.
A singular library existed in 1535, at Warsenstein, near Cassel. The books composing it, or rather the substitutes for them, were made of wood…
Ex-Libris, Resources For Parent Educators
Ex-Libris, Resources For Parent Educators
Ex-Libris, Resources For Parent Educators
Spark your intellectual curiosity with these original, thought-provoking videos. Watch, learn, share, debate. Only through questioning the world around us, can we come to better understand it.
Lingua Obscura, Video Electives
Hannibal always remained an enemy of the Roman people, even after his defeat at Zama by Scipio Africanus.
These comprehensive resources for parent educators include summaries of history and art, maps, lesson plans, and activities for learners.
Resources For Parent Educators
No Purell? No problem! When disinfecting gel sells out everywhere, you can just make some yourself with stuff you (maybe) already have at home.
Resources For Parent Educators
Resources For Parent Educators
Resources For Parent Educators
Resources For Parent Educators
This is a comprehensive resource for parent educators, which includes summaries of ancient Egyptian history and art, maps, lesson plans, and learner activities.
Ex-Libris, Resources For Parent Educators
Ex-Libris, Resources For Parent Educators
Ex-Libris, Resources For Parent Educators
