SASA Inspires
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Save Ancient Studies Alliance Inspire Campaign project highlights the connection between the Ancient and Modern world!
🧶 In Taylor Swift’s song ‘Invisible String’, from her Grammy-winning album Folklore, she shares her belief that her relationship with then boyfriend Joe Alwin was predestined. She sings, “all along there was some invisible string tying you to me” and “one single thread of gold tied me to you”.
November 27, 2025 at 7:26 PM
🧶 In Taylor Swift’s song ‘Invisible String’, from her Grammy-winning album Folklore, she shares her belief that her relationship with then boyfriend Joe Alwin was predestined. She sings, “all along there was some invisible string tying you to me” and “one single thread of gold tied me to you”.
🧙 How did William Shakespeare accidentally change the meaning of the word ‘weird’? Originally from the Proto-Germanic word ‘wurthiz’, the word ‘weird’ can be traced back to the Old English ‘wyrd’, which meant something like ‘destiny’, or to refer to someone with the power to control fate.
November 26, 2025 at 12:19 PM
🧙 How did William Shakespeare accidentally change the meaning of the word ‘weird’? Originally from the Proto-Germanic word ‘wurthiz’, the word ‘weird’ can be traced back to the Old English ‘wyrd’, which meant something like ‘destiny’, or to refer to someone with the power to control fate.
🛡️ There is a temptation to view the spear and shield combination of the ancient hoplite as crude, but that could not be further from the truth! The design of the aspis shield is a great example of the ingenuity of ancient technology.
November 26, 2025 at 12:12 PM
🛡️ There is a temptation to view the spear and shield combination of the ancient hoplite as crude, but that could not be further from the truth! The design of the aspis shield is a great example of the ingenuity of ancient technology.
🖐️ Beginning nine thousand years ago, generations of the ancient inhabitants of Río Pinturas, filled a cave with some of the most impressive prehistoric art on Earth. The Cueva de las Manos may have been occupied as early as 10,000 BCE, and had people living there as recently as 700 AD.
November 25, 2025 at 1:25 AM
🖐️ Beginning nine thousand years ago, generations of the ancient inhabitants of Río Pinturas, filled a cave with some of the most impressive prehistoric art on Earth. The Cueva de las Manos may have been occupied as early as 10,000 BCE, and had people living there as recently as 700 AD.
🪨 See what happens when you try to cheat death! Sisyphus was a king from Greek mythology. Though he pulled many tricks in his life, his greatest was escaping death - twice!
November 21, 2025 at 6:18 PM
🪨 See what happens when you try to cheat death! Sisyphus was a king from Greek mythology. Though he pulled many tricks in his life, his greatest was escaping death - twice!
🪲 How did Egyptian mummies become a part of the classic monster lineup? For many people, the lineup consists of vampires, werewolves, Frankenstein-esque monsters, and mummies. The mummy is an outlier, though, as unlike the rest, mummies are real! So how did they make the list?
November 20, 2025 at 9:28 PM
🪲 How did Egyptian mummies become a part of the classic monster lineup? For many people, the lineup consists of vampires, werewolves, Frankenstein-esque monsters, and mummies. The mummy is an outlier, though, as unlike the rest, mummies are real! So how did they make the list?
🌳 Trees have more to do to with books then you may think - which is saying something! Paper as we know it was first invented in China around 200 BCE, and it was made (at least in part) with bark from the mulberry tree.
November 19, 2025 at 7:26 PM
🌳 Trees have more to do to with books then you may think - which is saying something! Paper as we know it was first invented in China around 200 BCE, and it was made (at least in part) with bark from the mulberry tree.
🐸 Frog legs are a French delicacy, but did another European society beat the French to the punch on this dish? Well, a team of archaeologists may have found evidence to suggest that that is the case!
November 18, 2025 at 7:12 PM
🐸 Frog legs are a French delicacy, but did another European society beat the French to the punch on this dish? Well, a team of archaeologists may have found evidence to suggest that that is the case!
☪️ This is a ‘Mihrab’ or a ‘Prayer Niche’, an important element of a Mosque. The ‘Mihrab’ indicates the direction of Mecca, the Holy City of Islam. This is important because practitioners of Islam face that direction while praying.
November 18, 2025 at 7:50 AM
☪️ This is a ‘Mihrab’ or a ‘Prayer Niche’, an important element of a Mosque. The ‘Mihrab’ indicates the direction of Mecca, the Holy City of Islam. This is important because practitioners of Islam face that direction while praying.
🦚 Bow before Hera, queen of the gods, protector of women during childbirth, and the goddess of marriage. Hera has been worshiped as far back as the Mycenaean period. She was prayed to in temples across Ancient Greece, and at the Heraean games, a footrace held in her honor every four years!
November 14, 2025 at 6:39 PM
🦚 Bow before Hera, queen of the gods, protector of women during childbirth, and the goddess of marriage. Hera has been worshiped as far back as the Mycenaean period. She was prayed to in temples across Ancient Greece, and at the Heraean games, a footrace held in her honor every four years!
⚔️ Narnia is a world many of us fell in love with as children. But did you know this fantastical story was based on the Chrisitian Bible? In ‘The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe’, Aslan is meant to be Jesus, the Pevensies are humanity, and the White Witch is the devil.
November 14, 2025 at 3:38 AM
⚔️ Narnia is a world many of us fell in love with as children. But did you know this fantastical story was based on the Chrisitian Bible? In ‘The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe’, Aslan is meant to be Jesus, the Pevensies are humanity, and the White Witch is the devil.
⌛ Places of mortal combat … and sand? The word arena comes from the Latin word “harena”, which means “sandy place”! This is because arenas usually had a layer of sand over the wooden floor to help absorb the blood spilled by gladiators.
November 13, 2025 at 2:08 AM
⌛ Places of mortal combat … and sand? The word arena comes from the Latin word “harena”, which means “sandy place”! This is because arenas usually had a layer of sand over the wooden floor to help absorb the blood spilled by gladiators.
📜 Perhaps the oldest philosopher on record, Ptahhotep was an Ancient Egyptian vizier around 2400 BCE, around 2,000 years before Plato was even alive! As a vizier, he was one of the highest ranking officials in the Fifth Dynasty of Egypt.
November 12, 2025 at 8:46 AM
📜 Perhaps the oldest philosopher on record, Ptahhotep was an Ancient Egyptian vizier around 2400 BCE, around 2,000 years before Plato was even alive! As a vizier, he was one of the highest ranking officials in the Fifth Dynasty of Egypt.
🪨 In western France there’s a tomb a thousand years older than the Pyramid of Giza. The Cairn de Barnenez dates back to 4,800 BCE, but a second cairn was built in 4,400 BCE. The first was built from locally sourced dolerite, while the second is made of granite sourced from elsewhere.
November 11, 2025 at 8:44 AM
🪨 In western France there’s a tomb a thousand years older than the Pyramid of Giza. The Cairn de Barnenez dates back to 4,800 BCE, but a second cairn was built in 4,400 BCE. The first was built from locally sourced dolerite, while the second is made of granite sourced from elsewhere.
🪲 According to Cherokee folklore, at the beginning of the world, there was no land - just water and the sky world. All of the animals lived in the sky, and eventually it became too crowded. So a water beetle named Dayuni’si volunteered to find them all a new home.
November 8, 2025 at 5:13 AM
🪲 According to Cherokee folklore, at the beginning of the world, there was no land - just water and the sky world. All of the animals lived in the sky, and eventually it became too crowded. So a water beetle named Dayuni’si volunteered to find them all a new home.
🎶 In her song ‘Cassandra’, Taylor Swift sings, “So they killed Cassandra first ‘cause she feared the worst / And tried to tell the town”. But who is Cassandra, and what does she have to do with Swift’s feud with Kimye?
November 6, 2025 at 4:49 PM
🎶 In her song ‘Cassandra’, Taylor Swift sings, “So they killed Cassandra first ‘cause she feared the worst / And tried to tell the town”. But who is Cassandra, and what does she have to do with Swift’s feud with Kimye?
🍂 November follows the same pattern as September and October, it was the ninth month of the old Romulan calendar (‘novem’ = nine) and the name stuck when the calendar was shifted.
November 5, 2025 at 5:47 PM
🍂 November follows the same pattern as September and October, it was the ninth month of the old Romulan calendar (‘novem’ = nine) and the name stuck when the calendar was shifted.
🧘 Did you know that Avatar: The Last Airbender has several religious influences from some of the most ancient East and South Asian traditions, such as Buddhism, which dates back to the 5th century BCE, and Hinduism, which dates back to the 23rd century BCE!
November 4, 2025 at 6:56 PM
🧘 Did you know that Avatar: The Last Airbender has several religious influences from some of the most ancient East and South Asian traditions, such as Buddhism, which dates back to the 5th century BCE, and Hinduism, which dates back to the 23rd century BCE!
🗿 Dogū are small statues, or figurines, that are thought to have been made by the Jōmon people in ancient Japan. The Jōmon people lived sometime between 1,400 BCE and 300 BCE, and were a hunter-gatherer society. Unfortunately, though, there’s no written record of what they were!
November 4, 2025 at 5:40 PM
🗿 Dogū are small statues, or figurines, that are thought to have been made by the Jōmon people in ancient Japan. The Jōmon people lived sometime between 1,400 BCE and 300 BCE, and were a hunter-gatherer society. Unfortunately, though, there’s no written record of what they were!
💀 Behold Ereshkigal, the Queen of the Dead. Originating in the Akkadian period, Ereshkigal was worshipped in multiple Mesopotamian cultures. She was the ruler of Kur, also known as Kurgia or Irkalla, the land of the dead.
October 31, 2025 at 2:39 PM
💀 Behold Ereshkigal, the Queen of the Dead. Originating in the Akkadian period, Ereshkigal was worshipped in multiple Mesopotamian cultures. She was the ruler of Kur, also known as Kurgia or Irkalla, the land of the dead.
🦁 Different kingdom, same old monsters. Noble, timeless, and powerful, it’s the griffin! The griffin has endured a consistently revered journey from its origins in ancient Greece and Persia to the illumination of medieval heraldry and takes pride of place in the Witcher franchise’s bestiaries.
October 30, 2025 at 3:30 PM
🦁 Different kingdom, same old monsters. Noble, timeless, and powerful, it’s the griffin! The griffin has endured a consistently revered journey from its origins in ancient Greece and Persia to the illumination of medieval heraldry and takes pride of place in the Witcher franchise’s bestiaries.
😈 The word ‘demon’ didn’t always mean something evil. It comes from the ancient Greek word ‘daimōn’, which meant a variety of things, such as ‘deity’, ‘lesser god’, ‘spirit’, or ‘supernatural being’. Despite being supernatural in origin, the word did not originally have a negative connotation.
October 29, 2025 at 1:50 PM
😈 The word ‘demon’ didn’t always mean something evil. It comes from the ancient Greek word ‘daimōn’, which meant a variety of things, such as ‘deity’, ‘lesser god’, ‘spirit’, or ‘supernatural being’. Despite being supernatural in origin, the word did not originally have a negative connotation.
👹 Humanity has always devised new ways to deal with life’s problems. For modern humans, solving those problems usually means relying on science and technology. But for our ancient ancestors, they relied on magic and spells. Like these bowls!
October 29, 2025 at 12:10 PM
👹 Humanity has always devised new ways to deal with life’s problems. For modern humans, solving those problems usually means relying on science and technology. But for our ancient ancestors, they relied on magic and spells. Like these bowls!
⛰️ ‘Abandon hope, all ye who enter.’ Penned by Dante in the 13th century, it’s the inscription above the Gates of Hell. He and Virgil came across the warning, incidentally, before they took a boat ride down the turbulent waters of the River Acheron. Although, the Acheron’s origins are much older…
October 28, 2025 at 6:46 AM
⛰️ ‘Abandon hope, all ye who enter.’ Penned by Dante in the 13th century, it’s the inscription above the Gates of Hell. He and Virgil came across the warning, incidentally, before they took a boat ride down the turbulent waters of the River Acheron. Although, the Acheron’s origins are much older…
👻 Malaysia, home to tropical rainforests, great food, and of course, one of the most horrifying mythical creatures ever imagined.
October 24, 2025 at 4:33 PM
👻 Malaysia, home to tropical rainforests, great food, and of course, one of the most horrifying mythical creatures ever imagined.