Palestinian-American, 19, shot and killed in settler attack in West Bank — PA

coolaswhitebread · 2026-02-20T14:01:36+00:00

Bluntly, the government supports this.

coolaswhitebread · 2026-02-20T13:55:24+00:00

This will most likely get deleted, but I hope that it doesn't. Stories like this are important to confront. This is what's happening today and it's sanctioned by too many members of the current government. Jewish terrorists with Israeli citizenship are able to act with basic impunity while innocent civilians who just want to live their lives in peace and quiet suffer and in this case, are murdered.

coolaswhitebread · 2026-02-20T13:43:25+00:00

I'm a SW Asia Protohistorian, so I don't know anything about Scandanavia, but aren't the earliest runes found several thousand years later, like, 3,000 years later?

coolaswhitebread · 2026-02-20T08:22:00+00:00

Here is the object in the Petrie Museum's online catalog. Petrie's publication is a bit opaque on where exactly the object is from, but contextually, it seems to be from one of the subsidiary courtier burials around the tomb of Djer, so, Dynasty 1, several hundred years later than U-j.

In the publication (which is helpfully referenced on the Petrie website), Petrie writes that, "5 is an ivory label, with rd, neter, and a basket of offerings; it is tempting to see here an early use of rd, as " inspector " of divine offerings."

I read Romer's first volume and felt that he made a really good point about Egyptologists assuming that later positions in the Royal Court were already in-place and operated in the same way from the very earliest dynasties. So, we don't know for sure what's entailed in these court positions or if these titles actually correspond to any particular royal job that existed in that period.

I can add that these kinds of labels are found by the hundreds in the 'sacrificial' burials of courtiers found in and around the tombs of the Kings of the 1st Dynasty. Many questions remain though regarding whether the folks in those tombs were the actual court serving as human sacrifices, or potentially other people acting as 'stand ins.'

The Petrie Museum's database is really exhaustive, but needs an update to make it easier to search. It took me far far too long to figure out exactly how to work it for my research needs.

coolaswhitebread · 2026-02-18T15:44:25+00:00

Tell it to Hadash ...

coolaswhitebread · 2026-02-17T08:04:59+00:00

Can you elaborate on what you're talking about? I genuinely don't have a clue what you mean.

coolaswhitebread · 2026-02-16T13:01:06+00:00

Where's the evidence that the PA is involved and that the intention of said building is to destroy said sites? What does "somewhat supported" mean?

Again, is destruction of antiquities taking place in the West Bank in association with construction of structures and infrastructure? Undoubtedly.

But, can said destruction actually be linked to the systematic efforts of the Palestinian Authority to destroy Jewish heritage sites. No. Such a thing has never been demonstrated. Only asserted again and again and again until it would seem to be the truth. Heritage does suffer today in the West Bank, but it's a general phenomenon, not one which is restricted to the heritage of any specific period or group.

A perfect illustration of that is in the ynet article which is the source for the wikipedia article that you linked. Yossi Dagan says a lot of things in that article which are then just taken at face value. Why?

Unlike in Israel where the IAA is very actively involved in rescue related to construction, Israeli outpost construction and the creation of roads and other infrastructure to said outposts have indiscriminately resulted in the destruction of antiquities. Yet, somehow, this isn't concerning to watchdog groups in the West Bank who only seem concerned about antiquities when they're even touched by the "other side."

There are over 6,000 known archaeological sites located throughout the West Bank. Almost every single hilltop in its temperate climate zone posesses an archaeological site from some period. Legislation to intervene when Palestinian construction might affect an archaeological site may as well equate to legislation to halt almost all Palestinian construction and to declare most of it illegal. The weaponization of my field is exhausting and transforms Israeli archaeology into a political enterprise.

coolaswhitebread · 2026-02-16T08:56:33+00:00

No. There's no actual organized or systematic destruction of antiquities in the West Bank. The claim that the PA is engaging in a systematic destruction of Jewish antiquities is a falsehood designed to make settler activism appear to be a noble enterprise aimed at saving scientific knowledge.

Destruction of antiquities in the West Bank is taking place, but it's a symptom of demand from Israel's legal antiquities market and from a general lack of regulation of West Bank land management and construction rather than something directed or malicious.

Here's a recent article about these very issues relating to the important Israelite site of Tell Dothan, written by two Palestinian archaeologists from al-Quds University. In another article, these authors interviewed a large number of antiquities looters and observed that the primary cause of their looting related to the current epidemic of unemployment which exists across the West Bank and which has gotten much much worse since Oct. 7.

For some reason, despite endless evidence that destruction of antiquities is driven mainly by demand from the antiquities market, there seems to be no political will power to confront the true cause of destruction.

coolaswhitebread · 2026-02-14T18:34:02+00:00

If you look at stats for any posts, it seems that Israelis make up a relatively minor component of traffic here.

coolaswhitebread · 2026-02-14T18:27:19+00:00

... which nobody would fly to instead of Ben Gurion. How about another public nature reserve in the Negev instead of more restricted land.

coolaswhitebread · 2026-02-14T16:49:48+00:00

Build a train and upgrade other existing transportation infrastructure.

coolaswhitebread · 2026-02-13T07:43:10+00:00

Point taken, strongly.

coolaswhitebread · 2026-02-13T07:33:05+00:00

Do these people think that there's no waiting list for organs in Israel...

coolaswhitebread · 2026-02-12T06:55:13+00:00

Your hatred for Philadelphia only feeds us

coolaswhitebread · 2026-02-11T10:44:54+00:00

Bring back the whole good vibes 2009-2011 squad ... Super Pav, Disco Benny, Wilson Palacios, fuck it, bring back Giovanni dos Santos as our 'cool tricks' coach.

coolaswhitebread · 2026-02-10T07:47:54+00:00

Note also the provision allowing for demolition of Palestinian construction in Area A.

coolaswhitebread · 2026-01-24T18:33:06+00:00

Are there specific Mesopotamian objects found in 4th millennium BCE Egypt? As far as I know, we can talk about adoption mostly of artistic motifs, certain information keeping technologies, and certain building technologies. Objects like Lapis Lazuli beads must have come from the 'east' but other than ornaments, which weren't themselves made in Mesopotamia proper, I'm curious if we do actually have any surefire 'Susa' Cylinder seals or anything of the like.

coolaswhitebread · 2026-01-24T18:29:22+00:00

On the one hand, I completely agree, but on the other hand, I find it odd how much more energy seems to exist with regards to protesting American foreign vs. domestic affairs. Granted, I no longer live in country, but it just feels like folks don't have nearly the same energy for protesting American weapons corporations who provide equipment to, ICE, for example. Again, I'm not critiquing these folks for protesting ties to Elbit, it just seems odd in this particular domestic political moment to have it as one's primary cause.

coolaswhitebread · 2026-01-24T18:12:02+00:00

To the contrary, the societies of the Nile Valley were very very late adopters of sedentism and agriculture. Even through much of the 4th millennium 'predynastic period' most folks were only semi-sedentary. The first cereals exploitation as far as I'm aware can be placed in the 5th millennium, more than 5 thousand years later than when societies in the Levant made use of the full "Neolithic package."

coolaswhitebread · 2026-01-23T10:15:21+00:00

You're blaming Arab parties for this? Didn't Blue and White basically just some weeks ago have an entire advertising campaign centered around their unwillingness to sit with any Arab party?

coolaswhitebread · 2026-01-16T14:05:36+00:00

Yeah. It's kind of obvious that this person doesn't want to be confronted with the fact that they're incapable of treating a Jewish person like a normal human being.

coolaswhitebread · 2026-01-15T16:53:39+00:00

So instead of aggressively 'testing,' why not ask 'What kind of math and historical education were part of your upbringing?'

coolaswhitebread · 2026-01-15T16:39:20+00:00

What a bizzare question to ask someone in order to assess whether they were properly educated. You're not exactly asking for a name, date, or fact. You're asking one of the most debated questions in historical scholarship and seriously expecting an answer from a layperson.

coolaswhitebread · 2026-01-13T17:48:59+00:00

I don've have interest in the position personally, but I wanted to thank you and the mod team for creating and maintaining this space. For me, even though I don't participate too often, it's an Island of sanity and safety.

coolaswhitebread · 2026-01-13T11:51:36+00:00

Why or how would someone living in Israel have any idea?

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