Out of India bros on train track watch

I have been reading the supplementary PDF of the new Scythian paper and came across an interesting paragraph about R1a-Y2 (which was just found in a Don Scythian sample). R1a-Y2 descends from R1a-Y3, which in turn comes from R1a-Z94, itself a descendant of Fatyanovo R1a-Z93. In modern populations, R1a-Y2 and its downstream subclades are generally associated with South Asia. So far it hasn't been found in currently sampled Sintashta or Andronovo males. However, according to the quote, there is an Abashevo sample with R1a-Y2. This is important because Abashevo is the ancestor of both Sintashta and Srubnaya. Unfortunately, I couldn't find any additional information on this sample beyond what was provided in the quote.

Link to paper (quote found on page 53 of the supplementary pdf): https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ads8179

Yamnaya reconstruction from the article “Anthropological Materials of the Bronze Age from the Ishkininsky Burial Mounds of the Orenburg Region”.

“Graphic reconstruction of the appearance of a man of the Yamnaya culture based on the skull from burial 7, kurgan 3 of the Ishkinovka I site (by A.I. Nechvaloda)”

https://www.academia.edu/123829248/ANTHROPOLOGICAL_MATERIALS_OF_THE_BRONZE_AGE_FROM_THE_ISHKININSKY_BURIAL_MOUNDS_OF_ORENBURG_REGION

NEW EPISODE — Radio North Sea International — Greco-Roman Views of the Germanic Peoples

https://hearthfireradio.com/watch?v=TSxmHILf

How did the Greeks and Romans view the Germanic peoples? Raoul McLaughlin's new book 'Germania: The Ancient Germans in Greek and Roman Sources' compiles all the relevant quotes in ancient literature concerning the Germans. In this episode, Tom reads from the book and interprets some passages.

English stay winning. Incredible achievement, like something from a legend or saga

https://news.sky.com/story/ross-edgley-british-thor-becomes-first-person-to-swim-1-000-miles-around-iceland-13427042

Fascinating early Migration Period sword pommel from Aarhus, Denmark, with two stylized raven heads with a face between them; an early depiction of Odin with Huginn and Muninn. 
Pics from Elis Behmer and Bernhard Salin’s books. ᚨ

The Celtic disdain for figurative art is mirrored in an account of a German expressing similar sentiments towards Roman art.

"The painting known as 'The Old Shepherd with his Staff' was also displayed in the Roman Forum. It was said that a Teuton envoy (from a Germanic tribe) was once asked what he thought of the work and its possible value. He replied that it was worthless, and he would not even accept the living shepherd as a gift!" Pliny, Natural History, 35.8

The late Bronze Age Britons had huge festivals at which large numbers of livestock were slaughtered for sacrifice and feasting. Must have been an incredible vibe!

https://www.cell.com/iscience/fulltext/S2589-0042(25)01532-9

The barrows are not made from the local chalk, but from stacks of turf. These pieces of chalk were found nearby inscribed with what are presumably the sacred shapes of the late Neolithic eg. the rhombus

Very amusing when certain Christians say paganism isn’t a real tradition because it hasn’t got an unbroken line.

Christian priests don’t descend from the Kohanim. Christianity doesn’t have an unbroken connection to Judaism because it represents a break from it. Therefore Christianity, by this definition, isn’t a proper tradition.

Paul says that the new tradition is based on faith in Jesus and not bloodline and that there is “no longer Jew or Greek”. A new tradition is by definition not a tradition

Also despite using titles such as Pontifex Maximus, Christianity obviously doesn’t represent a continuation of Roman paganism either as it literally opposed it

Ran into Tom Roswell (Survive the Jive), one of the few people I truly hold in high regard. In this moment, our power levels merged like the joining of lightning bolts.