The name 'Amazon' was not originally Greek; linguists believe it derived from the ancient Iranian word for 'warrior.' Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes amazon ancient derive
In April 2001, I visited Big Bone Lick State Park in Kentucky. The heaps of mastodon and other large skeletons that used to loom out of the brackish backwaters along the Ohio River here are long gone, though the occasional big bone sometimes comes to light. Adrienne Mayor aprilbackwaterbig share on social
I just had a hunch that there might be kernels of truth or reality - scientific or historical reality - in stories about nature that are perpetuated in oral myths. That's how I got interested in it. Adrienne Mayor historicalhunchinterest Change image and share on social
The 'Iliad' covered only two months of the great ten-year war with Troy. At least six other epic poems preceded or continued the events in the 'Iliad', but they survive only as fragments. Adrienne Mayor continuecoverepic Change image and share on social
Football is controlled violence, but it is violence, which people have loved to watch since the gladiatorial contests in ancient Rome. Michael Mandelbaum ancientcontestcontrol Change image and share on social
If you're a filmmaker, and every time you finish a film, you just naturally go, 'Oh, I could have done so much better,' that's not much fun, is it, really? You might as well go pick another profession if that really is how you derive satisfaction from it. Peter Jackson derivefilmfilmmaker share on social
A company doesn't have to compete with Amazon. A company can instead innovate in sectors Amazon doesn't presently care about. J. A. Konrath amazoncarecompany Change image and share on social