In 2011, The Metropolitan Museum of Art opened the New Galleries for the Art of the Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, and Later South Asia, which house the Museum's renowned collection of Islamic... continue reading

posted by newtboy 1 year 4 months ago • 60 views • 17:44

A classic NOVA episode about attempting to build a Roman tepidarium, or hot baths, in Turkey. Narrated by Stacey Keach.

posted by newtboy 1 year 6 months 3 weeks ago • 141 views • 54:28

For three centuries, farmers living in the remote mountains of northern Turkey have communicated great distances by whistling. It’s a language called kuş dili that is still used to this day, though... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 4 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 100 views • 2:41

jive turkey motha fucka

posted by Joe Motion (lurgee) 4 years 5 months ago • 24 views • 2:21

The wet season started and so fire related projects are harder to do. So I planted this years crop of yams using a different technique. The stones covering the mounds protect the yams from predators such... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 5 years 3 months 4 weeks ago • 470 views • 6:48

YouTube description: Watch a time-lapse video of the installation and deinstallation (rotation) of large carpets and mounted textiles in The Met's galleries for the Art of the Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran,... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 337 views • 1:21

In this video I build a garden to grow Cassava and yams, two staple food crops. Cassava is a shrub that develops large edible roots. Yams are a climbing vine that produce large, edible underground bulbs... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 99 views • 6:27

I never watched Friends but I couldn't google "thanksgiving sandwiches in television and film" without getting about a billion Ross Geller references. Disgusting as the word "moistmaker" is, it makes a... continue reading

posted by Mekanikal 7 years 6 months ago • 373 views • 6:05

Youtube - The military coup in Turkey is over and President Recep Erdogan’s crackdown is in full swing. As of this writing, the government has already detained over 10.000 servicemen, among them more... continue reading

posted by RedSky 7 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 21 views • 12:38

I made this bow and arrow using only primitive tools and materials.The bow is 1.25 m (55 inches) long and shoots 60 cm (2 feet) long arrows. I don't know the draw weight - safe to say greater than 15 kg... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 8 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 621 views • 5:54

YouTube Description: Although widely thought to hail from the North Pole, Santa Claus is in fact originally from Turkey. The BBC's Mark Lowen visited the southern Turkish town of Demre to trace the... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 9 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 159 views • 2:47

YouTube Description: Forget turducken... I'm stuffing my turkey with two ducks, stuffed with four hens, stuffed with eight quail eggs. Honestly, I do not recommend trying this yourself.So what's your... continue reading

posted by Zifnab 1 decade 1 year 5 months 3 weeks ago • 232 views • 4:14