@historyfiles.bsky.socialFirst #Writing System: the first revolution in human communications occurred when the #Sumerians developed a written language, followed closely by a similar system for the Egyptians.
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#history#historyfiles #Sumer #Mesopotamia #Iraq #NearEast #ancientneareast
@worldhistory.org✨ The mask of Warka, the first almost complete and life-size depiction of the human face in history, with respect to its anatomical details. It dates back to the Jemdet Nasr period, 3000-2900 BCE. Iraq Museum, Baghdad.
📷 Photo ©️ by Osama S.M. Amin.
@historyfiles.bsky.socialEresh / #AbuSalabikh: the #Sumerian name is unknown for this modern #archaeological site, once a minor city, rarely included on #cylinderseals, but #Eresh is lightly linked with it.
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@asor-research.bsky.socialOur #ObjectoftheWeek is a glazed amulet representing the head of the demon Pazuzu, found in ancient Nineveh. Dating to the Late Iron Age, ca. 700-500 BCE, it contains features of a lion, fish, and goat.
📸 ©The Trustees of the British Museum (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), 91873
#Mesopotamia #Nineveh #IronAge
@gettymuseum.bsky.socialBacchus Uncorked: #Beer in Ancient #Mesopotamia & Egypt
Archaeologist Tate Paulette illuminates the world of ancient beer and recounts his own experiences recreating it.
October 10 at 5:15
Getty Villa
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@historyfiles.bsky.socialSumer #Map: the very earliest #Sumerian cities, such as Sippar & Borsippa in the north & Ur & Uruk in the south, formed endpoints of a complex network of cities & canals.
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#history #historyfiles #Sumer #Mesopotamia #Iraq #ancientneareast #NearEast #citystates
@diggingupthepast.netEpisode 8 is out now!
In ancient Mesopotamia, beer may have been safer than water. And no, they weren't drunk all day.
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#ancient #history #archaeology #mesopotamia #beer #assyrian #babylonian #sumerian
@revolutioantiquity.bsky.social🏆 ¡Mundial de Dioses/as de la Mitología Mesopotámica!⚡ 1 Round
El poder transformador contra El nacimiento Real
Ereshkigal vs Uttu
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@historyfiles.bsky.socialIsin: already existed under #UrIII rule but there are no records in the #Sumerian period of any rulers here: instead the city only achieved self-rule in the last Ur III days.
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#history #historyfiles #Sumer #Mesopotamia #Iraq #ancientneareast #NearEast #Isin
@anthropology.netBabylonian scribes copied a list of almost 2,000 gods. At Uruk, priests trained on it used the lists to put the sky god Anu on top, fold Ištar into his wife Antu, and build a temple to match. #Assyriology #Mesopotamia #Archaeology www.anthropology.net/p/babylonian...
@historyfiles.bsky.socialGutians / #Gutium: one of a number of groups which lived in ancient #Mesopotamia although they arrived late on the scene to occupy the central #ZagrosMountains.
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#history#historyfiles #Sumer #Sumerians #Iraq #ancientneareast #NearEast #Gutians #Guti
@planetnichi.bsky.socialChill research for Mesopotamia #commonplacejournal #journaling #mesopotamia
@edgeofhumanity.bsky.social
@syriacpress-en.bsky.socialThe Mandaeans Between Water and Light: Leila Latti on the Ancient Religion’s Journey Through Beth Nahrin
#Mandaeism #Mandaean #Mandaic #Aramaic #BethNahrin #Mesopotamia #JohnTheBaptist #Sabians…
@cesarfernand0.bsky.socialA young singer stands inside the Abi, an ancient pit whose purpose has long been forgotten.
This is a concept piece for ABI: The Throat of the Underworld, a dark fantasy story set in ancient Assyria.
#dark-fantasy #horror #assyria #mesopotamia #underworld #cosmic-horror
@khurramsun.bsky.social@khurramsun.bsky.social@historyfiles.bsky.socialAgade / #Akkad: at best this city was seen as being on the north edges of traditional #Sumerian territory, with #TellMuhammad on the outskirts of #Baghdad a candidate.
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@gijinka-achlabo-pt.bsky.social🎨 Novo post: Fragmentos de um Império Desvendados: A Távola de Kish
#artifact #history #mesopotamia #AIArt #Gijinka
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https://luxoraia.achlabo.com/pt/fragmentos-de-um-imperio-desvendados-a-tavola-de-kish/
@johnjoycebaker.bsky.socialLa Nave Divina, Ishtar's airship, is assembled in midair from Lego bricks! #Ishtar #airship #dilmun #mesopotamia #mythology #fantasy #retrofuturism #babylon #aianimation #aiart #seedance #lego #legoafol