Magic bowls buried under houses 🏺
Aramaic spell bowls from 4th–7th c. Iraq were dug up under floors. Or, as Matthew Morgenstern says: "if you look in the weirder corners of the internet, you will find other theories." 🛸

Magic bowls buried under houses 🏺
Aramaic spell bowls from 4th–7th c. Iraq were dug up under floors. Or, as Matthew Morgenstern says: "if you look in the weirder corners of the internet, you will find other theories." 🛸
#DV1 #ProudBlue
Jesus never said the English word "God" He spoke Aramaic and said "Alaha." Same ancient root as the Arabic "Allah" the word Arab Christians have prayed with for two thousand years. The language never changed. Only the politics did. #jesus #allah #aramaic #linguistics #history #bible
The Mandaeans Between Water and Light: Leila Latti on the Ancient Religion’s Journey Through Beth Nahrin
#Mandaeism #Mandaean #Mandaic #Aramaic #BethNahrin #Mesopotamia #JohnTheBaptist #Sabians…
Clip: Matthew Morgenstern on recovering the lost history of Eastern Aramaic.
#ArchaeologyRocks #Mandaean #magicbowls #Aramaic #ancienthistory
The whole verb is borrowed into #Aramaic, *šēzib 'to save'.
In a Dutch Town, an ancient Christian tradition finds a new home
#Diaspora #Rijssen #Netherlands #Syriac #Aramaic #SyriacOrthodox #Bethnahrin #MiddleEast #SyriacHeritage #SyriacChristians