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“Anything that goes wrong in your life is because the gods are angry with you. If you become really ill, it’s because you are estranged from the gods in some way,” Wisnom explains.
Offending a god might come through obvious crimes, like theft and murder, but also through acts that seem distant from modern morality.
“Some of the things seem really odd to us, like vomiting in a river is apparently a great offence to the gods,” Wisnom says. Worse still, guilt could be contagious: “If you sit in the same chair as somebody who’s committed an offence, you can pick up that guilt yourself.”
A groundbreaking archaeological discovery in northern Iraq reveals that a mysterious layer of sand beneath an ancient temple may reshape what we know about Mesopotamian religion, architecture, and cultural exchange.
What we know of the first perfumer in the historical record comes from one tablet that was housed alongside other chemical texts in the ancient library of Aššur. It is written in Middle Assyrian and currently resides in the Vorderasiatisches Museum in Berlin.
The finds, which also include dozens of clay sealings, contain details of a metric system used to measure resources, as well as evidence of a cult of personality around a particularly charismatic ruler
A groundbreaking archaeological discovery in northern Iraq reveals that a mysterious layer of sand beneath an ancient temple may reshape what we know about Mesopotamian religion, architecture, and cultural exchange.
Dr. Matthias Binder, a German scholar, has presented one of the most comprehensive academic studies to date on the Seyfo Genocide, examining how Assyrian survivors and their descendants used faith to interpret trauma, preserve identity, and confront the long aftermath of genocide.
What we know of the first perfumer in the historical record comes from one tablet that was housed alongside other chemical texts in the ancient library of Aššur. It is written in Middle Assyrian and currently resides in the Vorderasiatisches Museum in Berlin.
Chicago's Cook County has recognized Assyrian National Heritage by honoring more than two dozen Assyrian civic, business, and community leaders in Cook County, highlighting the growing visibility and contributions of the Assyrian community in the United States.
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