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kindofdistracting asked: ooohh thank you for reblogging the drawing! just a little question, maybe you know a bit in that toppic... during akkadian lesson my prof told us there was a difference between nusku and girra, with nusku being domnesticated fire and girra the wild, destructive fire. but i can't find this distinction anywhere else (and at the moment i have no lexicon on the myths...) do you know anything...
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Archaeological News: A race to shore up the... →
archaeologicalnews: The sound of hammers echoes from ancient brick as Iraqi workers battling damage done by wind, water, and modern history race to shore up the crumbing walls of Babylon. If we don’t do something, in the next 10 years it will disappear completely,” says Thierry Grandin, a consultant to the World…
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“The American Heritage Dictionary says mazel tov comes from Mishnaic Hebrew and...”
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Archaeological News: Iraq battle pits oil against... →
archaeologicalnews: AFP - Babylon’s Hanging Gardens were one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, but heritage appears to be no match for Iraq’s booming oil industry in a dispute over a new pipeline. As Baghdad is working to get UNESCO to list Babylon as a World Heritage Site, archaeologists and oil…
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From Iraq and back, via 9/11 and Harvard... →
A group of 4,000-year-old clay tablets that survived looting, confiscation by U.S. customs officials, and the 9/11 terrorist attacks is shedding light on what everyday life was like in ancient Iraq as an agricultural official.
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