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Babylonian tablets reveal kings installed royal doubles during eclipses, then executed them
"That is, a king would die." Previously: • Oldest-known drawing of a ghost found on ancient Babylonian tablet • Listen: a sexy hymn to Ishtar, in the original Babylonian • AI tries to ...
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Beautiful Babylon: Jewel of the Ancient World
No ancient city was so desired and feared, so admired and denigrated. But in the Hebrew tradition, Nebuchadrezzar was a tyrant, and Babylon a torment. The king had conquered Jerusalem in the early ...
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Why Ancient Babylonian Kings Feared Lunar Eclipses
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Herodotus and the Controversy of When Jerusalem was Destroyed
Was Jerusalem destroyed in 587 or 607 BCE? Often overlooked in this controversy is some evidence from Herodotus, the ancient Greek historian.