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Inktober days 13-15 Mesopotamian Gods
Ereshkigal, Inanna, Nergal

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2021-10-28

Belet-Seri, also known as ‘Queen of the Desert’ and ‘Scribe of the Earth’, served the Mesopotamian queen of the underworld, Ereshkigal. She recorded the deeds of mortals so that they could be judged. Be careful: she’s making a list, and checking it twice…

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2021-10-14

Sumer was the first urban civilization in the historical region of southern Mesopotamia, southern Iraq today, which is called the first civilization in the world with ancient Egypt. They had a strange belief. In their opinion, the eye is the valve of the soul. In these works...

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2021-10-11

Iraqi artist Mahood Ahmad, from the marshes of Mesopotamia (1940-2021).

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2021-10-06

HUH????
//well,not the whole region but already a Mesopotamian/Babylonian mythology inclusion anyway https://t.co/dS4V5kqTOI

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2021-09-21

The serpopard is a mythical animal known from Ancient Egyptian and Mesopotamian art

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2021-09-19

The next region is Genshin is Sumeru. I believe that Sumeru is based on the Sumer civilization,one of the most ancient and the first civilization in human history alongside with ancient Egypt. It's located in the historical region of southern Mesopotamia (now southern Iraq) .

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2021-09-19

Resources are being added to the Mesopotamian map
After this I will add in cities and empires of the chosen time period
Narrowed it down to 3 choices

The invasion of the sea people 1200-900 bce
The Hyksos Dynasty 1650-1550 bce
Sumerian Period of 3500-3000 bce

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2021-09-17

In Mesopotamian myth, Enkidu is a feral man created by the goddess Aruru. A prostitute, Shamhat, is sent to civilize him, & teaches him human speech. He learns how to act human from watching shepherds, & later befriends the legendary King Gilgamesh.

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2021-09-16

Midas is inspired by Gilgamesh from Mesopotamia and Anhur from the Egyptian pantheon. Yahdina & Boraafya, Ashirah's sister & best friend, have a mixture of Greco-Roman & African influence. Bo in particular is a trickster like Anansi the Spider.

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2021-09-10

Well, your first mistake is that you’re writing a “paper” on Mesopotamia

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2021-09-09

Latest sketch for
The most popular star lore about Scorpius came from Greek mythology,but the saga originated in Mesopotamia.#Antares is the brightest object in the constellation of Scorpius. Distincly reddish with the naked eye, referred as "the heart of the scorpion"

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2021-09-04

In Mesopotamian the Asipû were wizards & the the Barû were soothsayers. Declaring divine will through signs, omens & astrology. The Asipû performed apotropaic  while the Barû performed divination by reading messages upon the entrails of animals.

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2021-08-23

"A Mesopotamian what?" - Varjak Paw designs I've been sitting on for a while for smth

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2021-08-17

the discovery of assyria sparked a huge interest in 19th century europe , a fad for mesopotamian style

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2021-08-14

So..... That Fate related thing about Mesopotamian gods having blonde hair and red eyes? Yeah.

I got lazy so please ignore the messy sketch
Blond feels so wrong.....

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2021-08-07

Early concepts arts of settings and ideas that did not make it to the final products, including:

✅ Mesopotamia / Iraq
✅ Petra, Jordan
✅ Mysterious Isu “Core” Vault

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2021-08-07