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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

Today I was at the Wax museum in Sopot. Sadly no celebrities but at least I took a photo of these two! 😆

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2021-09-25

Tras Aquí un dibujo! Si me disculpan procedere a perderme en lo más profundo y recondito del universo... Nos vemos en otros sopotocientos años "explota"

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2021-09-21

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

Yo publicando un dibujo después de sopotocientos años sin publicar uno:¡Traass! Aquí ta,un dibujo,si,ni siquiera yo no tengo ni la más remota idea de lo que es este bicho raro o por qué lo hice... Y nadie lo pidió... ¡Pero aquí ta! ._. 👍

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2021-09-08

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