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"Mermaids...have been shoaling around the sunless depths of the human psyche since the time of the ancient Mesopotamians."

From the archives: our interview with . https://t.co/hp8q3QIgCx

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2018-05-22

In Mesopotamian the Assyrians called upon to undo the effects of evil witchcraft aimed at them. They believed that fire destroyed sorcery or evil/black magic. They would burn sorcerers at the stake; long before the hunts of the Salem Witch Trials.

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2018-04-26

The Great Flood may not be a myth. The flood appears in ancient Sumerian, in the Hindu Matsya Purana, in the Mesopotamian Epic of Gilgamesh, in the Bible & with ancient Greeks w/ Zeus' flooding of the world in Ovid's Metamorphoses. Scientists have found evidence in the Black Sea.

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2018-02-04

"The Guennol Lioness" is a 5,000-year-old Mesopotamian (8.8 cm /3 1/2 in.)

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2016-08-31

✧ For today: My version of the Mesopotamian ✧ [ Decided to flex my digital muscles @@ ]

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2015-05-27