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Mesopotamia Crowley. I had a lot of fun on his hair, especially that braid!
#SASANIAN PARCEL GILT SILVER DISH
C5TH-6TH CENTURY AD 9 ½in diam
Est: £10,000/15,000
#ELAMITE SILVER BEAKER
c.2500-1500 BC 4 11/16in high
Est: £30,000/50,000
#MESOPOTAMIAN GOLD BULL PENDANT
c.2550-2250 BC 1.5in high
Est: £GBP 70,000/90,000
#Christies
Why did we need a book about Christians in fifteenth-century Mesopotamia? Weren't they just a tiny sliver of the population? What did they matter? Isn't this book just special pleading for an irrelevant minority?
Actually, were they a minority?
https://t.co/hkZUONbLPv
1/x ~tac
Rule by the Macedonian-born Seleucid dynasty did little to deter the flourishing culture of Mesopotamia. Seleucid kings readily adopted the traditional political and religious roles of Near-Eastern rulers, and cuneiform continued to be used despite the preference for Greek.
Mesopotamia, 3004BC - @Eden_n_Tunnels
Golgotha, 33AD- @timema_sheen
This episode we’re off ONCE AGAIN to the cradle of civilization to show you that spending time which yo’ family really can sometimes… literally be hell. See more at @ColoredFolklore Podcast. #MiddleEast #Sumerians #mesopotamia #illustration #characterdesign #oc #art
Zasalamel's backgrounds are filled with motifs related to "time," and the symmetrical composition indicates perfection. The use of motifs reminiscent of the Mesopotamian civilization in some of the patterns is a clue to his roots.
#SOULCALIBUR
Prototype enemy encounter art of cat-donkey mom "Lamashtu" and local snake wrangler "Pazuzu".
Not entirely spoilers since these two are staples in the Mesopotamian demon diet, so they were going to show up sooner or later. What role they'll play aside on the other hand...
6. #Irkalla is one name for the #Underworld of #Mesopotamian #Mythology. It had 7 gates and was once ruled over by the #dragon, #Kur/#Kurnugia, but was later taken over by the #goddess #Ereshkigal and her husband #Nergal.
#FairyTaleTuesday 7/9
In May 1174 the great atabeg of Aleppo Nur ad-Din died, setting off a chaotic chain of events.
His father Zengi had conquered most of Syria and Mesopotamia, the first real threat to the existence of the Christian Crusader states on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean.
The traditional, modern view is that the Antonine Plague was smallpox, spread among the troops as they headed back from the Parthian War in Mesopotamia in c.165 AD
Lessons from the Antonine Plague 🎧 https://t.co/KIPotnkpMZ
Image Credit: Wellcome Images / CC.
Tapputi Belatekallim. La primera química de la historia. Conocida perfumista del 1200 ac en Mesopotamia
Today is #NationalUnicornDay! The #Unicorn can be seen first in #Mesopotamian #mythology as a #horse or a #goat with a #horn. It was said that those who drank from its horn were #protected from stomach trouble and #poison
#Pegasus was not a Unicorn, nor do #Unicorns have #wings
Mesopotamia - Fertile Crescent City by Louis Laurent
🔗https://t.co/h9doSlf3ka
#photoshop #blender
hi! i’m pilosopotasya and i work at wattpad 🧡😊
⭐️ https://t.co/a5otS7jiz5 https://t.co/sGvlsSOpIT
In #Mesopotamian #Mythology, #Nergal was the #god of #war, #destruction and #death. He was also the captive husband of the #Queen of the #Underworld/#Irkalla, the #goddess of death- #Ereshkigal. Nergal was a #powerful and #feared #deity.
#keepingClassicsalive
New chibi artwork, this time based on Mesopotamian mythology :3
Just me, relaxing and playing the royal game of Ur with the slayer of Tiamat and patron of Babylon, Marduk :)
Mesopotamian City, aerial shot via /r/conceptart https://t.co/be9gdaDJ8o
Remains of Seleucia-on-the-Tigris, Iraq. While most great cities of Mesopotamia were built along the Euphrates, Seleucus I chose the Tigris. By the 1st cent AD, it allegedly had 500K people living in it, & later great cities like Ctesiphon & Baghdad would be built nearby