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According to this, the origins of almost all modern alphabetic scripts go back to Egyptian hieroglyphs. Surprised to see no Mesopotamian cuneiform here, they must have had some influence on Phoenician & other Semitic scripts. https://t.co/LDqnQOfDCD
Marduk and his dragon,
mušḫuššu (aka sirrush)
Marduk was a deity from ancient Mesopotamia and patron deity of the city of Babylon. Marduk's dragon mušḫuššu most famously appears on the reconstructed Ishtar Gate of the city of Babylon, dating to the 6th century BC.
The Worshipper of Larsa is a Mesopotamian bronze and gold statuette .Circa 2004 BC -1595 BC. It depicts a bearded man, kneeling and performing a ritual gesture.The statuette was dedicated to the Amurru by an inhabitant of Larsa, in order to safeguard the life of King Hammurabi.
So much to see at #Iraq National Museum: Sumerian Mona Lisa/Mask of Warka, #ancient image of woman farmer, and so much more...#IraqMsptmia, #Mesopotamia, #IRAQesque @CanadainIraq
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Hmm now that you mention the Fantastic 4.....
Future Foundation Art by: PilosopoTassium
Possibly a royal being from the Mesopotamian Urbaid period (3500-7000 BC). Strange human or alien creature?
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#ancientaliens #ufos #extraterrestrials #sciencefiction #gods #comicbooks #anime #sky #scifi #anunnaki #history #mythology #ancient #fantasy #god #sumerian
I'm obsessed with Mediterranean/Mesopotamian griffins and also peacocks and also Ayam Cemani chickens
The Romans, the Gauls, the Celts, the ancient Mesopotamians, Egyptians and Assyrians, the Hittites, the Persians, the ancient Chinese and Indians...
All these proud chariot riding civilisations and none managed to reach this pinnacle...
cursed drawing for a smt forum thread about redesigning existing demons or make a new one :
prompt (left to right)
(Revamped) Demeter - Medusa - Mesopotamian Lilith - Gabriel - Extra ooooold Demeter
Character Studies. Working on some story pages for the Journey of Abraham (Genesis 12). #art #design #illustration #drawing #sketch #pencilcrayon #character #studies #artist #creative #inspiration #bible #story #abraham #map #mesopotamia #genesis #narrative #ancient #hebrew
Excited to share the latest addition to my #etsy shop: Gilgamesh and the Dream of Endiku Original Painting Epic Poem from Ancient Mesopotamia Sumerian Art History Sumeria Uruk Humbaba Mythology #art #drawing https://t.co/yWgmON4cH0
"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 @Sarah_Peverley. https://t.co/hp8q3QIgCx
In Mesopotamian #Myth, the Assyrians called upon #fire 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. #FolkloreThursday
A short thread of resources, particularly #openaccess materials in English, to learn Akkadian, the earliest attested Semitic language known from clay tablets from ancient #Iraq and #Syria #MesopotamiaMonday
Statues of Assyrian Winged Bull (Lamassu) have 5 legs, but you only see 4 from the front and from the side. #Mesopotamia #Assyria #Lamassu #ArtHistory #KidLitArt #Sketchbook
Did you get your copy of the latest Timeliner? A brilliant story about the Sumerians, set in Mesopotamia over 4,000 years ago. Mixing fact & fiction. 7+ years/KS2. Out in the webshop now! https://t.co/r77JtFxnra
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.