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Surpassing all other kings, heroic in stature,
brave scion of Uruk , wild bull on the rampage!
Going at the fore he was the vanguard,
going at the rear, one his comrades could trust!
(Prologue, Tablet I, ... View More
brave scion of Uruk , wild bull on the rampage!
Going at the fore he was the vanguard,
going at the rear, one his comrades could trust!
(Prologue, Tablet I, ... View More
The Newly Discovered Tablet II of the Epic of Gilgamesh
Surpassing all other kings, heroic in stature, brave scion of Uruk, wild bull on the rampage! Going at the fore he was the vanguard, going...
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"You have until the end of the month to pick up your flax shawls and sandals or else I will donate them to the temple of the moon god.” (april fools post)
Archaeologists Discover World's Oldest Break-Up Letter at Neo-Babylonian Site
A tablet discovered this year, suggests that Neo-Babylonians may have been the first to start writing break up letters.
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“… like he’s somebody …”: Runaway Slaves in Roman Egypt
At some point during the third century CE, a slave-owner wrote a notice of a runaway enslaved man. The tall, thin Egyptian man in his ...
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Camel, O Camel (From Playmobil to Reality)
I recently bought my first ever Playmobil set: Egyptian Warrior with Camel. It’s only taken me thirty odd years. But I can’t resist a camel. ...
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“My milk being good from both breasts” – Papyrus Stories
In a new publication of a Coptic letter from the 7th century CE, a wet nurse Maria expresses her grief and condolences over the death of a young girl (published by Alain Delattre et al., see biblio…
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Ever wondered about the oldest #Christmas Carols in the world? Check out the new Papyrus Stories post to learn about the most ancient one preserved on papyrus from Egypt, by guest writer Ágnes Mihályk... View More
An Egyptian Christmas Carol
What did late antique Egyptians sing about at Christmas? Angels, shepherds, and the Virgin Mary, of course.
'Fear the Lord and flee from evil': how the Duke of Somerset prepared for his own execution in 1552
https://blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2018/12/from-the-tower-the-day-before-my-death.html
https://blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2018/12/from-the-tower-the-day-before-my-death.html
How to be Successful in Life (Fourth-Century Style)
*GUEST POST by Ágnes T. Mihálykó (see her bio here) What did a young man in the fourth century CE wish from life? Not much ...
“I am dying of a broken heart”
*GUEST POST by Moudhy Al-Rashid (see her bio here) The Neo-Assyrian physician Nabû-tabni-uṣurseems once upon a time for reasons we may never know to have ...
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