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Babylonian tablets reveal kings installed royal doubles during eclipses, then executed them
The predictions paint a grim picture ... Previously: • Oldest-known drawing of a ghost found on ancient Babylonian tablet • Listen: a sexy hymn to Ishtar, in the original Babylonian ...
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Beautiful Babylon: Jewel of the Ancient World
as a ghostly hand foretells the fall of Babylon. The story from the Book of Daniel is brought to vivid life in Rembrandt’s magnificent 1636-38 painting, “Belshazzar’s Feast,” held by the ...