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Demons at Work in Ancient Mesopotamia
2017In this chapter I analyze the way the demonic attack takes place according to ancient Mesopotamian incantations and its relation with illnesses aetiology.
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Hyperthyroidism in Ancient Mesopotamia
Thyroid, 2002799 “IF HE CONSTANTLY TWISTShis fingers and his eyes are protruded . . .”—so reads a fragment from an ancient cuneiform tablet from a Mesopotamian medical handbook. These two symptoms raise the possibility that the disease being described is hyperthyroidism.
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Dental Pathology in Ancient Mesopotamia
Bulletin of the History of Medicine, 1999L'etude des dents et de leurs maladies dans la Mesopotamie ancienne est analysee a travers les textes ancients qui ont ete interpretes non seulement d'un point de vue philologique mais egalement ...
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2005
The first general introduction to Mesopotamia that covers all four of the area's major ancient civilizations—Sumer, Akkad, Assyria, and Babylonia. Ancient Mesopotamia: New Perspectivesranges from the region's cultural beginnings to its Persian "liberation," from simple farmers to mighty kings, from the marshy Gulf shores and Arabian desert sands ...
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The first general introduction to Mesopotamia that covers all four of the area's major ancient civilizations—Sumer, Akkad, Assyria, and Babylonia. Ancient Mesopotamia: New Perspectivesranges from the region's cultural beginnings to its Persian "liberation," from simple farmers to mighty kings, from the marshy Gulf shores and Arabian desert sands ...
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Near Eastern Archaeology, 2003
Dance depictions from the "heartland of cities" hold a particular fascination for those who are interested in this subject.
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Dance depictions from the "heartland of cities" hold a particular fascination for those who are interested in this subject.
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Astral Sciences of Ancient Mesopotamia
2018The chapter explores Mesopotamian astrology and astronomy, which were not distinct as pseudo-science is from science, and were together a major part of cuneiform intellectual culture. The writings consist of scholarly compendia, observational records, and predictive ephemerides, mostly produced after ca700 bce, at the court in Assyria, and later, in ...
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The Cuisine of Ancient Mesopotamia
The Biblical Archaeologist, 1985Until recently the oldest cuisine we knew in depth was that of ancient Rome. The recovery of a half-million written documents from numerous sites in the ancient Near East, however, has now shown us...
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Medicine in Ancient Mesopotamia
2003Medicine as a science appeared very early, probably already in the dawn of civilization. By the end of the third millennium a tablet clay testified of complexity of Sumerian pharmacology. Techniques are preserved and transmitted through generations. In 18th century b. c. profession gained great reputation and remarkable skill.
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Abstract The chapter addresses the subject of universal history in the cuneiform tradition of Ancient Mesopotamia. Given that certain essential prerequisites for the discourse on universal history are absent in cuneiform written sources and the term ‘universal history’ itself is not found in studies on the Ancient Near East, this ...
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