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54 followers · 5120 posts · Server rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com7th century BCE Library of Ashurbanipal is the oldest recovered library
https://www.worldhistory.org/Library_of_Ashurbanipal/
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The 7th century Library of Ashurbanipal is the oldest known library in the world
https://www.worldhistory.org/Library_of_Ashurbanipal/
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Sanye · @Sanye
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#Assyrian #assyrianheritage #assyrianews #Ashurbanipal #Nineveh #Assyria #mesotherapie #ashur #archaeology #history #ancienthistory #art #britishmuseum #ashurbanipalpalace #Assyriandog #cuneiform #dog
#Assyrian #assyrianheritage #assyrianews #ashurbanipal #nineveh #assyria #mesotherapie #ashur #archaeology #history #ancienthistory #art #britishmuseum #ashurbanipalpalace #assyriandog #cuneiform #dog
Óscar Perea Rodríguez · @OPR_71
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The Myth of Etana is the story of the Sumerian antediluvian King of Kish who ascends to heaven on an eagle to request the Plant of Birth from the gods so tha... #Akkad #Ashurbanipal #Etana #History https://www.worldhistory.org/article/224/the-myth-of-etana/utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Zapier&utm_campaign=whencyclopedia
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Neferchitty · @neferchitty
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150 years ago we rediscovered #Gilgamesh: it was in 1872 when George Smith found the #Assyrian "Flood Tablets" among the fragments of #Ashurbanipal 's Library at Nineveh.
In 1875, he published his book "Assyrian Discoveries", and the world realized that everything began at #Sumer.
Image:
The 11th tablet of the Epic of Gilgamesh: the Story of the Flood.
(C) British Museum CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
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