Mastodawn

Ancient Star Map Revealed Asteroid Impact ==> Köfels Paleo-Landslide, Austria = Scientific Detective Work!
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https://360onhistory.com/blog-posts/ancient-star-map-reveals-asteroid-impact/ <-- shared technical article, tablet
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https://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2008/212017945233.html <-- shared technical article, tablet
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https://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/history-of-geology/the-strange-medical-case-of-the-radioactive-landslide/ <-- shared technical article, Köfels landslide/asteroid
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2015.05.001 <-- shared paper, Köfels landslide
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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-21-2461-2021 <-- shared paper, Köfels landslide
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H/T #ArchaeoHistories @histories_arch
#spatial #mapping #ancientmap #starmap #ArchaeoHistories #K8538 #Planisphere #RoyalLibrary #Ashurbanipal #Nenveh #Sumeria #Assyrian #scribe #sumerian #astronomer #astrolab #asteroid #impact #astronomy #KÁ¶fel’ #Köfels #Austria #Tyrol #radioactive #landslide #massmovement #model #modeling #trajectory #clay #tablet #engineeringgeology #paleolandslide #scientific #detectivework
@histories_arch | #BritishMuseum | #UniversityofBristol

mythologyandhistory Dec 31

Did you know that #Ancient #Greeks & #Romans would use an #Assyrian king to shame self-indulgence?

#Aristotles said that those in power shared the tastes of Sardanapalus - the (fictional) last king of Assyria.

He had male & female concubines, dressed in women's clothes & ate lavishly; he felt that hedonism was the purpose of life.

Due to his lack of virtue, a rival besieged his city & after some years, the king burnt his wealth, his retainers & himself on a pyre.

#history

Vitex Nov 18

#Assyrian kings was huge fans of #HeavyMetal

https://openclipart.org/detail/348066/assyrian-king-remix

#SVG #OpenClipart

The Dead And The Decaying Nov 4

The #Assyrian Impact on #Urarṭu - Toponyms and Ideological Motifs

#AncientNearEast #AsiaMinor #AncientWorld
http://saa.uaic.ro/wp-content/uploads/XXX.2.3.pdf

Archaeology News

Oct 28

Rare Assyrian inscription found in Jerusalem

Archaeologists have unearthed an extraordinary Assyrian inscription from the First Temple period in Jerusalem—the first of its kind to be discovered in the city. The tiny fragment of pottery, just 2.5 centimeters in diameter and inscribed in Akkadian cuneiform, was discovered close to the Temple Mount’s Western Wall...

More info: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/10/rare-assyrian-inscription-found-in-jerusalem/

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#archaeology #archaeologynews #assyrian #akkadian #assyrianempire

דער קערפער פֿון השם Oct 22

"A fragment of correspondence between the Imperial #Assyrian court and the Kingdom of Judah has been discovered in an #archaeological excavation in #Jerusalem, in what is believed to be the first ever Assyrian inscription from the #FirstTempleperiod (8th–7th centuries BCE) found in the city."

https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/correspondence-between-assyrian-empire-and-king-of-judah-uncovered-in-jerusalem/

Ancient Origins Aug 18

𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗨𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗶𝗹𝘀 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗛𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝗞𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗽𝗲, 𝗔𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗮
A breakthrough discovery at Turkey's Kultepe reveals ancient private homes for the first time, showing that ordinary citizens lived alongside monumental palaces 4,700 years ago in this important Bronze Age trading center.
#assyrian #anatolia #bronzeage #ancienthistory #ancientorigins
https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/kultepe-archaeological-discovery-0022360