Steve Dustcircle 🌹Dec 4, 2024

#Mesopotamians felt #happiness in their #liver and #anger in their #thighs

An analysis of #ancient #cuneiform texts suggests people thought of #emotions in a different way almost 3000 years ago, showing how #culture influences our most intimate experiences

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2458952-mesopotamians-felt-happiness-in-their-liver-and-anger-in-their-thighs/

Mesopotamians felt happiness in their liver and anger in their thighs

An analysis of ancient cuneiform texts suggests people thought of emotions in a different way almost 3000 years ago, showing how culture influences our most intimate experiences

New Scientist
Paul GuinnessyMay 20, 2024
#PTSD is generally considered to have been 'discovered' in the 20th Century but even as far back as the #Mesopotamians, it was being recorded as something soldiers could suffer from (although they thought it was the ghosts of their victims causing it). #ancienthistory https://daily.jstor.org/haunted-soldiers-in-mesopotamia/
Haunted Soldiers in Mesopotamia - JSTOR Daily

In ancient Mesopotamia, many medical disorders were attributed to ghosts, including mental problems faced by men who had spent years at war.

JSTOR Daily
TransActualFeb 16, 2024

Innana was an important deity for the ancient Mesopotamians. They believed she had the power to change someone’s gender. Her priests and followers were known for their rejection of gender binaries.

https://www.academuseducation.co.uk/amp/ancient-mesopotamian-transgender-and-non-binary-identities

(Accessibility: A Photo of Mesopotamian carvings with a Purple text box)

#LGBTHistoryMonth #Mesopotamians #Transgender #Trans #LGBT #LGBTQIA

Ancient Mesopotamian Transgender and Non-Binary Identities - by Morg Daniels

There is evidence of complex gender identities in Ancient Mesopotamia, particularly in the cult of the goddess Inanna and her priests.

Academus Education
Show threadInfrapink (he/his/him)Dec 31, 2022
The earliest #Roman calendar is traditionally said to have been invented by King #Romulus himself. Like many ancient #calendars, it attempted to reconcile the movements of the #sun and the #moon. However, while the #Mesopotamians, #Indians, #Chinese, and #Muisca had long since worked out systems of adding extra months while the #Egyptians, #Iranians, #Mesoamericans, and #Quechua decided to disregard and moon and just use the sun, the early Romans did a little work and then threwe up their hands.