Magnus_Arvid
@magnusarvid.bsky.social
https://magnusarvid.substack.com/
🇩🇰 PhD, Religious Studies, University of Bergen 🇳🇴
Master's in History of Religion (the Religious Roots of Europe-programme)
Bachelor's in Assyriology + minor in Modern Standard Arabic and modern middle eastern history
🇩🇰 PhD, Religious Studies, University of Bergen 🇳🇴
Master's in History of Religion (the Religious Roots of Europe-programme)
Bachelor's in Assyriology + minor in Modern Standard Arabic and modern middle eastern history
Neither, actually, all I have to say to this is lol
November 30, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Neither, actually, all I have to say to this is lol
FYI to anyone interested: The actual "Tower of Babel" in the Hebrew Bible likely referred to the Ziggurat of Marduk in Babylon, which in all likelihood looked nothing like this painting, the architecture in which is incredibly romanesque, seems to be inspired by the Flavian Amphitheater!
September 26, 2025 at 2:25 PM
FYI to anyone interested: The actual "Tower of Babel" in the Hebrew Bible likely referred to the Ziggurat of Marduk in Babylon, which in all likelihood looked nothing like this painting, the architecture in which is incredibly romanesque, seems to be inspired by the Flavian Amphitheater!
😆 Certainly not impossible!
September 25, 2025 at 1:01 PM
😆 Certainly not impossible!
The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature
etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk
September 25, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Fantastic, welcome!
September 21, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Fantastic, welcome!