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Wrote about rituals involved in arranging a wedding in ancient Mesopotamia. Find out more in BBC History Magazine December issue! https://t.co/79TsKal4bZ

Ancient Assyrian HMRC/IRS sends a letter saying pay your taxes immediately or there will be consequences https://t.co/mXY7fcyaYA

You can read more of these human connections with the ancient past in my book ‘The Library of Ancient Wisdom: Mesopotamia and the Making of History’ https://t.co/PlkN8Hxkkm

I’ve just discovered that @cwjones89 first posted this in 2019 - thanks and all credit to him!

If you want to read more about Assyrian academics check out my book ‘The Library of Ancient Wisdom: Mesopotamia and the Making of History’ https://t.co/4o7O8sLcU9

Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching

I'm heading to the Wells Festival of Literature today - excited to talk about The Library of Ancient Wisdom again! Tickets are available here:

I've just found out which Babylonian god people prayed to to get up early in the morning - Ninurta! 'To do business at the quay where traffic rushes swiftly by, You, O unrivalled king of the world, rouse at daybreak him who else would not rise.' https://t.co/nXann8D81z

We went from “what good are the humanities?” to “suddenly, no one can read” in about a year, and it's no coincidence that we're suddenly awash in misinformation and lack of critical thinking. This is WHY we need the humanities. This is what they prevent.

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Exciting event alert: P21 Gallery and The Enheduanna Society are hosting a Performance Evening on 25th October in London. Badia Obaid, June Peters and Tara Jaff will perform Mesopotamian poetry and a modern retelling of the story of priestess and poet Enheduanna.

My poem 'Kabuki Costume' is featured on Poetry Worth Hearing - thank you Kathleen McPhilemy! You can read it online here: https://t.co/2U3FN9SDh8 You can listen to the whole episode here:

Who are you throwing Overboard!? 🌊 👇Comment below👇 Don't forget to buy your tickets here: https://t.co/Y7E2Ud1PYp #overboard #cfa #classics #debate #history #ancienthistory

A review of Library of Ancient Wisdom and Between Two Rivers by @Moudhy in @TheTLS - thank you @lsmwilson for kind words!

Thrilled to be taking part in the Overboard! @classicsforall reverse balloon debate discussing which arch villain from ancient world deserves to be chucked out rather than saved 25th September, London or online - tickets: https://t.co/Rxz5msS3lR

Had a great time at @AncientsHH ! Thank you for inviting me @ancientstristan - it is always fun to talk about Ashurbanipal, his dynasty, library and more! You can give it a listen here: https://t.co/E8nwKCQJXC

Another amazing epiosode of Curator's Corner @BritishMuseum! Very informative and beautifully shot - Ashurbanipla's lion hunt scenes are presented in such incredible detal! https://t.co/sNOlnkyxAN

I had a sneak preview of this documentary as a consultant and it is great - do catch it if you can!

Another new Sumerian myth discovered:

Had a great time at BBC 6 Radio Music - @cerysmatthews thank you for having me! You can listen to our conversation here: https://t.co/qcnNYPTgqv