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*These are five of the Amarna letters in the british museum
The Amarna letters features letters directed to Akhnaten and before him his father about the fall of conquered terratories in Caanan and Syria to the kingdoms of the Mitanni, the Babylonians and the Hittites.
These letters are featured in the opera Akhnaten in the third act and are transcribed from Samuel A.B Mercers translation from his 1939 book "Mercer, The Tel-el-Amarna Tablets". The book is hard to find so I cannot connect the letters to their correct tablets at this time but I will when I get ahold of the book.
The letters are used to paint a good picture of the severe losses Egypt suffered during Akhnaten and his ancestors reign. His descendants in the 18th dynasty mitigated the issue but the 19th dynasty namely Seti I and Ramesses II probably reclaimed the most.
Letter No. 1: I have written repeatedly for troops, but they were not given and the king did not listen to the word of his servant. And I sent my messenger to the palace, but he returned empty-handed - he brought no troops. And when the people of my house saw this, they rediculed me like the governors, my brethren, and dispised me.
Letter No. 2: The king's whole land, which has begun hostilities with me, will be lost. Behold the territory of Seir, as far as Carmel; its princes are wholly lost; and hostilities prevail against me. As long as ships were upon the sea the strong arm of the king occupied Naharin and Kash, but now the Apiru are occupying the king's cities. There remains not one prince to my lord, the king; every one is ruined. Let the king take care of his land and let him send troops. For if no troops come in this year, the whole territory of my lord, the king, will perish. If there are no troops in this year, let the king send his officer to fetch me and his brothers, that we may die with our lord, the king.
Note: Naharin meant the land of the Mitanni claimed by Thutmose III in his military campaign.
Letter No. 3: Verily, they father did not march forth nor inspect the lands of the vassal-princes. And when thou ascended the throne of thy father's house, Abdashirta's sons took the king's lands for themselves. Creatures of the king of Mittani are they, and of the king of Babylon and of the king of the Hittites.
Letter No. 4 Who formerly could have plundered Tunip without being plundered by Thutmose III? The gods of the king of Egypt, my lord, dwell in Tunip. May my lord ask his old men if this not be so. Now, however, we belong no more to our lord, the king of Egypt. And now Tunip, thy city, weeps and her tears are flowing and there is not help for us. For twenty years we have been sending to our lord, the king of Egypt, but there has not come to us a word - no, not one.
Images from a 13th-century Armenian gospel from modern-day eastern Turkey. It shows the four gospel authors standing together and then, on the back, Jesus' disciples discovering his open tomb.
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Cosmic Sun Pyramid Talon Abraxas
Votive tablet depicting Shamash, the sun-god of Sippar, seated in his shrine with the Babylonian king Nebopaliddin being led into the God's presence by two figures. Babylonian art, 9th century BC.
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It is may 29th, 1453. You are Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror, and you have just taken the city of Constantinople. You’ve been scaring the daylights out of the Christian world for a while now, but now you’ve really gone and done it. Your little jaunt through Asia Minor is causing a bunch of greek theologians to pull up and run further west into europe. The catholic church already has their hands full with a whole mess of internal conflicts. You wonder how they’re gonna handle this influx of new ideas. Sure would be a shame if you accidentally contributed to some sort of protestant reformation or something. You can’t think about that right now though, you’ve got to think of a better name for your cool new city.
Meanwhile, back in the Catholic Church, a sin is being committed. A sin so grievous and dangerous that it will eventually tear the Christian world as we know it in two: people are translating the Bible into dutch.
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Μιθραϊσμός και Ζωροαστρισμός στη Βορειοδυτική Σασανιδική Περσία, in: Βυζαντινός Δόμος 4 (1990), p. 13-52 Митраизм и зороастризм в Северо-Западном Сасанидском Иране, в: Byzantinos Domos 4 (1990), p. 13-52 Zoroastrismus und Mithraismus im nordwestlichen Iran während der Sassanidenzeit, in: Byzantinos Domos 4 (1990), p. 13-52 Kuzeybatı Sasani İran'ında Mitraizm ve Zerdüştlük, bilimsel süreli Byzantinos Domos'ta 4 (1990), p. 13-52 Domos Byzantinos آیین میترا و زرتشت در شمال غربی ایران در دوره ساسانیان : در مجله علمی ( در صفحه 13 - 52 ) ,1990 (4) Mithraïsme et zoroastrisme dans le nord-ouest de l'Iran sassanide, dans le Byzantinos Domos 4 (1990), p. 13-52 الميثرائية والزرادشتية في شمال غرب إيران خلال العصر الساساني : في المجلة العلمية (1990) 4 على الصفحة 13 - 52 ,Domos Byzantinos في المجلة العلمية Mithraism and Zoroastrianism in Northwestern Sassanid Iran, in: Byzantinos Domos 4 (1990), p. 13-52
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New Year wishes from an ancient Greek mosaic floor. Halicarnassus, 4th century AD: "Health. Life (Longevity). Joy. Peace. Contentment (Good Cheer). Hope."
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