While historians debate, what if ancient texts aren’t just stories, but survival guides? Consider the Sumerian King List—Mesopotamia’s version of a royal family scrapbook—as an early attempt to ...
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How accurate is the Sumerian king list by Berossus?
Berossus, a Babylonian priest writing in Greek, preserved a version of the Sumerian King List that includes rulers said to have lived for thousands of years. But how reliable is this account? In this ...
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