Early Studies on Mesopotamian Astronomy & Astrology

The earliest studies on Mesopotamian astronomy and astrology were necessarily based on the sparse and often conflicting evidence found in biblical and in classical sources. As these studies were all published before the decipherment of cuneiform texts, they are of limited interest but are added for sake of completeness.

The Antiquity of Mesopotamian Astronomy and Astrology according to Classical Sources

Classical authors often assigned extremely high ages for the origins of Mesopotamian astronomy and astrology, as they also often did for the antiquity of Egyptian and other ancient civilisations.


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