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Ancient Near Eastern cosmology

  • Flat EarthIn the 6th century BC, Babylonian scribes carved a world map known as Imago Mundi onto clay. This artifact depicts a flat disk floating in an ocean called…
  • DuatThe sun god Ra travels through a dark subterranean realm called the Duat. This landscape contains twelve guarded gates that mark each hour of the night.