The Burney Relief is most likely Eresh'kigal, Ishtar's goth sister.
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The British Museum thinks so too
The British Museum thinks so too
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"All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act on their dreams with open eyes, to make them possible."
- T. E. Lawrence
Anarchist. Dad. Metalhead. Numbers guy. Python dev. Self-custody fanatic. Weekends-only aspiring homesteader.
Looks like somebody's fantasy of a female "Work Makes You Free" camp commandant.
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This is one ugly crown.
I've seen the official replica of the UK crown and its just as ugly.
How did Euro monarchs have such good taste in paintings yet wear such cringe on their heads?
It looks like it was designed by Donald Trump and executed by a child.
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