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Mapping Ancient Emotions: How Mesopotamians Felt and Expressed Their Feelings in the Body
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Mapping Ancient Emotions: How Mesopotamians Felt and Expressed Their Feelings in the Body

Exploring Neo-Assyrian Cuneiform to Understand the Connection Between Emotion and Anatomy Thousands of Years Ago

Dec 05, 2024
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Discovering Emotion in Ancient Mesopotamia

From the flutter of "butterflies in the stomach" to the weight of a "heavy heart," emotions are often tied to physical sensations in modern cultures. But how did ancient humans experience and describe these feelings? A groundbreaking study of Neo-Assyrian texts written in the Akkadian language has revealed how e…

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