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The Solar Eclipse and the Substitute King - The Metropolitan Museum of Art

April 12, 2024

Sarah Graff, associate curator in the Department of Ancient Near Eastern Art, reveals a surprising ancient Assyrian ritual, routinely performed at the time of a solar eclipse, that involved the creation of a temporary substitute king.

New York United States Metropolitan Museum Of Art Jean Bott Zainab Bahrani Johnd Rockefeller Jr

Source: metmuseum.org

The substitute king ritual in Ancient Mesopotamia: an elegant solution to inevitable fate

December 18, 2023

When the death of the king was prophecised in Ancient Mesopotamia, the solution was to substitute in a regal stand in - and then kill him

Perifereia Stereas Elladas Butzon Bercker Victor Turner Fabrizio Serra Editore Arnold Van Gennep King Esarhaddon

Source: skeptic.org.uk

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