2019年12月31日 · Records of aurorae in Mesopotamia from 2,600 years ago are helping astronomers understand and predict solar activity today. On a dark spring night, the sky blanketing the Neo-Assyrian Empire...

2025年1月16日 · Eclipse - Assyrian Astronomy, Lunar Cycles, Solar System: The Assyrian Chronicle, a cuneiform tablet that preserves the names of the annual magistrates who gave their names to the years (similar to the later Athenian archons or Roman consuls), records under the year that corresponds to 763–762 bce: “Revolt in the citadel; in [the month ...

The origins of astronomy can be found in Mesopotamia, the "land between the rivers" Tigris and Euphrates, where the ancient kingdoms of Sumer, Assyria, and Babylonia were located. A form of writing known as cuneiform emerged among the Sumerians around 3500–3000 BC.

2019年10月17日 · 2,700 years ago ancient Assyrian astrologers, who would have been regarded as professional scholars to the kings who had commissioned them, wrote about an unusual red glow in the sky.

2019年11月5日 · The team found three separate Assyrian and Babylonian cuneiform tablets held in the British museum that referred to “red clouds” and a “red glow” lighting up the night sky and that date from the period 679 to 655 B.C. These descriptions are similar to the previously oldest-known reference to an aurora, found in a Babylonian tablet ...

2019年10月28日 · The team found three separate Assyrian and Babylonian cuneiform tablets held in the British museum which referred to “red clouds” and a “red glow” lighting up the night sky and which date from the period 679 to 655 B.C. These descriptions are similar to the previously oldest known reference of an aurora, found in a Babylonian tablet ...

2019年10月18日 · Scientists have discovered what may be the oldest written records of aurorae to date. They were hidden in ancient cuneiform tablets from the Middle East. Astronomers have watched sunspots come and...

2023年3月23日 · During the Assyrian period, astronomy was, as with all early civilisations, largely astrological in nature. Movements of bodies in the sky were believed to be significant for individuals and, in particular, for kings and empires. The Assyrians therefore studied the motions of the Sun, Moon and planets very carefully, looking for omens, good or bad.

Assyrian star planisphere found in the library of the Assyrian king Ashurbanipal (Aššur-bāni-apli – reigned 668-627 BCE) at Nineveh. The function of this unique 13-cm diameter clay tablet, in which the principal constellations are positioned in eight sectors, is disputed but the texts and drawings appear to be astro-magical in nature.

2024年10月21日 · The interconnectedness between Assyrian gods and astronomy reveals a profound understanding of the universe that shaped the spiritual and practical lives of the Assyrians. Their mythology not only served to explain celestial phenomena but also influenced their governance, agriculture, and culture.