42 min

When the Moon Disappears The Song of Urania

    • Astronomy

We look at how the Babylonians associated the heavens with their gods and how Mesopotamian astrology developed after the Assyrian conquest. We hear some examples of astrological omens and see how Babylonians handled the most malevolent of omens, the lunar eclipse.

  • Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

We look at how the Babylonians associated the heavens with their gods and how Mesopotamian astrology developed after the Assyrian conquest. We hear some examples of astrological omens and see how Babylonians handled the most malevolent of omens, the lunar eclipse.

42 min

  • Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)