‘A king will die’: 4,000-year-old Babylonian tablets finally deciphered to reveal disastrous omens
Researchers have finally deciphered a 4,000-year-old Babylonian clay tablet that contains ominous omens of doom and ruin. The four clay tablets, dating back about 4,000 years, are believed to have been made in the ancient Babylonian city of Sipparan, southwest of modern-day Baghdad, Iraq. “Swarms of locusts will ravage the land.” The Babylonian stone tablets […]