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New Year’s – Are We’re Doing It Wrong!?
The Babylonians were the first to celebrate New Year’s festivities known as Akitu. This Spring Equinox festival began on the first days of the Babylonian year being in the months of March, or April – when soil was ready for … Continue reading
Posted in Calendars & Time, Mythology
Tagged Akitu, Ancient Babylon, Elagabal, Emessa, Esaglia, Heliogabalus, Marduk, Palmyra, rêš šattim, Spring Equinox, Syria
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