Uma leitura possível sobre o Akitu

Um leitor me pergunta a propósito do post de 19 de outubro de 2017, Akitu – Festival do Ano Novo na Babilônia:

Se aconteciam duas celebrações em tempos distintos onde estão os relatos das celebrações de outono? Ou eles repetiam a mesma ritualística duas vezes ao ano? E mesmo que o fizessem quais seriam as diferenças, pois uma era para colher e outra para plantar?

Uma boa leitura, de pouco mais de 50 páginas, embora bastante técnica, pode ser feita em:

COHEN, M. E. The Cultic Calendars of the Ancient Near East. Bethesda, Maryland: CDL Press, 1993, p. 400-453.

O bom é que o livro está disponível para download gratuito em The Internet Archive.

Confira aqui.

Escritores de ciência

Uma lista legal para quem gosta de aprender. Confira.

The 50 Best Science Writers of All Time – OnlineCollege.org

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