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Ancient Babylonian 'Omen' Has Helped Scientists Verify Timing of an Epic Solar Storm
Science Alert ^ | 19 OCT 2019 | MIKE MCRAE

Posted on 10/21/2019 7:03:29 AM PDT by BenLurkin

More than 2,600 years ago, strange red clouds over Mesopotamia drew the attention of soothsayers across the land. Their royal reports have now helped confine the date of a severe solar storm that washed over the planet.

Based on readings of carbon isotopes trapped in tree rings deposited around that time, astronomers already suspected there was a period of intense solar activity around the middle of the 7th century BC...

And it seemed like it had pretty far-ranging effects. Earlier in the year, geologists reported similar signs of a storm from around this period in traces of radioactive particles buried in Greenland's ice.

Assyria and Babylon were home to a slightly different kind of astronomer – one who looked for omens among the heavens.

When things got a bit weird overhead, these sky-watchers would note down the details on palm-sized clay tablets in cuneiform, recording the type of ominous event, maybe a prediction or two, and signing it off with their name and sometimes the date.

These could then be sent to government authorities, who would use the information to make important decisions. After digging through translations of a number of Assyrian astrological tablets dated to the 7th and 8th centuries, the researchers eventually found three mentioning either a red glow, red clouds, or red covering the sky.

After digging through translations of a number of Assyrian astrological tablets dated to the 7th and 8th centuries, the researchers eventually found three mentioning either a red glow, red clouds, or red covering the sky.

None of them came with a timestamp, but they were all signed off by a different author, either Issār-šumu-ēreš, Nabû-aḫḫē-erıba, or Zākiru, who each reported to kings of either Babylon or Nineveh.

(Excerpt) Read more at sciencealert.com ...


TOPICS: Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: assyrianempire; astrology; astronomy; babylon; carringtonevent; catastrophism; cme; coronalmassejection; godsgravesglyphs; robertschoch; science; sida; solarstorm; zodiac
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1 posted on 10/21/2019 7:03:29 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: SunkenCiv

ping


2 posted on 10/21/2019 7:03:47 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

Early global warming. It was a political issue even in the 7th century BC


3 posted on 10/21/2019 7:05:08 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: PGR88

How bad is this reporting ... 3 2 1 Its Trumps fault again.


4 posted on 10/21/2019 7:07:59 AM PDT by George from New England (escaped CT in 2006, now living north of Tampa)
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To: BenLurkin
It has long been theorized that every so often the Sun goes crazy................😕
5 posted on 10/21/2019 7:10:20 AM PDT by Red Badger (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain...................)
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To: PGR88

"Issār-šumu-ēreš, Nabû-aḫḫē-erıba, Zākiru! How dare you!"
6 posted on 10/21/2019 7:11:16 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

Chronologically 700 years later, published another several hundred years later:

Matthew 16:2
He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red.


7 posted on 10/21/2019 7:11:19 AM PDT by treetopsandroofs
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To: treetopsandroofs

Red sky in morning, sailor take warning.


8 posted on 10/21/2019 7:11:51 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

I think this was predicted ahead of time, and might relate to that underground city in far eastern Turkey that was found around 10 to 20 years ago.

Might be interesting to see if this also occurred around 12,900 years ago as well, and was what helped that giant glacier over North America melt in epic and quick fashion.


9 posted on 10/21/2019 7:11:52 AM PDT by pepsionice
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To: BenLurkin

Those were carvings of the local angry leftists of their day.


10 posted on 10/21/2019 7:12:47 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: BenLurkin

So we’ve been talking about red skies associated with an “epic solar storm” for 2,700 years.

Big Fake Science stepped in it big time this time, proving no climate change in recorded history.


11 posted on 10/21/2019 7:18:38 AM PDT by treetopsandroofs
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To: BenLurkin

Cool post. Or a possible weakening of the magnetosphere?


12 posted on 10/21/2019 7:22:04 AM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: BenLurkin

There is a site - Suspicious Observers - that digs into this sort of solar paper.

Ben has some interesting insights, well worth spending some time at the site and looking at some of the videos.


13 posted on 10/21/2019 7:27:59 AM PDT by ASOC (Having humility really means one is rarely humiliated)
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To: ASOC

https://suspicious0bservers.org/

Note that the “oh” in 0bservers is a “zero”...


14 posted on 10/21/2019 7:34:25 AM PDT by null and void (Convicted spies are shot, traitors are hanged, saboteurs are subject to summary execution...)
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To: ASOC; null and void

Cool site, thank you!


15 posted on 10/21/2019 7:39:57 AM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: BenLurkin

Wouldnt all that excess c14 mess up the carbon 14 chronologies? How could c14 be a reliable universal chronometer if the amount in ambient atmosphere can vary from place to place based on solar activities and atmospheric distribution?


16 posted on 10/21/2019 7:39:59 AM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and diamonds, and harder to find.)
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To: pepsionice

YDE Younger Drayas Event. All cultures have remnants of a VERY BAD DAY that may have had warning signs that have been passed down. Changes in the sky from the norm were universally assumed to portend disaster. Similar events may have continued at intervals throughout human history. But the YDE changed the whole world forever. Some religious notions now deemed backward were very practical back then.
Also read about some Greek and Finnish mythology that refers to fires from the sky causing a year of darkness and death. Parts of Kalevala in particular could describe very long held fears.


17 posted on 10/21/2019 7:43:10 AM PDT by epluribus_2 (He, had the best mom - ever. my)
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To: null and void

either way, the search engine delivers. Thanks for pointing that out.


18 posted on 10/21/2019 7:51:01 AM PDT by ASOC (Having humility really means one is rarely humiliated)
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To: Getready
They calibrate out the natural year to year variations in 14C out by measuring known date samples, usually tree rings, which have an unbroken sequence dating back as far as 14C can be used.
19 posted on 10/21/2019 7:51:32 AM PDT by null and void (Convicted spies are shot, traitors are hanged, saboteurs are subject to summary execution...)
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To: BenLurkin

Related...

https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2018RG000629


20 posted on 10/21/2019 8:19:44 AM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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