Tristan Hughes

Or textbook, sorry.

Or textbook, sorry.

Or textbook, sorry.

I know we haven't really mentioned the name Babylon too much in our chat so far. But I know in your book, you mentioned people called the Kassites. And are they strongly linked in the kind of the creation of writing all this down or the creation of this handbook with the omens at this time? I want to kind of bring Babylon into the conversation here. And I guess maybe this is a way we can do it.

I know we haven't really mentioned the name Babylon too much in our chat so far. But I know in your book, you mentioned people called the Kassites. And are they strongly linked in the kind of the creation of writing all this down or the creation of this handbook with the omens at this time? I want to kind of bring Babylon into the conversation here. And I guess maybe this is a way we can do it.

I know we haven't really mentioned the name Babylon too much in our chat so far. But I know in your book, you mentioned people called the Kassites. And are they strongly linked in the kind of the creation of writing all this down or the creation of this handbook with the omens at this time? I want to kind of bring Babylon into the conversation here. And I guess maybe this is a way we can do it.

Understood. One more quick tangent before we move on in time. You've seen with the interpretations, do they have quite a lot of meaning behind left versus right in these two?

Understood. One more quick tangent before we move on in time. You've seen with the interpretations, do they have quite a lot of meaning behind left versus right in these two?

Understood. One more quick tangent before we move on in time. You've seen with the interpretations, do they have quite a lot of meaning behind left versus right in these two?

Which I guess is as to why that handbook seems to be so popular that so many different cultures can pick it up and understand it with these different kings. Moody, let's move on. And you mentioned it earlier as we get to the first millennium BCE, but I hope you don't mind if we refresh that.

Which I guess is as to why that handbook seems to be so popular that so many different cultures can pick it up and understand it with these different kings. Moody, let's move on. And you mentioned it earlier as we get to the first millennium BCE, but I hope you don't mind if we refresh that.

Which I guess is as to why that handbook seems to be so popular that so many different cultures can pick it up and understand it with these different kings. Moody, let's move on. And you mentioned it earlier as we get to the first millennium BCE, but I hope you don't mind if we refresh that.

at this moment in our chat, and if you wouldn't mind explaining it again very quickly, how we get to the next stage. How did the reading of Omens lay the groundwork for more scientific observational astronomy? And I've got a little quote from your book where you say, the leap from interpreting phenomena purely as divine signs to interpreting phenomena purely as astronomical phenomena.

at this moment in our chat, and if you wouldn't mind explaining it again very quickly, how we get to the next stage. How did the reading of Omens lay the groundwork for more scientific observational astronomy? And I've got a little quote from your book where you say, the leap from interpreting phenomena purely as divine signs to interpreting phenomena purely as astronomical phenomena.

at this moment in our chat, and if you wouldn't mind explaining it again very quickly, how we get to the next stage. How did the reading of Omens lay the groundwork for more scientific observational astronomy? And I've got a little quote from your book where you say, the leap from interpreting phenomena purely as divine signs to interpreting phenomena purely as astronomical phenomena.

These are human-generated algorithms that take generations to create. And as you say, you don't know if they're actually doing it deliberately, but hey presto, you get something absolutely amazing for the end of it, which are these astronomical diaries and what they revealed.

These are human-generated algorithms that take generations to create. And as you say, you don't know if they're actually doing it deliberately, but hey presto, you get something absolutely amazing for the end of it, which are these astronomical diaries and what they revealed.

These are human-generated algorithms that take generations to create. And as you say, you don't know if they're actually doing it deliberately, but hey presto, you get something absolutely amazing for the end of it, which are these astronomical diaries and what they revealed.

I must admit, though, one more thing before we kind of go on to particular discoveries they make, mathematical discoveries they make, and we will get to the word zodiac very soon. But having had a look at some of these astronomical diary entries, what strikes me is like so many of them, they are just so boring. They are so mundane. It's just like there were clouds in the sky today. That was it.

I must admit, though, one more thing before we kind of go on to particular discoveries they make, mathematical discoveries they make, and we will get to the word zodiac very soon. But having had a look at some of these astronomical diary entries, what strikes me is like so many of them, they are just so boring. They are so mundane. It's just like there were clouds in the sky today. That was it.