Moudhy Al-Rashid (she/her)
@moudhy.bsky.social
Assyriologist at Wolfson College (Oxford), writer plagued by self-doubt, lover of dead languages. I think we should all be doing what we can to save the planet.
My book 😎 https://lnk.to/BetweenTwoRivers
My book 😎 https://lnk.to/BetweenTwoRivers
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Happy Publication Day to me! 🎉😱🥹🧿
Between Two Rivers: Ancient Mesopotamia and the Birth of History is officially out!
It’s a history of the region through objects found in an ancient museum in Princess Ennigaldi-Nanna’s palace, and I hope you all like it 💛 lnk.to/BetweenTwoRi...
Between Two Rivers: Ancient Mesopotamia and the Birth of History is officially out!
It’s a history of the region through objects found in an ancient museum in Princess Ennigaldi-Nanna’s palace, and I hope you all like it 💛 lnk.to/BetweenTwoRi...
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Rob Reiner either made your favorite movie, or made somebody you know’s favorite movie. If you’re a Californian, he’s also part of the reason you or your friends can get married. He has changed more lives for the better than this asshole commenting on him ever did.
December 15, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Rob Reiner either made your favorite movie, or made somebody you know’s favorite movie. If you’re a Californian, he’s also part of the reason you or your friends can get married. He has changed more lives for the better than this asshole commenting on him ever did.
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Cool thread!
If someone performed witchcraft against you in ancient Mesopotamia, it could lead to all sorts of horrors, like illness and social isolation.
There were professionals trained in rituals and prescriptions to address those ills. This ritual uses 15 stones that eventually get worn as a necklace.
There were professionals trained in rituals and prescriptions to address those ills. This ritual uses 15 stones that eventually get worn as a necklace.
December 14, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Cool thread!
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Right now any donations to @riveractionuk.bsky.social are doubled in their fight to clean up our rivers. Our rivers have shaped how we have inhabited these islands over millennia. I'm passionate about handing them to our successors in a much better shape than they are now. If you can. . .
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December 8, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Right now any donations to @riveractionuk.bsky.social are doubled in their fight to clean up our rivers. Our rivers have shaped how we have inhabited these islands over millennia. I'm passionate about handing them to our successors in a much better shape than they are now. If you can. . .
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Also "I muted his name and I don't watch or read any news anymore" is not something to be proud of. You should be ashamed of yourselves to be honest. Some of us have been watching our people get shredded in a genocide for over 2 years and we don't say shit like that. Find yourself some moral courage
December 15, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Also "I muted his name and I don't watch or read any news anymore" is not something to be proud of. You should be ashamed of yourselves to be honest. Some of us have been watching our people get shredded in a genocide for over 2 years and we don't say shit like that. Find yourself some moral courage
“(What the) hand does not do, the mouth chatters about.”
- Babylonian proverb
- Babylonian proverb
December 15, 2025 at 4:53 PM
“(What the) hand does not do, the mouth chatters about.”
- Babylonian proverb
- Babylonian proverb
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As a professor, a Brown alum, and a Jew, the news is just too much right now. Hug your loved ones and keep fighting for a better world.
December 14, 2025 at 1:34 PM
As a professor, a Brown alum, and a Jew, the news is just too much right now. Hug your loved ones and keep fighting for a better world.
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Should I worry
December 14, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Should I worry
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We (@crossdale.bsky.social, Christina Pantazis, @roxana-pessoa.bsky.social, Tiê Franco Brotto and I) present the first academic peer-reviewed article, studying the criminalisation and repression of climate and environmental protest as a global phenomenon. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
December 13, 2025 at 4:38 PM
We (@crossdale.bsky.social, Christina Pantazis, @roxana-pessoa.bsky.social, Tiê Franco Brotto and I) present the first academic peer-reviewed article, studying the criminalisation and repression of climate and environmental protest as a global phenomenon. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Live Updates: At Least 10 Injured in Shooting at Bondi Beach in Sydney
Two people were in custody after the shooting at Australia’s best-known beach during a Jewish event. The authorities advised people nearby to take shelter.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...
Two people were in custody after the shooting at Australia’s best-known beach during a Jewish event. The authorities advised people nearby to take shelter.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...
Live Updates: At Least 10 Injured in Shooting at Bondi Beach in Sydney
www.nytimes.com
December 14, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Live Updates: At Least 10 Injured in Shooting at Bondi Beach in Sydney
Two people were in custody after the shooting at Australia’s best-known beach during a Jewish event. The authorities advised people nearby to take shelter.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...
Two people were in custody after the shooting at Australia’s best-known beach during a Jewish event. The authorities advised people nearby to take shelter.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...
“If a white cat is seen in a man’s house, hardship will afflict the land.
“If a black cat is seen in a man’s house, that land will experience good fortune.”
- Shumma Ālu, which is a collection of omens recorded on clay tablets from ancient Mesopotamia
“If a black cat is seen in a man’s house, that land will experience good fortune.”
- Shumma Ālu, which is a collection of omens recorded on clay tablets from ancient Mesopotamia
Lucky black cat for you all! Take your risks today! *crosses road like a maniac*
Ancient Animal Advent Day 14 🐈⬛
Ancient Animal Advent Day 14 🐈⬛
December 14, 2025 at 9:46 AM
“If a white cat is seen in a man’s house, hardship will afflict the land.
“If a black cat is seen in a man’s house, that land will experience good fortune.”
- Shumma Ālu, which is a collection of omens recorded on clay tablets from ancient Mesopotamia
“If a black cat is seen in a man’s house, that land will experience good fortune.”
- Shumma Ālu, which is a collection of omens recorded on clay tablets from ancient Mesopotamia
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Have a lot of cooking, cleaning, and wrapping to do over the festive period? Our podcast can keep you company. Join an ordinary reader on her journey through ancient literature, starting with the Epic of Gilgamesh and moving forward through time. #booksky
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Books of All Time
History Podcast · Twice monthly · Books of All Time tackles classic literature in chronological order. Each month, host Rose Judson summarizes a classic work of literature in one episode and then dive...
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December 14, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Have a lot of cooking, cleaning, and wrapping to do over the festive period? Our podcast can keep you company. Join an ordinary reader on her journey through ancient literature, starting with the Epic of Gilgamesh and moving forward through time. #booksky
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well ok, I suppose I’ll try it
This elaborate anti-witchcraft ritual from ancient Assyria and Babylonia involving 15 stones, plants, oils, beer, spells, and the planet Venus can help with various issues.
Among other things, it is for “remembering forgotten things” and “releasing the curse of one whose heart is knotted in sorrow”
Among other things, it is for “remembering forgotten things” and “releasing the curse of one whose heart is knotted in sorrow”
December 14, 2025 at 7:25 AM
well ok, I suppose I’ll try it
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If someone performed witchcraft against you in ancient Mesopotamia, it could lead to all sorts of horrors, like illness and social isolation.
There were professionals trained in rituals and prescriptions to address those ills. This ritual uses 15 stones that eventually get worn as a necklace.
There were professionals trained in rituals and prescriptions to address those ills. This ritual uses 15 stones that eventually get worn as a necklace.
December 14, 2025 at 7:23 AM
If someone performed witchcraft against you in ancient Mesopotamia, it could lead to all sorts of horrors, like illness and social isolation.
There were professionals trained in rituals and prescriptions to address those ills. This ritual uses 15 stones that eventually get worn as a necklace.
There were professionals trained in rituals and prescriptions to address those ills. This ritual uses 15 stones that eventually get worn as a necklace.
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How the BBC upholds fossil fuel industry narratives, 09/12/2025: an article about a battery storage project featuring one (1) person objecting to the scheme. The opinion is presented as indicative of popular opposition. No other viewpoint is offered.
December 10, 2025 at 10:58 AM
How the BBC upholds fossil fuel industry narratives, 09/12/2025: an article about a battery storage project featuring one (1) person objecting to the scheme. The opinion is presented as indicative of popular opposition. No other viewpoint is offered.
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I would die for this pig
Here’s an adorable pig-shaped rattle from ancient Ur
December 9, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I would die for this pig
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It's not a pig. It's a capybara.
December 9, 2025 at 6:16 PM
It's not a pig. It's a capybara.
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it's sonic the clayhog
Here’s an adorable pig-shaped rattle from ancient Ur
December 9, 2025 at 5:30 PM
it's sonic the clayhog
A rattle from ancient Mesopotamia, shaped like a pie crust or shell from the late third or early second millennium BCE. X-ray images show three pellets inside.
Quite a number of rattles have been unearthed in the region, some even shaped like animals.
📷 Dr K Wagensonner
Quite a number of rattles have been unearthed in the region, some even shaped like animals.
📷 Dr K Wagensonner
December 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
A rattle from ancient Mesopotamia, shaped like a pie crust or shell from the late third or early second millennium BCE. X-ray images show three pellets inside.
Quite a number of rattles have been unearthed in the region, some even shaped like animals.
📷 Dr K Wagensonner
Quite a number of rattles have been unearthed in the region, some even shaped like animals.
📷 Dr K Wagensonner
Hello again 😎
December 9, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Hello again 😎
This was such a fun conversation, and we covered so much. Buying onions in 2000 BCE, the earliest named author, the courage of an enslaved mother, the legendary Gilgamesh.
Hope you enjoy it if you get a chance to listen! 🙏🏽
Hope you enjoy it if you get a chance to listen! 🙏🏽
The audio-only version of Legends and Lectures with Dr Moudhy Al-Rashid is now available on all platforms:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezsM...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezsM...
Memes and Mesopotamia
YouTube video by Michelle Franklin | Legends and Lectures
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December 8, 2025 at 6:26 AM
This was such a fun conversation, and we covered so much. Buying onions in 2000 BCE, the earliest named author, the courage of an enslaved mother, the legendary Gilgamesh.
Hope you enjoy it if you get a chance to listen! 🙏🏽
Hope you enjoy it if you get a chance to listen! 🙏🏽
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LEGEND AND LECTURES welcomes the LEGENDARY @moudhy.bsky.social, to talk about her book of the year BETWEEN TWO RIVERS, all about Ancient Mesopotamia!
Thank you to Dr Moudhy for talking to us about onion sellers, Ekidu, and the internet's boy Ea Nasir!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=x19S...
Thank you to Dr Moudhy for talking to us about onion sellers, Ekidu, and the internet's boy Ea Nasir!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=x19S...
Ancient Mesopotamia with Dr Moudhy Al-Rashid
YouTube video by Michelle Franklin | Legends and Lectures
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December 6, 2025 at 10:57 PM
LEGEND AND LECTURES welcomes the LEGENDARY @moudhy.bsky.social, to talk about her book of the year BETWEEN TWO RIVERS, all about Ancient Mesopotamia!
Thank you to Dr Moudhy for talking to us about onion sellers, Ekidu, and the internet's boy Ea Nasir!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=x19S...
Thank you to Dr Moudhy for talking to us about onion sellers, Ekidu, and the internet's boy Ea Nasir!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=x19S...
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Loved reading @moudhy.bsky.social :s "Between two rivers". An especially nice surprise was to find mention of a chance encounter w. Irving Finkel, who is the reason why I have been reading up on Mesopotamian history in my downtime.
December 6, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Loved reading @moudhy.bsky.social :s "Between two rivers". An especially nice surprise was to find mention of a chance encounter w. Irving Finkel, who is the reason why I have been reading up on Mesopotamian history in my downtime.
Does anyone have advice for helping an elderly Lab with arthritis (who is beyond things like stem cell treatment) with pain management? Anecdotal suggestions also welcome 🙏🏽
He has cartrophen injections and oral pain meds as needed. Liberalla off the table unfortunately. He’s just the best dog 🧡
He has cartrophen injections and oral pain meds as needed. Liberalla off the table unfortunately. He’s just the best dog 🧡
December 6, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Does anyone have advice for helping an elderly Lab with arthritis (who is beyond things like stem cell treatment) with pain management? Anecdotal suggestions also welcome 🙏🏽
He has cartrophen injections and oral pain meds as needed. Liberalla off the table unfortunately. He’s just the best dog 🧡
He has cartrophen injections and oral pain meds as needed. Liberalla off the table unfortunately. He’s just the best dog 🧡
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Imaging digging up the archeological remains of an archeological museum.
December 6, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Imaging digging up the archeological remains of an archeological museum.