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Megan's next soothing story from Mesopotamia! Join her as she reads 'Lugalbanda and the Anzu Bird'. The translation used can be found here: http://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/cgi-bin/etcsl.cgi?text=t.1.8.2.2#

After a long hiatus, Soothing Stories is back! This time, Megan reads the legend of Lugalbanda and the Mountain Cave, in which Lugalbanda manages to not die! Translation from ETCSL: http://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/section1/tr1821.htm

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The Hanoverians in Britain.

The German Hanoverian Queens of Great Britain and later the United Kingdom had some of the most epic royal matrimonial brawls in history. One brought enlightenment thinking to court. One was dear friends with Marie Antoinette and endured...

As you'll have noticed, the United Kingdom doesn't include Hanover. However, from 1714 to 1837 both were ruled by the same monarchs and unlike Scotland and England prior to this, the two never unified and in fact they soon went their own...

Bellerophon or Bellerophontes is a hero in Greek mythology who is best known as the man who tamed the winged horse Pegasus. Bellerophon was the son of Poseidon the god of the sea and horses and Euynome, though his mortal father is given as...