Temples were conceived as the habitat of deities, who were embodied in cult statues. But these statues could be damaged, destroyed or taken captive. How did the Mesopotamians deal with such catastrophes?

Cult statues

Speaker(s)

Dominique Charpin

Events

Reading texts related to the course (1)

Introduction: Berossus, between the Babylonians and the Greeks

Reading texts related to the course (2)

Reading texts related to the course (3)

The concept of time

Reading texts related to the course (4)

Knowledge transfer and inventions

Reading texts related to the course (5)

The invention of a Sumerian identity

Justice : the andurârum, back to the original situation

Continuity of worship and changes in rituals

Cult statues

The exemplarity of the past

In search of the past : archaeologists, kings and forgers

Conclusion : the legacy of Mesopotamian Civilization

See also