I’m officially on leave y’all.

Fear not — I’ll still spam your TLs with cuneiform threads, but since I’ll be slower at everything, I wanted to share the accounts of some historians and archaeologists of the ancient Middle East who are way cooler than I am anyway.

Some may remember Pazuzu as the baddie in The Exorcist, but actually, he was a demon who protected against malevolent demons, like the baby-snatching Lamashtu, in ancient Mesopotamia.

Interested in demons and magic in cuneiform culture? Follow @gvkonsta

Being a government official in the ancient Assyrian empire came with a hefty dose of responsibility, networking, and cutthroat competition. How do we know?

They left behind thousands of letters to and from their kings. Follow @cwjones89 who also does some epic CuneiThreads https://twitter.com/cwjones89/status/1275412504219435008

What was the landscape of ancient Iraq like? What paths did the rivers follow thousands of years ago, and the many canals that flowed from them?

@JaafarJotheri not only reconstructs these landscapes, but also trains and mentors the next generation of Iraqi archaeologists! https://twitter.com/jaafarjotheri/status/1287494914624884738

I’ll continue to update this thread over the next few days with more CuneiTweeps for you to follow