@UnconventionalEmma@wandering.shop
2026-08-06 04:58 UTC
Hmmm… my latest idea for a character will involve me researching the history of books and reading.
Tough gig 🤣
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@UnconventionalEmma@wandering.shop 2026-08-06 06:14
While I was out for my walk this morning, I listened to this In Our Time episode about the Library of Nineveh. King Ashurbanipal seems to have been a book hoarder collecting everything the Babylonians ever wrote down (in cuneiform on clay tablets or wax-covered boards), and more. It involves Gilgamesh and scholars dressed as fish (and some in chains). #books #history #library https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00b7r71