Flying Snakes! (Herodotus, Isaiah, Bible, Fossils, Uraeus, Wadjet, Serpent, Cobra)
Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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Winged Snakes in Arabia: Historical Texts and Clay Tablets
Scholars Adrian Mayer and Karen Radner discuss the mention of snakes in historical texts and clay tablets, focusing on a fragmentarily preserved tablet from Nineveh that describes snakes encountered during King Esarhatton's military campaign in 671 BC. They analyze the travel itinerary mentioned in the tablet to determine the location of these encounters.
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Transcript
Some ancient sources report snakes that had wings and could fly, including Herodotus and even the Bible. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss the ancient Greek historian's reports, what Isaiah had to say, and whether there really could have been ancient flying snakes.
