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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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