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by catlikesshrimp
496 days ago
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The first image that came to my mind was the $1 bill. There is what looks like a pyramid which has an eye in a pyramid for a cusp
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I stupidly googled the topic. The quotation wasnt found, but the concept exists.
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https://www.worldhistory.org/ziggurat/
<<In the Uruk Period, the high priest was also the ruler of the city whose authority came directly from the patron god that watched over it. Scholar Marc van de Mieroop writes:
At the top of the Uruk society stood a man whose powers derived from his role in the temple. Hence, scholars often call him a "priest-king." At the bottom of the social ladder of the temple dependents were the people involved in production, both agricultural and otherwise.>> |
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