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It is the first film of history transformed into this dead language and two thousand years old.

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If you have always wanted revenge for … your goat has stolen how you could do it – at least in Babylon. It is the first film of history transformed into this dead language and two thousand years old. The short film (22 minutes) was shot by archeology students from the University of Cambridge and tells the story the poor of Nippur, whose goat, his only property, is stolen by the mayor. The poor of Nippur swear revenge "three times", and yes, all the dialogues take place in the Babylonian language!

Sending to Reuters, professor and director Martin Worthington explained that Babylon's exhibitions in museums, even though they are spectacular, are static. "Museum visitors see these mysterious creatures with wings and horns … It was a normal world with people who are talking and shopping, "she said.The Babylonian / Akkadian language (lišānum akkadītum) belongs to the family of Semitic languages, such as Hebrew and Arabic, from so that the archaeologists have what they really heard.

The story was found in Turkey engraved with a wedge-shaped writing on a clay plate dating back 700 years BC. The film was presented this week. Spoiler alert: The mayor is finally punished for his greed. No goat hurt during filming.

Babylon, it was an ancient city that was for centuries the capital of the Babylonian state. It was built on both banks of the Euphrates in the province of Babylon from Iraq from today till today about 85 kilometers south of the capital, Baghdad, in the city of Xilah.

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