Artifacts discovered over 100 years ago in Iraq, dating back 4,000 years, have recently been fully translated and linked to astronomical events.

These Babylonian clay tablets, housed in the British Museum since the late 19th century, contain 61 predictions, many warning of disasters like the death of a king or the fall of a nation, often associated with lunar eclipses.

The Babylonians believed that celestial events were divine warnings, using them to forecast calamities and protect their rulers through rituals, the Daily Mail has reported.

One such omen foreshadowed the decline of the Babylonian Empire following King Hammurabi’s death.

Written by B.C. Begley