4,000-year-old tablets reveal bad omens linked to lunar eclipse

Archaeologists Andrew George and Junko Taniguchi decoded 4,000-year-old Babylonian tablets, uncovering 61 omens predicting civilizational downfall and leader deaths through lunar eclipses. These cuneiform texts were inscribed in Sippar, emphasizing the importance ancient Babylonians placed on celestial events as divine warnings. They trusted omens to foresee catastrophes and performed rituals to mitigate threats.