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Adamantius on the skills of physiognomist (1) Alexander and Nectanebus (1) Alexander in Babylon (1) Analogies from the animals (1) An Aramaic text combining physiognomy and astrology (1) An Aramaic text combining physiognomy and astrology (2) Astral Medicine (1) Astral omens in Syriac (1) Astrologers and the Roman Emperors (1) An astrological omen text (1) Astronomy of the Chaldeans (1) Attalos and Sudines (1) Averting dream omens (1) Babylon in a Pahlavi text (1) Babylonia as the origin of astronomy (1) Babylonian astrology in Greece (1) Babylonian celestial science (1) Babylonian horoscope (1) Babylonian methods in Rome (1) Babylonian science in Talmud (1) A Babylonian text combining physiognomy and astrology (1) Beginnings of catarchic astrology (1) Bird omens from Ephesus (1) Birds as omens (1) Birds cry the name of God (1) The birth omens in Greece (1) The birthday of Rome (1) The birthday of Rome (2) The Book of the Chaldeans (1) A Cairo Genizah text combining physiognomy and 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