Ellie Bennett

Assyriologist, University of Helsinki, Finland

Ellie Bennett is an Assyriologist using corpus linguistics to explore emotions and gender in ancient Akkadian texts at the University of Helsinki, Finland.

Written by Ellie Bennett

Ancient clay figurine of a woman with a veil, arms crossed. The surface is textured. Image shows a simple, worn design.

To ancient Assyrians, the liver was the seat of happiness

Cutting-edge computational techniques are shedding light on how the emotional experiences of past cultures compare to ours

by Juha Lahnakoski & Ellie Bennett