![]() ![]() ![]() In ancient Greece and Rome by contrast, girls were given crescent-shaped amulets on their birthday to protect them from evil spirits. The tablet describes how to ward off the evil effects of a lunar eclipse, which were believed to threaten the life of the king. One of the oldest objects in the 2019 The Moon exhibition at the National Maritime Museum was a Mesopotamian tablet from 172 BCE. Why have people believed that there is a connection between the Moon and human health? And what, if any, is the scientific basis for it? How the Moon affects humans – a historyīelief in the Moon’s influence on human sickness and health is ancient and widespread, from early folklore and medicine through to contemporary accounts of full moons and a rise in violent crime. All these and more have at one time or another been associated with the Moon.
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