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A researcher studying an ancient Assyrian cuneiform tablet has found an image of a demon. The demon was believed to have been the cause of epilepsy. The tablet was used to treat health conditions, and the discovery of this ‘epilepsy demon’ is allowing us to better understand the era when medicine and magic were one. The ‘epilepsy demon’ was found by Troels Pank Arbøll of the University of Copenhagen, during research work sponsored by the Edubba Foundation. He is a noted Assyriologist, who studies the ancient Assyrian people, who lived in what is now Northern Iraq, south of the modern city of Mosul. The Assyrians created an important ancient civilization that established two Empires and the first professional army. The