How to write cuneiform with Irving Finkel and @preservethings I Curator's Corner S4 Ep9

Why HN readers recommended it

Recommended as the best short, funny and approachable introduction to cuneiform on YouTube.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

The British Museum

Topic

cuneiform writing

Format

tutorial

Level

intro

HN recommenders in dataset

3

HN mentions in dataset

4

Recommendation years in dataset

2023–2025

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From the original HN conversations

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• If this is interesting... Irving Finkel is the person to look up for cuneiform on Youtube. From the British Museum: Irving Finkel teaches how to write cuneiform [VIDEO] There are many other videos by him, but that's a place to start.

• There are many similar ones, but I like this one from The British Museum the most, because of the teacher: "Irving Finkel teaches how to write cuneiform I Curator's Corner Season 4 Episode 8 #CuratorsCorner" Who is he: > Irving Leonard Finkel is a British …

• If you are interesting anything related to cuneiform writing or ancient Mesopotamian culture , Irving Finkel, a British Museum curator, is a treasure. Here he is teaching how to write cuneiform: [VIDEO] Here is a hilarious talk he gave at Chicago's Oriental Institute on Noah's …