Irving Finkel | The Ark Before Noah: A Great Adventure

Why HN readers recommended it

HN recommends it as a funny, fascinating talk on cuneiform tablets and the ancient world by an engaging curator.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

The Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures

Topic

ancient mesopotamia

Format

lecture

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

4

HN mentions in dataset

5

Recommendation years in dataset

2021–2025

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From the original HN conversations

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• This lecture by Dr Finkel on how he discovered the original Babylonian version of the Noah's Ark story is equal parts fascinating and hilarious: [VIDEO]

• Not to mention his book, about when he found an Cuneiform tablet circa 1800BC telling the story of Noah and the flood, which included more detailed instructions on how to build an ark than the biblical accounts and so he went and built it. Nice …

• 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: [LINK] Here is a hilarious talk he gave at Chicago's Oriental Institute on Noah's …