The Knowledge of the First Civilizations | Dr. Irving Finkel

Dr. Irving Finkel of the British Museum joins John Michael Godier to discuss the origins of ancient Sumerian writing, the development of cuneiform tablets, and the early flood myths that shaped the world’s oldest known stories.Finkel explains how the Mesopotamian Epic of Gilgamesh and the Babylonian Flood Tablet predate the Biblical story of Noah’s Ark, revealing how ideas about divine floods, survival, and human memory first emerged in ancient Mesopotamia.Dr. Irving Finkelhttps://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG132564https://thegreatdiaryproject.co.uk/