The Babylonian Map of the World with Irving Finkel | Curator’s Corner S9 Ep5

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  • @britishmuseum
    @britishmuseum  10 днів тому +19

    The video we refence at the end of this one is now live(ish - it's another premiere so do join in if you're around at 4PM BST today): ua-cam.com/video/ffWBf0HmuqA/v-deo.html

    • @Maria-sz1fc
      @Maria-sz1fc 4 дні тому +2

      what else from the bible was alteady in previous texts?

    • @LizKoegel
      @LizKoegel 4 дні тому

      Wonderfully interesting TY Dr Finkel.

  • @CharIie.brzzzz
    @CharIie.brzzzz Місяць тому +1263

    Dude talked about a piece of clay for 17min and I wasn’t bored even a sec. 10/10

    • @carla-CY-PenArt
      @carla-CY-PenArt 26 днів тому +6

      I know

    • @W1ZY
      @W1ZY 25 днів тому +9

      Dude, that's great. Lite up a spliff and celebrate before heading back to TikTok. 🤭

    • @biblebadcopycatofcuneiform8210
      @biblebadcopycatofcuneiform8210 24 дні тому +15

      @@W1ZY Cuneiform is much, much more interesting than smoking weed and watching anything on TikTok. It's the very beginnings of humanity.

    • @biblebadcopycatofcuneiform8210
      @biblebadcopycatofcuneiform8210 24 дні тому

      When you really get into Cuneiform tablets, you get answers about humanity and human creation where the Bible copycat fails and falls apart. I've been researching and check Cuneiform since I left the cult that is Christianity and their lies. It has been a massive amount of fun. Going on 13 years now.

    • @sultankebab1587
      @sultankebab1587 24 дні тому +10

      Yeah, the reason why nobody likes this in school is that teachers cant make it interesting

  • @laki74
    @laki74 Місяць тому +2069

    A younger looking Finkel still looks like an an ancient wizard.

    • @Mystterrio
      @Mystterrio Місяць тому +130

      The older Irving looks like a wizard from the Unseen University of Ankh-Morpork :D

    • @wdsftygt
      @wdsftygt Місяць тому +16

      That woman Edith looks like Jon Voight

    • @hadz8671
      @hadz8671 Місяць тому +22

      I did a double-take when I saw a dude with a dark beard.

    • @ariochiv
      @ariochiv Місяць тому +18

      Apprentice wizard

    • @ecurewitz
      @ecurewitz Місяць тому +36

      He is an ancient wizard. His discussions on Mesopotamia arec magic

  • @maj373
    @maj373 16 днів тому +75

    As an Iraqi I say thank you from the bottom of my heart for preserving and deciphering the codes. I wish I could shake your hand one day to thank you.

    • @james_smith9
      @james_smith9 3 дні тому +2

      Just imagine the number of antiques and stuffs destroyed in pre-islamic Iran + Iraq, some serious knowledge! Even Abraham the so called father of all nations came from Iraq

  • @hailsatin3530
    @hailsatin3530 Місяць тому +819

    Please double the amount of Irving Finkle content. It still won't be enough, but this man is a treasure and needs to have his brilliance preserved

    • @CharlesHrodric
      @CharlesHrodric 29 днів тому +18

      He needs a channel

    • @5thumbsup137
      @5thumbsup137 25 днів тому +9

      I second this! I will subscribe if he becomes a regular!

    • @hashimalzarooni9179
      @hashimalzarooni9179 23 дні тому

      Most of the artifacts in the British Museum are stolen, and only those that fit the Western narrative are displayed. The others are kept away from the public.

    • @leetaylor13
      @leetaylor13 23 дні тому +12

      He needs to do a series of programmes aimed at primary school aged kids and another for secondary age. He has the ability to play pied-piper and lead so many more young people into the field.

    • @johnjeffreys6440
      @johnjeffreys6440 20 днів тому

      That rock tablet in the thumbnail looks like the one they pieced together on Gilligan's Island.
      Reply

  • @capt.bart.roberts4975
    @capt.bart.roberts4975 Місяць тому +1174

    Mr. Finkel, you are a great british treasure. That was just wonderful, you are truly talented story teller.

    • @edwardhoyenski68
      @edwardhoyenski68 Місяць тому +50

      With respect, he's an INTERNATIONAL treasure!

    • @bruisedhelmet8819
      @bruisedhelmet8819 Місяць тому +20

      I love how snarky he is when he talked about ancient ghosts or The Royal Game of Ur!

    • @123Andersonev
      @123Andersonev Місяць тому +18

      @@edwardhoyenski68 In British that means he belongs in a museum.

    • @velvetvioletta
      @velvetvioletta Місяць тому +10

      @@123Andersonev Which is presumably why he's spent so nay years working in one.

    • @RaytheonTechnologies_Official
      @RaytheonTechnologies_Official Місяць тому +26

      That's *Doctor* Finkel to you. And how this man has not yet got a knighthood is beyond me.

  • @kennyofbaja
    @kennyofbaja 14 днів тому +6

    This is the first time I've come across Mr. Finkel and he is wonderful!

  • @dogduz
    @dogduz 27 днів тому +324

    That man is a 100% character that you can listen to for hours. He draws you into his circle of confidence and there is not escape until a YT commercial comes blaring to the screen to disturb your solitary visit with this man. From the US here, but we have nothing like him, he is an Englishman through and through.

    • @user-mh7ek6ud8e
      @user-mh7ek6ud8e 21 день тому

      He is not English. You just confirmed you are the usa educational system product...

    • @earthling808
      @earthling808 20 днів тому +15

      and he looks like he should be one of the exhibits in the museum.

    • @ajay-xjs
      @ajay-xjs 19 днів тому +7

      Get UA-cam premium and there's no adverts!

    • @ingramdw1
      @ingramdw1 9 днів тому +5

      ...or an ad blocker

    • @BladedEdge
      @BladedEdge 7 днів тому +2

      Don't reward google for being obnoxious, just get an ad blocker

  • @richbuilds_com
    @richbuilds_com Місяць тому +656

    I would gladly listen to this man read out the telephone book.
    Such an engaging story teller with a deep knowledge and infectious passion for his subject matter.
    He's not on enough!

    • @grahampalmer9337
      @grahampalmer9337 Місяць тому +9

      Yep. Even a telephone book. It isn't about the content it's about the wondrous journey. The sort of man that can put, imaginative, flesh on Giants & Trolls & Dragon's & Unicorns. A fantasmagorical man - he makes me feel like I'm a wide eyed 5 year old again sucking in the wonders of the World.

    • @Musketeer009
      @Musketeer009 Місяць тому +12

      I agree but he'd have to go to a museum to find a telephone book....Oh! Hold on!

    • @lagmonster7789
      @lagmonster7789 Місяць тому +8

      In 2000 years some future archeologist IS probably going be waxing lyrical about this amazingly preserved phone book they've uncovered and how a diligent student helped piece it together, then be considerably puzzled by how the supposed scribe could have such a strange name as 'Yellow Pages' 😁

    • @GizzyDillespee
      @GizzyDillespee Місяць тому +5

      An Assyrian phone book. He'd have a field day with the ads in the yellow pages

    • @cholulahotsauce6166
      @cholulahotsauce6166 Місяць тому +3

      He reads the audiobook versions of his books.

  • @Preacherjonson
    @Preacherjonson 21 день тому +90

    The passion that Finkel exudes for whatever he is talking about is inspirational and heartwarming.

    • @leedavis3704
      @leedavis3704 18 днів тому +5

      It’s like watching Indiana Jones as an old professor brings everything to life

  • @spooksprings
    @spooksprings Місяць тому +311

    Living epitomy of a proper professor, informative, knowledgable, racounteur, eccentric, wild beard, likeable, vivid, engaging

    • @GARRY3754
      @GARRY3754 Місяць тому +3

      And never say you read Marx

    • @jeanah685
      @jeanah685 Місяць тому +5

      I was trying to determine if his suit was tweed. 😊. Dr. Finely is excellent at conveying his knowledge.

    • @paulmanson253
      @paulmanson253 Місяць тому

      No elbow patches however.
      ​@@jeanah685

    • @windturbinesyndrome1067
      @windturbinesyndrome1067 Місяць тому +8

      Great sense of humor within context of his expertise.

    • @sbar091
      @sbar091 Місяць тому

      And capable of holding his own against Philomena Cunk

  • @douglasboyle6544
    @douglasboyle6544 Місяць тому +269

    "A rrrreplica" 😆
    I swear, Irving Finkle and his knowledge are deserving of his own museum.

    • @Jeremy-yw9ls
      @Jeremy-yw9ls Місяць тому +12

      When he rolled the R I was 100% committed

    • @auntiecarol
      @auntiecarol 28 днів тому +5

      We need to petition our new Prime Minister for a nation-wide Finkel Day. The gent is a national treasure.

    • @Terri_MacKay
      @Terri_MacKay 27 днів тому +4

      Right after he said it, I just had to repeat it, rolling my rrrrrrs as best as I could. 😆❤️

    • @frenzalrhomb6919
      @frenzalrhomb6919 26 днів тому +1

      ​​@@auntiecarol
      "The King is a Fink . . el"
      From . .
      The "Wizard of Id" comics, for those to whom this reference may be just a little to obscure!!

    • @hashimalzarooni9179
      @hashimalzarooni9179 23 дні тому

      Most of the artifacts in the British Museum are stolen, and only those that fit the Western narrative are displayed. The others are kept away from the public.

  • @Ultrevolous
    @Ultrevolous 13 днів тому +28

    This man is THRILLING. Wow. I've never been so interested in babylonian cuneiform in all my life

  • @lilitheden748
    @lilitheden748 Місяць тому +264

    Professor Finkel is one of those people you can’t get enough of. Listening to hm is such a treat. I cherish every moment of it.

    • @tymz-r-achangin
      @tymz-r-achangin Місяць тому +4

      Absolutely agree with you

    • @christopherwilson3242
      @christopherwilson3242 Місяць тому +3

      I agree wholeheartedly. It makes my day every time there is a new posting.He is truly a treasure.

    • @One.Zero.One101
      @One.Zero.One101 Місяць тому +3

      Yeah I was intending to just skim through the video to see what it's about but I watched all of it because he was so engaging.

    • @CorpseOfAgathar
      @CorpseOfAgathar Місяць тому +2

      agreed!

    • @nayon9379
      @nayon9379 Місяць тому

      🥀THE GOSPEL OF THE WORD OF ALMIGHTY GOD "the Salvation of the last day that Christ brought the second and last incarnation of His new and holy name"
      (People only experience in the last days the reappearance of the Redeemer in the flesh, and they receive the personal work and words of God. This is because the last days are the conclusion of the whole age. These the sum and end of God's six-thousand-year rule plan, and these are the end of mankind's suffering life journey. My work will only last six thousand years, and I will I whose contempt for all mankind will not last more than six thousand years. I will not continue or delay any more: In the last days I will conquer Satan, I will take back all My glory, and I will take back the all the souls on earth that belong to Me so that these sorrowing souls can escape from the sea of ​​suffering, and thus My whole work on earth will be finished. I will only do one thing on earth: I will change mankind, the humanity that is holy, and My faithful city on earth. This humanity will remain with Me forever, but it is not the vile filthy humanity of today, but the humanity accumulated from My earnings. The spoils of war I have rescued from Satan's domain, and are the only consummation and fruition of My six-thousand-year rule plan. They come from every nation and denomination, and every place and town, throughout the universe. I will destroy this ancient, and utterly defilement of mankind, as I destroyed the firstborn sons and cattle in Egypt, leaving only the Israelites, who ate lamb's flesh, drank lamb's blood, and sealed blood of sheep's on the beams of their houses)
      Almighty God said
      PEOPLE only in the LAST DAYS experience the RE-APPEARANCE of the REDEEMER in the FLESH, and they ACCEPT GOD'S PERSONAL WORKS and WORDS. It will not be two thousand years before the LAST DAYS of the END COME; they are SHORT, as JESUS ​​DID the WORKS during the AGE of GRACE in JUDEA. This is because the LAST DAYS are the CONCLUSION of ALL TIME. These are the FULFILLMENT and the END of the SIX--THOUSAND--YEAR PLAN of GOD'S RULE, and they are the END of HUMANITY'S LIFE JOURNEY of SUFFERING. 🙏
      My WORK WILL ONLY LAST SIX THOUSAND YEARS, and I PROMISE THAT EVIL'S HOLD OF ALL HUMANITY WILL NOT LAST MORE THAN SIX THOUSAND YEARS either. ☀️
      And so timely. I will not continue or delay any longer: In the LAST DAYS I WILL CONQUER SATAN, I WILL RECOVER ALL MY GLORY, and I WILL RECOVER all the SOULS on EARTH that belong to Me so that these suffering SOULS can LOSE in the SEA of SUFFERING, and thus My ENTIRE WORK on EARTH will be FINISHED. From this day forward, I will never again incarnate on earth, and My domineering Spirit will never again work on earth. 🙏
      I will only DO one THING on EARTH: I will CHANGE HUMANITY, humanity that is DIVINE, and My FAITHFUL CITY on EARTH. 🌺
      But you must know that I will not destroy the whole world, nor will I destroy the whole humanity. I will KEEP the REMAINING PART THREE---the third part that LOVES Me and COMPLETELY SUBMITS to Me, and I will MAKE them fruitful and MULTIPLY in the EARTH as the ISRAELITES DID UNDER the LAW, FEEDING them with Abundant SHEEP and CATTLE and ALL the ABUNDANCES OF THE EARTH. 🌺
      This humanity will remain with Me forever, but it is not the vile filthy humanity of today, but the humanity accumulated from My earnings. 🙏 That mankind will not be harmed, disturbed, or besieged by Satan, and they will be the ONLY mankind that WILL REMAIN ON EARTH AFTER I AM VICTORIOUS AGAINST SATAN. This is humanity that I have NOW CONQUERED and GOT MY PROMISE. And so, the humanity conquered in the LAST DAYS is the same humanity that WILL BE SAVED and ACHIEVE My ETERNAL BLESSINGS. 🌺
      This will be the only proof of My victory over Satan, and the only spoils of My battle with Satan. The SPOILERS of WAR I HAVE SAVED from SATAN'S ATTITUDE, and the ONLY COMPLETION and FRUIT of My SIX-THOUSAND-YEAR REIGN PLAN. They come from every nation and denomination, and every place and town, throughout the UNIVERSE. They come from different races, different languages, customs and skin colors, and they are scattered in all countries and denominations around the world, and even in every corner of the WORLD. 🏵️ SOON, they will COME TOGETHER to BUILD THE PERFECT HUMANITY, the meeting of humanity that SATAN'S FORCES CANNOT REACH. 🙏 Those of HUMANITY that I have NOT SAVED and CONQUERED and will SINK SILENTLY in the DEPTH OF THE SEA, and MY BURNING FIRE WILL BURN ETERNALLY. 😪
      I will wipe out this old, and utter abomination of mankind, just as I DESTROYED the FIRST-BORN BOYS and cattle in EGYPT, leaving only the ISRAELITES, who EAT lamb's flesh, DRINK sheep BLOOD, and STAMP the BLOOD of the asSHEEP on the beams of their DOORS. 🙏🌷🙏
      AREN'T the PEOPLE I CONQUERED and became FAMILY the same PEOPLE who ATE My FLESH as LAMB and I REDEEMED and WORSHIP Me? Aren't they the TYPES of PEOPLE who are always ACCOMPANIED with My GLORY? Are they not without My body, the Lamb, and have quietly sunk into the depths of the sea? Now they oppose Me, and now My words and just like those that Jehovah said to the male children and male grandsons of Israel. BUT HARDNESS IN THE DEPTH of your HEARTS STORES MY WRATH, CAUSES MORE JUDGMENT on your SINS, and more WRATH on your unrighteousness. Who will be saved in My day of wrath, if this is how you treat Me now? ☀️
      Whose UNJUSTICE can ESCAPE My EYES of PUNISHMENT? Whose sins can escape the hands of Me, the ALMIGHTY? Whose resistance will escape My judgment, the ALMIGHTY? I, JEHOVAH, am SPEAKING to you, TRIBES of GENTILE FAMILIES, and the WORDS I AM SPEAKING to you are MORE than ALL that was SPOKE in the AGE of LAW and in the AGE of GRACE, but you are more stubborn than all people in Egypt. Are you not storing up My wrath while I PREPARE My REST? How can you get away with nothing?g damage from My Sun, the ALMIGHTY? 🌻
      From "The Word Appears in the Flesh"
      The kingdom that Christ brought down and built from heaven engraved with His Holy name "THE CHURCH OF ALMIGHTY GOD" 💐 fulfillment of (Matthew 16:18) The Lord Jesus said "And I say to you, you are Peter, in upon this rock I will build my Church, that the power of death shall not prevail over her."
      💌 So everyone is led here! because this is the last day which means the last age and the last salvation the last stage is the AGE OF THE KINGDOM or the age of the word, in His lowered Kingdom "THE CHURCH OF ALMIGHTY GOD" 💐because the purification of God has come to the individual of the spirit of man ("The Parable of the Washing of the Feet" John 13:5-9)... . EVERYONE WHO HAS AN EAR LISTEN TO WHAT THE SPIRIT SAYS TO THE CHURCHES!" (Rev. 2:7,11,17,29 and 3:6,13,22) 🌺

  • @njones420
    @njones420 Місяць тому +2620

    Finkel-Fans unite !

  • @TheBaBaTV
    @TheBaBaTV 20 днів тому +70

    I’m ethnic Assyrian, we study our history of ancient Assyrian ancestors ruling Mesopotamia of Nineveh, Babylon its fascinating, we still speak, read, write our ancient Aramaic language, also learned cuneiform tablet Akkadian (older ancient language of Assyrians in Babylon, Nineveh) ! Lots of science and knowledge we use today are from ancient Assyrians!

    • @parsasoli2015
      @parsasoli2015 18 днів тому +9

      cool bro
      im persian/kurdish
      Ive always been really passionate about your people but unfortunately not many of you are around anymore to talk to.
      I wish you and your people prosperity.

    • @zalzouli-y7l
      @zalzouli-y7l 15 днів тому

      أنا مغربي هل أستطيع سؤالك عند الحاجة؟

    • @SilentNecrosis
      @SilentNecrosis 15 днів тому +3

      I am Greek, but I have a half-brother and half-sister who are Assyrian. Assyrian history is definitely fascinating. I wish I was more connected with that history.

    • @emilnemyl448
      @emilnemyl448 14 днів тому +1

      . . . or others wrote on wood, so they were screwed when history came.

    • @808bigisland
      @808bigisland 13 днів тому +1

      People been replaced many times - 5000 years is a long time. Nice phantasy😂

  • @Bernandez4139
    @Bernandez4139 Місяць тому +161

    This man looks exactly how you would expect the curator of the British Museum to look.

    • @sirrathersplendid4825
      @sirrathersplendid4825 Місяць тому +10

      Sadly, he’s only one of many curators. Some of the more senior curators have come down with advanced woke-itis and are doing actual harm to the British Museum’s reputation.

    • @vanessanassif
      @vanessanassif 29 днів тому +14

      ​@@sirrathersplendid4825Ummm I hate to break it to you but historians of any kind have always been woke/informed.

    • @sirrathersplendid4825
      @sirrathersplendid4825 29 днів тому +7

      @@vanessanassif woke no longer just means “informed”. It’s now understood (even in the Oxford English Dictionary) to indicate views that are dogmatic and extreme.

    • @_de_reve
      @_de_reve 29 днів тому

      ​@@sirrathersplendid4825 absolute BS to call it 'woke' when it's just progress based on science and human evolution. it's just academic nature to keep developing and looking for a better and inclusive future and if you think that is 'extreme' than YOU are the problem and should go read some more.

    • @vanessanassif
      @vanessanassif 29 днів тому +9

      @@sirrathersplendid4825 It means EXACTLY the same thing. It's you that's changed. You've been propagandized.

  • @SaxeGrove
    @SaxeGrove Місяць тому +287

    I have missed Dr Finkel so much. So nice to hear from you again.

    • @ecurewitz
      @ecurewitz Місяць тому +5

      He is fantastic

    • @farabor7382
      @farabor7382 Місяць тому +6

      He recently appeared on the podcast The Ancients to talk about the mesopotamian texts that relate the story of Noah's Ark. Just in case anyone's missed it 😉

    • @Northcountry1926
      @Northcountry1926 20 днів тому

      ❤❤❤

  • @dieterschonefeld7428
    @dieterschonefeld7428 21 день тому +22

    This is absolutely outstanding! This is why we have universities, a museum and Irvings!

  • @CharlieQuartz
    @CharlieQuartz Місяць тому +208

    I’m starting my PhD in Polymer Physics but the way you approach your field with intimate wonder and present it with cheeky wit and indefatigable personality has inspired me deeply. I hope when I’m deep into my own expertise, I can seem nearly as badass and distinguished as you.

    • @HaggenKennedy
      @HaggenKennedy Місяць тому +30

      And please, do not forget to, one day, when it is possible for you, to try and distill the knowledge you've gained in a way that the common folk will understand, thereby making knowledge accessible to everyone -- and, who knows, perhaps even inspire others to follow in your footsteps and continue the journey to take us further down the path of knowledge... and wisdom. It is very important to share knowledge.

    • @chrisj683
      @chrisj683 Місяць тому +5

      Hopefully it doesn’t take you awfully long to invent plasteel.

    • @littlebirdie2
      @littlebirdie2 Місяць тому +1

      Exactly!!

    • @jabelalasari3482
      @jabelalasari3482 Місяць тому

      What's you POC?

    • @user-il6sp8os7b
      @user-il6sp8os7b Місяць тому

      Cringe

  • @thunderwh
    @thunderwh Місяць тому +153

    Fresh water is called "sweet water" in some languages. Salt water is actually called "bitter water" in some languages like Hebrew and Arabic. The implication is that the Bitter River is not a mythological construct but a representation of the sea and the map is showing places to which you could actually travel across salt water.

    • @evamai728
      @evamai728 Місяць тому +19

      Thank you for sharing that!

    • @WhyDidntIInventYT
      @WhyDidntIInventYT Місяць тому +11

      @@evamai728 co-signed, that's a good insight. It's interesting that it refers to large flightless birds, which are quite real, and to a Great Wall. Naturally the Great Wall of China was built long after this tablet, but there could've been an earlier incarnation, or it might've been referencing another fortification.

    • @G-ra-ha-m
      @G-ra-ha-m Місяць тому +4

      Water also has two states, living - structured into liquid crystals by sunlight, from a spring, river, rain, steam, and dead, from a tap.

    • @cattymajiv
      @cattymajiv Місяць тому +6

      @@WhyDidntIInventYT We have no records of how old the earliest parts of the Great Wall are, but they are clearly very, very old. It was a jigsaw puzzle or a mishmash of smaller walls for many centuries before parts of it were refurbished and joined together, so some parts could indeed be that old, but it's not likely they would be known of in Mesopotamia. It's more likely they mean a large fortification closer to home.

    • @cattymajiv
      @cattymajiv Місяць тому

      @@G-ra-ha-m You need to go back to school, and stop taking fools like Graham Hancock for experts, which he most definitely is not.

  • @Zt3v3
    @Zt3v3 18 днів тому +12

    Learning from someone that truly loves what they're doing is almost always rewarding.

  • @vaughnfrancis9298
    @vaughnfrancis9298 Місяць тому +78

    I appreciate the humility of these scholars. He gives her credit. She gives him credit.

    • @johnladuke6475
      @johnladuke6475 28 днів тому +9

      She gives him credit because even then he was a legend in the field. He gives her credit because part of what makes him legendary is that he's a classy person.

  • @thecaveofthedead
    @thecaveofthedead Місяць тому +70

    This is one of the best videos I've ever seen on UA-cam. Finkel's storytelling ability is unparalleled. And the production team did a superb job adding to the magic with the graphics.

  • @cynthiapate9138
    @cynthiapate9138 19 днів тому +12

    Dr Finkel is a wonderful teacher. He presents ideas do clearly while being entertaining!!!

  • @lindasue8719
    @lindasue8719 Місяць тому +312

    I see Mr . Finkle on an "upcoming", and I'm jumping for joy around the kitchen😂

    • @CatPort-gs7ps
      @CatPort-gs7ps Місяць тому +3

      please send notification

    • @ORDEROFTHEKNIGHTSTEMPLAR13
      @ORDEROFTHEKNIGHTSTEMPLAR13 Місяць тому

      Who send you a notification??? ​@@CatPort-gs7ps

    • @arunanand2809
      @arunanand2809 Місяць тому +1

      I am an Indian and started watching this video out of sheer curiosity. I found this man's diction was perfect, his usage of words was exact and his pauses were immaculate.
      Then it dawned upon me that he was English.
      We, in India, are more attuned to the accent of the native English speakers and find the Australian or the New Zealander's accent slightly difficult to comprehend.

  • @PURPLECATDUDE7734
    @PURPLECATDUDE7734 Місяць тому +212

    Really cool of you guys to get an actual ancient Mesopotamian to present this

  • @MarkCW
    @MarkCW 23 дні тому +41

    Irving Finkel is a national treasure. He is both intelligent and interesting to listen to.

  • @merlapittman5034
    @merlapittman5034 Місяць тому +73

    I had no interest in cuneiform and not much in the ancient Middle East. Then I watched a video with Dr. Irving Finkel and was fascinated! His enthusiasm and knowledge just radiate out and draws you in. I really like his videos, plus it doesn't hurt that he's adorable with a wonderful sense of humor! The man is an international treasure and Britain is extremely fortunate to have him

    • @ariochiv
      @ariochiv Місяць тому +6

      Indeed. The British Museum's greatest ancient treasure is Dr. Finkel.

    • @kellydalstok8900
      @kellydalstok8900 Місяць тому +8

      @@ariochiv Actually, at 72 or 73 years old he’s one of the youngest treasures at the museum.

    • @Elmalorum
      @Elmalorum Місяць тому +1

      Ancient middle east and northern Africa civilizations are the greatest

    • @Radahntheconqueror
      @Radahntheconqueror 29 днів тому +1

      It’s where civilization began and you still follow a lot of their ideas and religious myths. Even you time your day according to them lol

  • @tombpunk
    @tombpunk Місяць тому +45

    "It also looks like elephants have danced polka over the surface" Well, I'm sold on this Irving fella

  • @danalynch8889
    @danalynch8889 18 днів тому +14

    Normally I would have stop watching something like this after a few minutes, but I couldn't stop. You really kept my attention and I learned something.

  • @user-os7pm7fj7d
    @user-os7pm7fj7d Місяць тому +57

    Irving Finkel is just one of those people you'd absolutely love to have a cup of tea with. I could listen to the man talk for days.

  • @MariaFrancaSerrau
    @MariaFrancaSerrau Місяць тому +130

    I could listen to Mr Finkel for hours and hours. This has been the most interesting, entertaining and delightful lesson on the BM channel so far!!! The British Museum curators are the best and Mr Finkel is the best of the best!!!

    • @aamackie
      @aamackie Місяць тому +1

      Dr Finkel, surely?

    • @MariaFrancaSerrau
      @MariaFrancaSerrau Місяць тому +1

      @@aamackie I’m sorry, but I don’t understand your remark!

    • @aamackie
      @aamackie Місяць тому +1

      @@MariaFrancaSerrau I think he's Dr Finkel (PhD), not Mr.

    • @MariaFrancaSerrau
      @MariaFrancaSerrau Місяць тому +2

      @@aamackie ah! Ok!! Now I get it. As I wasn’t sure about it, I based my comment on what other followers wrote. I noticed that everyone has used Mr Finkel and no Dr and I did the same. But Mr or Dr do not change the fact that he is one of the best social science communicator in the world.

  • @ahmadbenhachem2750
    @ahmadbenhachem2750 18 днів тому +9

    The depth of knowledge in this documentary is impressive. It's rare to find an Ancient History Documentary that's both educational and entertaining. Great work!

  • @Grondhammar
    @Grondhammar Місяць тому +112

    "Its failings from a cartographical point of view are irrelevant" is a beautiful statement and one that's easy to pass over. People thought in a totally different way and valued other things like ties to cultural heritage far more than scientific reproducibility. I do wish there were a greater value placed on "different" instead of "better or worse".

    • @HamsterPants522
      @HamsterPants522 Місяць тому +2

      Yes. Like every culture in history and today, there is a strong desire among people to figure out what their purpose is or what is the point of their lives, and this is simply one of many examples of the results of people trying to construct a narrative for their existence.

    • @martinsmith6049
      @martinsmith6049 Місяць тому +2

      Looks like a Tube map to me... I don't care how far it is, I just want to know wheres next... so it can sit on a Palm sized tablet.

  • @VincentGroenewold
    @VincentGroenewold Місяць тому +227

    Ohhh mr. Irving! Always a joy to watch

    • @NoneOfyourbusiness-ob2yz
      @NoneOfyourbusiness-ob2yz Місяць тому +2

      Wonderful isn't he 😊

    • @joymcguire
      @joymcguire Місяць тому +1

      he is!

    • @Andy_Babb
      @Andy_Babb Місяць тому +1

      _Doctor_ Irving 😉

    • @nayon9379
      @nayon9379 Місяць тому

      🥀THE GOSPEL OF THE WORD OF ALMIGHTY GOD "the Salvation of the last day that Christ brought the second and last incarnation of His new and holy name"
      (People only experience in the last days the reappearance of the Redeemer in the flesh, and they receive the personal work and words of God. This is because the last days are the conclusion of the whole age. These the sum and end of God's six-thousand-year rule plan, and these are the end of mankind's suffering life journey. My work will only last six thousand years, and I will I whose contempt for all mankind will not last more than six thousand years. I will not continue or delay any more: In the last days I will conquer Satan, I will take back all My glory, and I will take back the all the souls on earth that belong to Me so that these sorrowing souls can escape from the sea of ​​suffering, and thus My whole work on earth will be finished. I will only do one thing on earth: I will change mankind, the humanity that is holy, and My faithful city on earth. This humanity will remain with Me forever, but it is not the vile filthy humanity of today, but the humanity accumulated from My earnings. The spoils of war I have rescued from Satan's domain, and are the only consummation and fruition of My six-thousand-year rule plan. They come from every nation and denomination, and every place and town, throughout the universe. I will destroy this ancient, and utterly defilement of mankind, as I destroyed the firstborn sons and cattle in Egypt, leaving only the Israelites, who ate lamb's flesh, drank lamb's blood, and sealed blood of sheep's on the beams of their houses)
      Almighty God said
      PEOPLE only in the LAST DAYS experience the RE-APPEARANCE of the REDEEMER in the FLESH, and they ACCEPT GOD'S PERSONAL WORKS and WORDS. It will not be two thousand years before the LAST DAYS of the END COME; they are SHORT, as JESUS ​​DID the WORKS during the AGE of GRACE in JUDEA. This is because the LAST DAYS are the CONCLUSION of ALL TIME. These are the FULFILLMENT and the END of the SIX--THOUSAND--YEAR PLAN of GOD'S RULE, and they are the END of HUMANITY'S LIFE JOURNEY of SUFFERING. 🙏
      My WORK WILL ONLY LAST SIX THOUSAND YEARS, and I PROMISE THAT EVIL'S HOLD OF ALL HUMANITY WILL NOT LAST MORE THAN SIX THOUSAND YEARS either. ☀️
      And so timely. I will not continue or delay any longer: In the LAST DAYS I WILL CONQUER SATAN, I WILL RECOVER ALL MY GLORY, and I WILL RECOVER all the SOULS on EARTH that belong to Me so that these suffering SOULS can LOSE in the SEA of SUFFERING, and thus My ENTIRE WORK on EARTH will be FINISHED. From this day forward, I will never again incarnate on earth, and My domineering Spirit will never again work on earth. 🙏
      I will only DO one THING on EARTH: I will CHANGE HUMANITY, humanity that is DIVINE, and My FAITHFUL CITY on EARTH. 🌺
      But you must know that I will not destroy the whole world, nor will I destroy the whole humanity. I will KEEP the REMAINING PART THREE---the third part that LOVES Me and COMPLETELY SUBMITS to Me, and I will MAKE them fruitful and MULTIPLY in the EARTH as the ISRAELITES DID UNDER the LAW, FEEDING them with Abundant SHEEP and CATTLE and ALL the ABUNDANCES OF THE EARTH. 🌺
      This humanity will remain with Me forever, but it is not the vile filthy humanity of today, but the humanity accumulated from My earnings. 🙏 That mankind will not be harmed, disturbed, or besieged by Satan, and they will be the ONLY mankind that WILL REMAIN ON EARTH AFTER I AM VICTORIOUS AGAINST SATAN. This is humanity that I have NOW CONQUERED and GOT MY PROMISE. And so, the humanity conquered in the LAST DAYS is the same humanity that WILL BE SAVED and ACHIEVE My ETERNAL BLESSINGS. 🌺
      This will be the only proof of My victory over Satan, and the only spoils of My battle with Satan. The SPOILERS of WAR I HAVE SAVED from SATAN'S ATTITUDE, and the ONLY COMPLETION and FRUIT of My SIX-THOUSAND-YEAR REIGN PLAN. They come from every nation and denomination, and every place and town, throughout the UNIVERSE. They come from different races, different languages, customs and skin colors, and they are scattered in all countries and denominations around the world, and even in every corner of the WORLD. 🏵️ SOON, they will COME TOGETHER to BUILD THE PERFECT HUMANITY, the meeting of humanity that SATAN'S FORCES CANNOT REACH. 🙏 Those of HUMANITY that I have NOT SAVED and CONQUERED and will SINK SILENTLY in the DEPTH OF THE SEA, and MY BURNING FIRE WILL BURN ETERNALLY. 😪
      I will wipe out this old, and utter abomination of mankind, just as I DESTROYED the FIRST-BORN BOYS and cattle in EGYPT, leaving only the ISRAELITES, who EAT lamb's flesh, DRINK sheep BLOOD, and STAMP the BLOOD of the asSHEEP on the beams of their DOORS. 🙏🌷🙏
      AREN'T the PEOPLE I CONQUERED and became FAMILY the same PEOPLE who ATE My FLESH as LAMB and I REDEEMED and WORSHIP Me? Aren't they the TYPES of PEOPLE who are always ACCOMPANIED with My GLORY? Are they not without My body, the Lamb, and have quietly sunk into the depths of the sea? Now they oppose Me, and now My words and just like those that Jehovah said to the male children and male grandsons of Israel. BUT HARDNESS IN THE DEPTH of your HEARTS STORES MY WRATH, CAUSES MORE JUDGMENT on your SINS, and more WRATH on your unrighteousness. Who will be saved in My day of wrath, if this is how you treat Me now? ☀️
      Whose UNJUSTICE can ESCAPE My EYES of PUNISHMENT? Whose sins can escape the hands of Me, the ALMIGHTY? Whose resistance will escape My judgment, the ALMIGHTY? I, JEHOVAH, am SPEAKING to you, TRIBES of GENTILE FAMILIES, and the WORDS I AM SPEAKING to you are MORE than ALL that was SPOKE in the AGE of LAW and in the AGE of GRACE, but you are more stubborn than all people in Egypt. Are you not storing up My wrath while I PREPARE My REST? How can you get away with nothing?g damage from My Sun, the ALMIGHTY? 🌻
      From "The Word Appears in the Flesh"
      The kingdom that Christ brought down and built from heaven engraved with His Holy name "THE CHURCH OF ALMIGHTY GOD" 💐 fulfillment of (Matthew 16:18) The Lord Jesus said "And I say to you, you are Peter, in upon this rock I will build my Church, that the power of death shall not prevail over her."
      💌 So everyone is led here! because this is the last day which means the last age and the last salvation the last stage is the AGE OF THE KINGDOM or the age of the word, in His lowered Kingdom "THE CHURCH OF ALMIGHTY GOD" 💐because the purification of God has come to the individual of the spirit of man ("The Parable of the Washing of the Feet" John 13:5-9)... . EVERYONE WHO HAS AN EAR LISTEN TO WHAT THE SPIRIT SAYS TO THE CHURCHES!" (Rev. 2:7,11,17,29 and 3:6,13,22) 🌺

    • @KeyhaneBishomar
      @KeyhaneBishomar 26 днів тому

      Someone from Harry Potter said such a line I can remember 😂

  • @Mindartcreativity
    @Mindartcreativity 22 дні тому +9

    This is exactly what I imagined a historian would look like. Thank you so much, I learned a lot!

  • @maryjones8741
    @maryjones8741 Місяць тому +94

    I just really want to give him a big hug!

  • @richardpadma7018
    @richardpadma7018 Місяць тому +139

    I saw him by chance, about (5/6)) Months ago as I was coming out of the Member's room at the B.M.,and started to bow at him as a Joke...
    He then told me to just stop doing that and tried to tickle me.

  • @morgangallowglass8668
    @morgangallowglass8668 22 дні тому +7

    He is precisely the sort of professor who got me addicted to history and archaeology.

  • @Savvas1640
    @Savvas1640 29 днів тому +111

    British museum not only preserves world's artifacts, but old time type of scholars as well who we are missing of. Thank you professor Finkel !

    • @hashimalzarooni9179
      @hashimalzarooni9179 23 дні тому

      Most of the artifacts in the British Museum are stolen, and only those that fit the Western narrative are displayed. The others are kept away from the public.

    • @throwaways3043
      @throwaways3043 23 дні тому +15

      stolen artifacts you mean

    • @Cheepchipsable
      @Cheepchipsable 20 днів тому +10

      @@throwaways3043 The locals took such good care of them, no doubt leaving them smashed in the ground and in ruined temples so they could dig them up and reassemble them one day, the crafty buggers!

    • @malahammer
      @malahammer 20 днів тому +1

      @@throwaways3043 exactly!

    • @malahammer
      @malahammer 20 днів тому

      @@Cheepchipsable imagine doing that when an invading force comes along to rape and pillage everywhere................

  • @kevinmilner2072
    @kevinmilner2072 Місяць тому +124

    In the general crappyness that is 2024, I feel blessed to live in the same world as Irving Finkel.

    • @windturbinesyndrome1067
      @windturbinesyndrome1067 Місяць тому +7

      Yes

    • @cattymajiv
      @cattymajiv Місяць тому +9

      I love Dr Finkel! What a gem of a man and educator!

    • @isabelled4871
      @isabelled4871 26 днів тому +2

      Could not have said it better. So grateful for modern technology and youtube though, both for the wonderful content and meeting of like-minded souls!

    • @seabertotter4325
      @seabertotter4325 26 днів тому

      Crappyness is a poopy puppy.

  • @sfperalta
    @sfperalta 15 днів тому +3

    There should be a YT channel where Prof Finkel says "Good morning! Time to wake up!", and then gives you a tiny history lesson to start your day. I would subscribe! What a wonderful personality and resource.

  • @surrogatemarker
    @surrogatemarker Місяць тому +79

    Dr. Finkel’s lecture on the importance and provenance of this clay tablet is so good, that the British museum should set up video monitor next to the tablet on display and play this video on a loop for museum visitors.

    • @truincanada
      @truincanada Місяць тому +5

      Alimentary idea chap! Excellent!

    • @nayon9379
      @nayon9379 Місяць тому

      🥀THE GOSPEL OF THE WORD OF ALMIGHTY GOD "the Salvation of the last day that Christ brought the second and last incarnation of His new and holy name"
      (People only experience in the last days the reappearance of the Redeemer in the flesh, and they receive the personal work and words of God. This is because the last days are the conclusion of the whole age. These the sum and end of God's six-thousand-year rule plan, and these are the end of mankind's suffering life journey. My work will only last six thousand years, and I will I whose contempt for all mankind will not last more than six thousand years. I will not continue or delay any more: In the last days I will conquer Satan, I will take back all My glory, and I will take back the all the souls on earth that belong to Me so that these sorrowing souls can escape from the sea of ​​suffering, and thus My whole work on earth will be finished. I will only do one thing on earth: I will change mankind, the humanity that is holy, and My faithful city on earth. This humanity will remain with Me forever, but it is not the vile filthy humanity of today, but the humanity accumulated from My earnings. The spoils of war I have rescued from Satan's domain, and are the only consummation and fruition of My six-thousand-year rule plan. They come from every nation and denomination, and every place and town, throughout the universe. I will destroy this ancient, and utterly defilement of mankind, as I destroyed the firstborn sons and cattle in Egypt, leaving only the Israelites, who ate lamb's flesh, drank lamb's blood, and sealed blood of sheep's on the beams of their houses)
      Almighty God said
      PEOPLE only in the LAST DAYS experience the RE-APPEARANCE of the REDEEMER in the FLESH, and they ACCEPT GOD'S PERSONAL WORKS and WORDS. It will not be two thousand years before the LAST DAYS of the END COME; they are SHORT, as JESUS ​​DID the WORKS during the AGE of GRACE in JUDEA. This is because the LAST DAYS are the CONCLUSION of ALL TIME. These are the FULFILLMENT and the END of the SIX--THOUSAND--YEAR PLAN of GOD'S RULE, and they are the END of HUMANITY'S LIFE JOURNEY of SUFFERING. 🙏
      My WORK WILL ONLY LAST SIX THOUSAND YEARS, and I PROMISE THAT EVIL'S HOLD OF ALL HUMANITY WILL NOT LAST MORE THAN SIX THOUSAND YEARS either. ☀️
      And so timely. I will not continue or delay any longer: In the LAST DAYS I WILL CONQUER SATAN, I WILL RECOVER ALL MY GLORY, and I WILL RECOVER all the SOULS on EARTH that belong to Me so that these suffering SOULS can LOSE in the SEA of SUFFERING, and thus My ENTIRE WORK on EARTH will be FINISHED. From this day forward, I will never again incarnate on earth, and My domineering Spirit will never again work on earth. 🙏
      I will only DO one THING on EARTH: I will CHANGE HUMANITY, humanity that is DIVINE, and My FAITHFUL CITY on EARTH. 🌺
      But you must know that I will not destroy the whole world, nor will I destroy the whole humanity. I will KEEP the REMAINING PART THREE---the third part that LOVES Me and COMPLETELY SUBMITS to Me, and I will MAKE them fruitful and MULTIPLY in the EARTH as the ISRAELITES DID UNDER the LAW, FEEDING them with Abundant SHEEP and CATTLE and ALL the ABUNDANCES OF THE EARTH. 🌺
      This humanity will remain with Me forever, but it is not the vile filthy humanity of today, but the humanity accumulated from My earnings. 🙏 That mankind will not be harmed, disturbed, or besieged by Satan, and they will be the ONLY mankind that WILL REMAIN ON EARTH AFTER I AM VICTORIOUS AGAINST SATAN. This is humanity that I have NOW CONQUERED and GOT MY PROMISE. And so, the humanity conquered in the LAST DAYS is the same humanity that WILL BE SAVED and ACHIEVE My ETERNAL BLESSINGS. 🌺
      This will be the only proof of My victory over Satan, and the only spoils of My battle with Satan. The SPOILERS of WAR I HAVE SAVED from SATAN'S ATTITUDE, and the ONLY COMPLETION and FRUIT of My SIX-THOUSAND-YEAR REIGN PLAN. They come from every nation and denomination, and every place and town, throughout the UNIVERSE. They come from different races, different languages, customs and skin colors, and they are scattered in all countries and denominations around the world, and even in every corner of the WORLD. 🏵️ SOON, they will COME TOGETHER to BUILD THE PERFECT HUMANITY, the meeting of humanity that SATAN'S FORCES CANNOT REACH. 🙏 Those of HUMANITY that I have NOT SAVED and CONQUERED and will SINK SILENTLY in the DEPTH OF THE SEA, and MY BURNING FIRE WILL BURN ETERNALLY. 😪
      I will wipe out this old, and utter abomination of mankind, just as I DESTROYED the FIRST-BORN BOYS and cattle in EGYPT, leaving only the ISRAELITES, who EAT lamb's flesh, DRINK sheep BLOOD, and STAMP the BLOOD of the asSHEEP on the beams of their DOORS. 🙏🌷🙏
      AREN'T the PEOPLE I CONQUERED and became FAMILY the same PEOPLE who ATE My FLESH as LAMB and I REDEEMED and WORSHIP Me? Aren't they the TYPES of PEOPLE who are always ACCOMPANIED with My GLORY? Are they not without My body, the Lamb, and have quietly sunk into the depths of the sea? Now they oppose Me, and now My words and just like those that Jehovah said to the male children and male grandsons of Israel. BUT HARDNESS IN THE DEPTH of your HEARTS STORES MY WRATH, CAUSES MORE JUDGMENT on your SINS, and more WRATH on your unrighteousness. Who will be saved in My day of wrath, if this is how you treat Me now? ☀️
      Whose UNJUSTICE can ESCAPE My EYES of PUNISHMENT? Whose sins can escape the hands of Me, the ALMIGHTY? Whose resistance will escape My judgment, the ALMIGHTY? I, JEHOVAH, am SPEAKING to you, TRIBES of GENTILE FAMILIES, and the WORDS I AM SPEAKING to you are MORE than ALL that was SPOKE in the AGE of LAW and in the AGE of GRACE, but you are more stubborn than all people in Egypt. Are you not storing up My wrath while I PREPARE My REST? How can you get away with nothing?g damage from My Sun, the ALMIGHTY? 🌻
      From "The Word Appears in the Flesh"
      The kingdom that Christ brought down and built from heaven engraved with His Holy name "THE CHURCH OF ALMIGHTY GOD" 💐 fulfillment of (Matthew 16:18) The Lord Jesus said "And I say to you, you are Peter, in upon this rock I will build my Church, that the power of death shall not prevail over her."
      💌 So everyone is led here! because this is the last day which means the last age and the last salvation the last stage is the AGE OF THE KINGDOM or the age of the word, in His lowered Kingdom "THE CHURCH OF ALMIGHTY GOD" 💐because the purification of God has come to the individual of the spirit of man ("The Parable of the Washing of the Feet" John 13:5-9)... . EVERYONE WHO HAS AN EAR LISTEN TO WHAT THE SPIRIT SAYS TO THE CHURCHES!" (Rev. 2:7,11,17,29 and 3:6,13,22) 🌺

    • @6bc246
      @6bc246 Місяць тому +3

      YES! Fantastic idea

    • @magdatorruellas9122
      @magdatorruellas9122 Місяць тому +3

      Brilliant idea dude!

    • @A_SYL
      @A_SYL Місяць тому +4

      They should do a hologram like the Guy Pierece 'Time Machine' film from the 2000s with Finkel inside telling this story 🔥

  • @barry-allenthe-flash8396
    @barry-allenthe-flash8396 Місяць тому +51

    Mr. Finkle has the magic ability to simultaneously talk about something in a comfy, cozy manner while also 100% getting across this genuine enthusiasm that makes you care about whatever he's talking about. Really quite fun to listen to these videos of yours, Irving! Genuinely always love learning about these things in your 'Curator's Corner' - whenever I see a new video show up my sub feed, I always make sure to click!

  • @NJase
    @NJase 20 днів тому +9

    well i was ridiculously ecstatic to have this pop up on my recommendation feed. love to see more and more institutions like museums embrace global access media so that people who will never make it their physical location can still learn from and about them.
    Irvine Finkel is brilliant on camera, 10/10 whoever thought to put this man in front of a camera.

  • @HelicopterDown
    @HelicopterDown Місяць тому +135

    Irving Finkel is such an amazing speaker. I could sit and listen to him all day.

    • @Olfan
      @Olfan 22 дні тому +3

      Knowing a lot and infecting an audience with a fascination for a topic are two very distinct things, and so rarely do they combine in the same person. When I try to remember my own school days I can think of one awesome teacher and a small handful of good ones, the same numbers repeat in university. Given what I hear from my sons about their experience at school I have to consider myself very lucky. It's always sad to see teachers who obviously know their stuff but just can't get it to transfer to the class. Dr. Finkel is a shining beacon to those poor people - not just exceptionally well versed in the subject matter but also so in love with it that it shows in every sentence, capturing an audience of one as easily as one of hundreds, making it easy to learn, to commit to long-term memory, and to find the motivation to come back for more.
      I get a notification for all of The British Museum's new videos, and I do watch some of them. But in truth, the notification is just to see if there's a new video starring Irving Finkel so I can't miss any.

    • @robertlanger427
      @robertlanger427 20 днів тому

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      @robertlanger427 20 днів тому

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    • @Olfan
      @Olfan 19 днів тому

      @@robertlanger427 Is that Sumerian in modern letters or did a cat walk over your keyboard?

  • @Angayasse
    @Angayasse Місяць тому +33

    This man is more than a national treasure. He is a world treasure.

  • @happyhugs
    @happyhugs 25 днів тому +9

    Finkel for world ambassador ! raaah raah !
    Fun fact : Finkel is actually 2333 years old ! He doesnt look a day over 99years old though - i love this man He makes me want to listen and learn !

  • @jimbrittain402
    @jimbrittain402 Місяць тому +39

    And once again, the British tradition of the educated amateur hitting on the perfect discovery. Thank you, Ms Horsley - and thank you, Dr Finkel.

  • @jakemoeller7850
    @jakemoeller7850 Місяць тому +27

    I love Dr. Finkel's talks. His enthusiasm has not diminished in the least. Save me a seat in the way-back machine, Dr. Finkel!

  • @paulimpellezzeri4380
    @paulimpellezzeri4380 19 днів тому +17

    Irving Finkel needs his own channel. Simply brilliant!

  • @SilverionX
    @SilverionX Місяць тому +21

    Dr. Irving Finkel might be one of the best storytellers in the world. Sometimes I'm almost hesitant to watch videos with him because I'm oblivious to the state of the world when I'm watching and sad when it ends. But what a wonderful time it is.

    • @cattymajiv
      @cattymajiv Місяць тому +3

      I find him very enthralling too!

  • @JVanHarlinger
    @JVanHarlinger 26 днів тому +36

    A map with an 8 point compass, land marks, and field notes, all laid out in a Birds point of view. Practical for orienteering but yet an amazing piece of Ancient technology!

  • @Kevinrothwell1959
    @Kevinrothwell1959 26 днів тому +24

    The best 18 minutes I've had for a long time!😊

  • @m.lozano9970
    @m.lozano9970 29 днів тому +69

    This is what the history channel should be... instead it's all lies and fantasy and cinematic reenactments....mouth breather content.

  • @buhoahogado2993
    @buhoahogado2993 Місяць тому +25

    Glad to see that Dr. Finkel has rocked that biblical beard for so many years.

  • @mercedesarando8786
    @mercedesarando8786 17 днів тому +2

    Thanks Mr. Finkel, that was AMAZING! I am Argentinean and I am going to London for the first time in next October 2024. I am dreaming of going to the British Museum for years, so I am not going to miss saying the tablet!!! You are incredible and super fun!!

  • @williamhiller3988
    @williamhiller3988 Місяць тому +26

    "A warmth of understanding". That's just lovely and I'm stealing it.

  • @dafydd56
    @dafydd56 Місяць тому +43

    Dr Irving Finkel...the best communicator of all time. Thank you for sharing.

  • @Kainis80
    @Kainis80 9 днів тому +1

    I'm a simple historian. I see Irving Finkel pop up and I click on it. Thank you for another video Dr. Finkel!!

  • @arwenrosefall8081
    @arwenrosefall8081 Місяць тому +31

    I love how he sounds like he's speaking from memory both when talking about working with Horsley and when describing the contents of the tablet

    • @joelnolan7642
      @joelnolan7642 Місяць тому +7

      that's cause he is. humans are pretty perceptive, we can tell when someone is reading from an off-screen prompter. this has none of those hallmarks. It's always a pleasure to see someone that is good at their job and they enjoy it. And Mr. Finkle is nice enough to share with us all, the more marvel. Videos like this make me thank the universe for being alive at the same time as him and able to partake in his wisdom.

    • @nayon9379
      @nayon9379 Місяць тому

      🥀THE GOSPEL OF THE WORD OF ALMIGHTY GOD "the Salvation of the last day that Christ brought the second and last incarnation of His new and holy name"
      (People only experience in the last days the reappearance of the Redeemer in the flesh, and they receive the personal work and words of God. This is because the last days are the conclusion of the whole age. These the sum and end of God's six-thousand-year rule plan, and these are the end of mankind's suffering life journey. My work will only last six thousand years, and I will I whose contempt for all mankind will not last more than six thousand years. I will not continue or delay any more: In the last days I will conquer Satan, I will take back all My glory, and I will take back the all the souls on earth that belong to Me so that these sorrowing souls can escape from the sea of ​​suffering, and thus My whole work on earth will be finished. I will only do one thing on earth: I will change mankind, the humanity that is holy, and My faithful city on earth. This humanity will remain with Me forever, but it is not the vile filthy humanity of today, but the humanity accumulated from My earnings. The spoils of war I have rescued from Satan's domain, and are the only consummation and fruition of My six-thousand-year rule plan. They come from every nation and denomination, and every place and town, throughout the universe. I will destroy this ancient, and utterly defilement of mankind, as I destroyed the firstborn sons and cattle in Egypt, leaving only the Israelites, who ate lamb's flesh, drank lamb's blood, and sealed blood of sheep's on the beams of their houses)
      Almighty God said
      PEOPLE only in the LAST DAYS experience the RE-APPEARANCE of the REDEEMER in the FLESH, and they ACCEPT GOD'S PERSONAL WORKS and WORDS. It will not be two thousand years before the LAST DAYS of the END COME; they are SHORT, as JESUS ​​DID the WORKS during the AGE of GRACE in JUDEA. This is because the LAST DAYS are the CONCLUSION of ALL TIME. These are the FULFILLMENT and the END of the SIX--THOUSAND--YEAR PLAN of GOD'S RULE, and they are the END of HUMANITY'S LIFE JOURNEY of SUFFERING. 🙏
      My WORK WILL ONLY LAST SIX THOUSAND YEARS, and I PROMISE THAT EVIL'S HOLD OF ALL HUMANITY WILL NOT LAST MORE THAN SIX THOUSAND YEARS either. ☀️
      And so timely. I will not continue or delay any longer: In the LAST DAYS I WILL CONQUER SATAN, I WILL RECOVER ALL MY GLORY, and I WILL RECOVER all the SOULS on EARTH that belong to Me so that these suffering SOULS can LOSE in the SEA of SUFFERING, and thus My ENTIRE WORK on EARTH will be FINISHED. From this day forward, I will never again incarnate on earth, and My domineering Spirit will never again work on earth. 🙏
      I will only DO one THING on EARTH: I will CHANGE HUMANITY, humanity that is DIVINE, and My FAITHFUL CITY on EARTH. 🌺
      But you must know that I will not destroy the whole world, nor will I destroy the whole humanity. I will KEEP the REMAINING PART THREE---the third part that LOVES Me and COMPLETELY SUBMITS to Me, and I will MAKE them fruitful and MULTIPLY in the EARTH as the ISRAELITES DID UNDER the LAW, FEEDING them with Abundant SHEEP and CATTLE and ALL the ABUNDANCES OF THE EARTH. 🌺
      This humanity will remain with Me forever, but it is not the vile filthy humanity of today, but the humanity accumulated from My earnings. 🙏 That mankind will not be harmed, disturbed, or besieged by Satan, and they will be the ONLY mankind that WILL REMAIN ON EARTH AFTER I AM VICTORIOUS AGAINST SATAN. This is humanity that I have NOW CONQUERED and GOT MY PROMISE. And so, the humanity conquered in the LAST DAYS is the same humanity that WILL BE SAVED and ACHIEVE My ETERNAL BLESSINGS. 🌺
      This will be the only proof of My victory over Satan, and the only spoils of My battle with Satan. The SPOILERS of WAR I HAVE SAVED from SATAN'S ATTITUDE, and the ONLY COMPLETION and FRUIT of My SIX-THOUSAND-YEAR REIGN PLAN. They come from every nation and denomination, and every place and town, throughout the UNIVERSE. They come from different races, different languages, customs and skin colors, and they are scattered in all countries and denominations around the world, and even in every corner of the WORLD. 🏵️ SOON, they will COME TOGETHER to BUILD THE PERFECT HUMANITY, the meeting of humanity that SATAN'S FORCES CANNOT REACH. 🙏 Those of HUMANITY that I have NOT SAVED and CONQUERED and will SINK SILENTLY in the DEPTH OF THE SEA, and MY BURNING FIRE WILL BURN ETERNALLY. 😪
      I will wipe out this old, and utter abomination of mankind, just as I DESTROYED the FIRST-BORN BOYS and cattle in EGYPT, leaving only the ISRAELITES, who EAT lamb's flesh, DRINK sheep BLOOD, and STAMP the BLOOD of the asSHEEP on the beams of their DOORS. 🙏🌷🙏
      AREN'T the PEOPLE I CONQUERED and became FAMILY the same PEOPLE who ATE My FLESH as LAMB and I REDEEMED and WORSHIP Me? Aren't they the TYPES of PEOPLE who are always ACCOMPANIED with My GLORY? Are they not without My body, the Lamb, and have quietly sunk into the depths of the sea? Now they oppose Me, and now My words and just like those that Jehovah said to the male children and male grandsons of Israel. BUT HARDNESS IN THE DEPTH of your HEARTS STORES MY WRATH, CAUSES MORE JUDGMENT on your SINS, and more WRATH on your unrighteousness. Who will be saved in My day of wrath, if this is how you treat Me now? ☀️
      Whose UNJUSTICE can ESCAPE My EYES of PUNISHMENT? Whose sins can escape the hands of Me, the ALMIGHTY? Whose resistance will escape My judgment, the ALMIGHTY? I, JEHOVAH, am SPEAKING to you, TRIBES of GENTILE FAMILIES, and the WORDS I AM SPEAKING to you are MORE than ALL that was SPOKE in the AGE of LAW and in the AGE of GRACE, but you are more stubborn than all people in Egypt. Are you not storing up My wrath while I PREPARE My REST? How can you get away with nothing?g damage from My Sun, the ALMIGHTY? 🌻
      From "The Word Appears in the Flesh"
      The kingdom that Christ brought down and built from heaven engraved with His Holy name "THE CHURCH OF ALMIGHTY GOD" 💐 fulfillment of (Matthew 16:18) The Lord Jesus said "And I say to you, you are Peter, in upon this rock I will build my Church, that the power of death shall not prevail over her."
      💌 So everyone is led here! because this is the last day which means the last age and the last salvation the last stage is the AGE OF THE KINGDOM or the age of the word, in His lowered Kingdom "THE CHURCH OF ALMIGHTY GOD" 💐because the purification of God has come to the individual of the spirit of man ("The Parable of the Washing of the Feet" John 13:5-9)... . EVERYONE WHO HAS AN EAR LISTEN TO WHAT THE SPIRIT SAYS TO THE CHURCHES!" (Rev. 2:7,11,17,29 and 3:6,13,22) 🌺

    • @evamai728
      @evamai728 Місяць тому +1

      He speaks so kindly about her, it must be a pleasure to be his student

  • @StanJan
    @StanJan Місяць тому +41

    Finkel !
    When a person,
    looks in the Encyclopedia, looking for the definition of Curator,
    We see a photograph and Bio of Irving Finkel !
    It is an honor to be Elucidated once again by a living legend (the)
    Purely a pleasure
    Thank you so much !

  • @BazilRaubach
    @BazilRaubach 23 дні тому +13

    This is exactly why real teachers make history live; the man is a genius.

  • @youremakingprogress144
    @youremakingprogress144 Місяць тому +20

    What a terrific discovery by Edith Horsley! And Irving Finkel is such a delight.

  • @authormichellefranklin
    @authormichellefranklin Місяць тому +189

    HE'S BACK ❤

    • @A3Kr0n
      @A3Kr0n Місяць тому

      Are you sure? 🙂

    • @philipb2134
      @philipb2134 Місяць тому +1

      Doctor Finkel.

  • @Blackmuhahah
    @Blackmuhahah 9 днів тому +2

    It's crazy how Irving manages to make me feel like he is talking DIRECTLY to me... no camera, no script, no nothing. He's just showing me this nifty tablet with the story deduced from it as it seems reasonable

  • @maksymilianzienkiewicz1776
    @maksymilianzienkiewicz1776 Місяць тому +107

    I think the 5th one describes ancient Lebanon, and the 'wall' thing means a dense forest of local trees (Cedrus libani) which can grow up to 42m (yes, meters) for 2-3 thousands years which for me would definitely look like a wall, but those trees are usually no longer than 5m. If you consider Ararat as a mark for 4th region then 5th 'triangle' points exactly at Lebanon. What is striking is that if one would like to walk from ancient babylon to lebanon it would take you approx. 9 days by foot.
    In the myth of Gilgamesh he literally walks from Ur to lebanon (where are cedars of gods) and fights with a monster there, which is strange because this map suggests that he should swim there for 7 leagues. He walked for 6 days, and this description indicates 7 leagues, but the time of walking may vary depending of the speed of walking, especially if you are considered a giant among your people. In lebanon there is the mount of lebanon where are the last cedars of gods till this day (and they are still called cedars of gods). It also states that the cedars of gods were protected from humans by some kind of god / demigod till the time of Gilgamesh.
    And you know what? There are some very big stones in lebanon, the biggest we have ever concluded to be created by human hand (Baalbek stone).
    Nevertheless I think it is something worth considering.
    *I made a Channel to talk about this and more because a lot of you ask a lot of questions. Ancient Theories Channel.

    • @markjohnson8761
      @markjohnson8761 Місяць тому +7

      omg I\vejust thought about Baalbek when he mentioned a Great Wall of 840 cubits

    • @AndreaSzabo7171
      @AndreaSzabo7171 27 днів тому +3

      Thank you. 💖 🫠

    • @anna-lenameijer9942
      @anna-lenameijer9942 26 днів тому +9

      Thank you for such an inspiring lecture. Will there be more like it (please)? While listening, I remembered university; how very important it is to have an inspiring teacher (especially for us who teach).

    • @AncientTheoriesChannel
      @AncientTheoriesChannel 26 днів тому +6

      I made a YT channel where I talk more about those topics

    • @cakea5461
      @cakea5461 24 дні тому +2

      I concur, good eye, I'll check out your channel😊

  • @PtolemyJones
    @PtolemyJones Місяць тому +26

    Well that was a delight. Love the old news footage, and young Irving! And he is a heck of a guy to give credit tot he lady who found it, not many would do that I think...

  • @Imthesaviour
    @Imthesaviour 16 днів тому +1

    Honorable Irving Finkel, the way of explaining took me to imagining that unknown reality. excellent elucidator

  • @ladybird1463
    @ladybird1463 Місяць тому +74

    Such a honor listening to Prof. Finkel explanations and analysis ❤

  • @bjm1711
    @bjm1711 Місяць тому +17

    I find Doctor Finkel to be one of the most entertaining and informative experts I have ever encountered.

  • @mimimonster
    @mimimonster 18 днів тому +1

    This was suggested to me and I’m absolutely fascinated listening to Mr. Finkle’s excitement and voice. It’s really lovely!! ❤ Can’t wait to watch and listen to more.

  • @Iammrspickley
    @Iammrspickley Місяць тому +22

    Mr Finkel is a lovely man. And it's so enjoyable to listen to someone who knows what he is talking about and also understands how to tell a story...

  • @patricedeavila4771
    @patricedeavila4771 Місяць тому +22

    Dr. Finkel is an absolute treasure. I am so happy when I see that he's got a new video out. Thank you for sharing his sparkle, charm and vast knowledge.

  • @ginojaco
    @ginojaco 20 днів тому +1

    What an interesting and delightful story; well done Edith and well done Dr Finkel too - if only the history teachers of my youth had been as good communicators as him...

  • @moalisiddiqui
    @moalisiddiqui Місяць тому +42

    What an amazing and smashing revelation of this tablet. To think those thoughts and words of another Human Being reaching out through time and knocking our heads to pay attention to something mind-blowing. Thank you to Edith Horsley and Irving Finkel for sharing this spectacular bit of ancient history.

  • @adolfocastanon1880
    @adolfocastanon1880 Місяць тому +32

    Thank you for everything Mr. Finkel. You are a world treasure and a true link between the contemporary and ancient world!

    • @gonzo1354
      @gonzo1354 Місяць тому +1

      He's not that old 😉🤣

    • @kellydalstok8900
      @kellydalstok8900 Місяць тому

      @@gonzo1354 He’s only 72 or 73 and hopefully he’ll be with us for many years to come.

  • @jonny-d5v
    @jonny-d5v 18 днів тому +2

    Literally, breathtaking. Thank you, IF. The "overlap" of the ark tale by BOTH biblical and cuneiform sources suggests that oral traditions (stories around the fire) transcend millenia.

  • @Sally4th_
    @Sally4th_ Місяць тому +49

    Slow TV pitch: Irving Finkel, David Attenborough and Patrick Stewart relaxing in comfortable library chairs just chewing the fat and being national treasures for an hour at a time.

  • @grahampalmer9337
    @grahampalmer9337 Місяць тому +32

    As soon as i see or hear of any matter involving the National Treasure that is Dr Finkel i put down or abandon what I'm doing & indulge - usually in awe & open mouthed.
    Dr. Irving Finkel(!) I am convinced that Dr Tolkien must, at some point, have 'discovered' him & modeled Gandalf upon him. 😀

    • @nix1059
      @nix1059 Місяць тому

      This is my first, but most certainly, not my last encounter. Utterly absorbing

  • @elodvezer1790
    @elodvezer1790 24 дні тому +2

    WOW ...... Mr.Finkle sir! I wish EVERYONE lectured with such passion as you do!

  • @crispincain5373
    @crispincain5373 Місяць тому +32

    Thank you for sharing with us! Dr Finkel, you are simply the best, ever.

  • @margaretlumley1648
    @margaretlumley1648 Місяць тому +27

    I am so excited! A new Irving Finkel video! ❤❤❤❤❤

  • @bigfrankfraser1391
    @bigfrankfraser1391 4 дні тому +1

    irving finkel is the only guy i could spen the entire day listening to and not realise the days gone by

  • @John-xu3jk
    @John-xu3jk Місяць тому +11

    Love your info !!!!
    This Itsurru scribes father (bird) brings to mind Tsippor (bird) the father of Balak, king of Moab at the time of the exodus ...
    BDB
    צפּור
    - Transliteration: Tsippowr
    - Phonetic: tsip-pore'
    - Definition: Zippor = "sparrow"
    1. father of Balak the king of Moab at the time of the exodus

  • @geoff3103
    @geoff3103 Місяць тому +17

    Dr. Finkel is a living, breathing exhibit himself. We need more like him.

  • @jeannette7243
    @jeannette7243 20 днів тому +1

    Goosebumps all over! This episode is both packed with information and an ode to the imagination, as I have come to expect from dr Finkel.

  • @TheSteveBoyd
    @TheSteveBoyd Місяць тому +6

    I've been fascinated with cuneiform writing ever since I stumbled upon a book on the subject as a teenager, some 35+ years ago. A new video from Dr Finkel is always a jolt of dopamine for me, and this one did not disappoint.

  • @mv11000
    @mv11000 Місяць тому +27

    Dr. Finkel is such an amazing science communicator.

    • @charlesyoung7436
      @charlesyoung7436 29 днів тому +2

      Loved the bird reference at the conclusion of this video; however, there was an earlier bird reference which fascinated me. Dr. Finkle mentioned "giant birds that could not fly" in one of the eight triangles beyond the "Bitter River" which circles the known world of Mesopotamia. That brought to mind the legend of the Roc in Arabic literature, as well as the very real elephant birds of Madagascar, which went extinct around a thousand years ago. Did the Mesopotamians know of them?

  • @davidvaninwagen9391
    @davidvaninwagen9391 13 днів тому

    I could listen to him for hours. He has the gift of storytelling.

  • @christopherwilson3242
    @christopherwilson3242 Місяць тому +23

    Prof. Finkel lights up my very dismal and dreary life right now, and I will forever cherish him for it.He, and Sir David Attenborough, and I believe Professor Finkel, for his service to archaeology and Assyriology,is deserving of the accolade AT LEAST!

    • @cattymajiv
      @cattymajiv Місяць тому +2

      They are both amazing people and fantastic presenters who enthrall us with their descriptions! Both of them should be fully credited with engaging millions of people, young and old. (I know Attenborough was finally knighted, many years after his brother, who was only an actor. But I'm unsure about Dr Finkle.) Many of those people would not have become interested in those fields, were it not for Dr Finkle and David Attenborough. But they were drawn to it because these 2 men, in their own very individual ways, have pulled us in so VERY effectively with their sense of joy and wonder. That enthusiasm is simply irreplaceable in a teacher of any kind.

    • @isabelled4871
      @isabelled4871 26 днів тому

      Christopher, have you ever watched Time Team? Hundreds of hours of wonderful discoveries, too 😊

  • @chrisball3778
    @chrisball3778 Місяць тому +9

    Is Edith Horsley still with us? I'm guessing not. What a legend. It's so cool that an enthusiastic and informed amateur made the breakthrough that unlocked this mystery.

  • @Black___Book
    @Black___Book 24 дні тому +1

    Irving Finkle!? So glad to see you again, the british museum is lucky to have you there, ask for a raise. As fascinating as usual, please keep teaching us history

  • @tonysargent1699
    @tonysargent1699 Місяць тому +17

    Irving Finkel is just the most interesting geek/story teller on UA-cam!
    Thankyou for being you, Mr.
    Finkel, it is very much appreciated.

  • @JoBoToGo
    @JoBoToGo Місяць тому +10

    Came back after still marveling at this story hours later, and realizing the past news clips imply Dr Finkel has looked just as magnificent for decades. Wonderful!

  • @RobRoy1372
    @RobRoy1372 22 дні тому +1

    Mr. Finkel, thank you. You tell this history in a wonderful way that's pleasant to watch.

  • @eirikmellesdal
    @eirikmellesdal Місяць тому +81

    Irving Fikel is the greatest curator the British Museum ever.

    • @garyfrancis6193
      @garyfrancis6193 Місяць тому +3

      Is there a competition?

    • @eirikmellesdal
      @eirikmellesdal Місяць тому +1

      @@garyfrancis6193 No, I'm afraid Finkel already won it ages ago. :P

  • @davewalsh9802
    @davewalsh9802 Місяць тому +8

    By Crikey, this chap knows how to weave and portray a totally interesting story. I was completely riveted. A fantastic insight into our past. Thank you so much, Irving !

  • @wardropper
    @wardropper 8 днів тому +1

    A fascinating expert and a born teacher. He makes everything interesting.