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#487 – Irving Finkel: Deciphering Secrets of Ancient Civilizations & Flood Myths

Dec 12, 2025
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  • Irving Finkel deciphers ancient cuneiform inscriptions from Sumerian, Akkadian, Babylonian, and Assyrian civilizations at the British Museum
  • Analysis of a Mesopotamian flood myth tablet that predates the biblical Noah narrative, detailed in 'The Ark Before Noah'
  • Finkel's project to build a circular ark based on ancient technical instructions from cuneiform tablets

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