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

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  • Опубликовано: 20 ноя 2024

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  • @britishmuseum
    @britishmuseum  2 месяца назад +86

    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): ruclips.net/video/ffWBf0HmuqA/видео.html

    • @Joao_133
      @Joao_133 2 месяца назад +4

      what else from the bible was alteady in previous texts?

    • @LizKoegel
      @LizKoegel 2 месяца назад +1

      Wonderfully interesting TY Dr Finkel.

    • @DeniseEPerez
      @DeniseEPerez 2 месяца назад

      Seems to me the "rings" are what we now have defined as Euclidean space or spherical-geometry to which clearly the 'triangles' are its expressions in literal geographical terms as stated. Interesting conclusions and indeed a remarkable example of a "birds eye" report.
      An observation of Intriguing and thought provoking correlations and of course historical significance where my mind "decompresses" the recorded data as it were, in broader terms - as it relates to my question of "time" itself, thank you.

    • @RebeccaGarcia-b8t
      @RebeccaGarcia-b8t 2 месяца назад

      Love it 🙏🙏🙏💯💯💯🍃🍃🍃✨☝️🪷🌷🏵️🍁🪴🌲🌾🪻

    • @BlackStump172
      @BlackStump172 Месяц назад

      @@Joao_133The Ten Commandments ! See the Hammurabi Stone in the Louvre .

  • @CharIie.brzzzz
    @CharIie.brzzzz 3 месяца назад +2231

    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 3 месяца назад +12

      I know

    • @biblebadcopycatofcuneiform8210
      @biblebadcopycatofcuneiform8210 3 месяца назад +31

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

    • @biblebadcopycatofcuneiform8210
      @biblebadcopycatofcuneiform8210 3 месяца назад

      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 3 месяца назад +21

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

    • @bigboy4006
      @bigboy4006 3 месяца назад +26

      I could listen to Dr. Finkel for hours!

  • @capt.bart.roberts4975
    @capt.bart.roberts4975 3 месяца назад +1413

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

    • @edwardhoyenski68
      @edwardhoyenski68 3 месяца назад +53

      With respect, he's an INTERNATIONAL treasure!

    • @bruisedhelmet8819
      @bruisedhelmet8819 3 месяца назад +20

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

    • @123Andersonev
      @123Andersonev 3 месяца назад +18

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

    • @velvetvioletta
      @velvetvioletta 3 месяца назад +10

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

    • @RaytheonTechnologies_Official
      @RaytheonTechnologies_Official 3 месяца назад +28

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

  • @hailsatin3530
    @hailsatin3530 3 месяца назад +1227

    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 3 месяца назад +24

      He needs a channel

    • @5thumbsup137
      @5thumbsup137 3 месяца назад +14

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

    • @hashimalzarooni9179
      @hashimalzarooni9179 3 месяца назад

      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 3 месяца назад +17

      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 3 месяца назад +1

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

  • @tommychamberlin5962
    @tommychamberlin5962 2 месяца назад +112

    Special thanks to Dr. Finkel for this great video - I made the mistake last night of using this video to help my 8 year old daughter to go to sleep ... I knew I'd enjoy it but thought it'd put her out. However, the opposite happened - she was so interested that she wasn't pleased when I paused it and then wanted to watch more once the video ended. I greatly enjoyed the video but the highest compliment comes from my 8 year old who wants to see more.

    • @grizwoldphantasia5005
      @grizwoldphantasia5005 11 дней назад +5

      A friend took her pre-school children to a movie and found she'd gotten the wrong schedule, and the only movie available was "Apollo 13", a 2:20 long movie where everyone knows the ending, very technical etc. Yet her kids were on pins and needles the whole time. I cannot think of a better recommendation of good story telling. Why Ron Howard didn't get an Oscar for that, I do not know. Irving Finkel should get something for his story telling too. Treasures like them are rare.

  • @laki74
    @laki74 3 месяца назад +2707

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

    • @Mystterrio
      @Mystterrio 3 месяца назад +153

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

    • @wdsftygt
      @wdsftygt 3 месяца назад +20

      That woman Edith looks like Jon Voight

    • @hadz8671
      @hadz8671 3 месяца назад +26

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

    • @ariochiv
      @ariochiv 3 месяца назад +22

      Apprentice wizard

    • @ecurewitz
      @ecurewitz 3 месяца назад +43

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

  • @sfperalta
    @sfperalta 2 месяца назад +269

    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.

  • @spooksprings
    @spooksprings 3 месяца назад +427

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

    • @GARRY3754
      @GARRY3754 3 месяца назад +3

      And never say you read Marx

    • @jeanah685
      @jeanah685 3 месяца назад +6

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

    • @paulmanson253
      @paulmanson253 3 месяца назад

      No elbow patches however.
      ​@@jeanah685

    • @windturbinesyndrome1067
      @windturbinesyndrome1067 3 месяца назад +10

      Great sense of humor within context of his expertise.

    • @sbar091
      @sbar091 3 месяца назад

      And capable of holding his own against Philomena Cunk

  • @maj373
    @maj373 3 месяца назад +305

    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.

    • @samarghattas5847
      @samarghattas5847 2 месяца назад

      Why is history used to change facts? Why do we not understand that the Torah was written in ancient Iraq and its stories were inspired by the legends there and not the other way around... These are not tangible facts and no trace of this ship has been found in Iraq... and thus history is being falsified

    • @chickadeeacres3864
      @chickadeeacres3864 2 месяца назад

      @@james_smith9how sad

    • @JohnnyButtons
      @JohnnyButtons 2 месяца назад

      Iraq = the cradle of civilization

    • @jarek3573
      @jarek3573 Месяц назад +2

      @@james_smith9 in pre-islamic? by christians?

    • @patrickhead5837
      @patrickhead5837 Месяц назад +1

      A lovely tribute.

  • @richbuilds_com
    @richbuilds_com 3 месяца назад +749

    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 3 месяца назад +10

      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 3 месяца назад +13

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

    • @lagmonster7789
      @lagmonster7789 3 месяца назад +9

      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 3 месяца назад +5

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

    • @cholulahotsauce6166
      @cholulahotsauce6166 3 месяца назад +4

      He reads the audiobook versions of his books.

  • @dogduz
    @dogduz 3 месяца назад +401

    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.

    • @MedellínInsider-n3o
      @MedellínInsider-n3o 3 месяца назад

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

    • @earthling808
      @earthling808 3 месяца назад +20

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

    • @ingramdw1
      @ingramdw1 2 месяца назад +8

      ...or an ad blocker

    • @BladedEdge
      @BladedEdge 2 месяца назад +3

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

    • @joejoejoejoejoejoe4391
      @joejoejoejoejoejoe4391 Месяц назад +1

      You want him as an Uncle.

  • @douglasboyle6544
    @douglasboyle6544 3 месяца назад +343

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

    • @Jeremy-yw9ls
      @Jeremy-yw9ls 3 месяца назад +15

      When he rolled the R I was 100% committed

    • @auntiecarol
      @auntiecarol 3 месяца назад +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 3 месяца назад +5

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

    • @frenzalrhomb6919
      @frenzalrhomb6919 3 месяца назад +2

      ​​@@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 3 месяца назад

      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.

  • @kennyofbaja
    @kennyofbaja 2 месяца назад +59

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

    • @LaniChilds
      @LaniChilds Месяц назад

      This second time for me,
      I think I see him last year…something about Babylon…hanging gardens being a misinterpretation for bridges that went over the “rivers of Babylon”
      That’s what I remember but I don’t think he talk about that

  • @lilitheden748
    @lilitheden748 3 месяца назад +313

    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 3 месяца назад +4

      Absolutely agree with you

    • @christopherwilson3242
      @christopherwilson3242 3 месяца назад +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 3 месяца назад +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 3 месяца назад +2

      agreed!

    • @nayon9379
      @nayon9379 3 месяца назад

      🥀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) 🌺

  • @SaxeGrove
    @SaxeGrove 3 месяца назад +315

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

    • @ecurewitz
      @ecurewitz 3 месяца назад +8

      He is fantastic

    • @farabor7382
      @farabor7382 3 месяца назад +9

      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 3 месяца назад

      ❤❤❤

  • @thecaveofthedead
    @thecaveofthedead 3 месяца назад +100

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

    • @joseHernandez-xc4ix
      @joseHernandez-xc4ix Месяц назад +1

      Just started to watch his Videos and I quite Honestly AGREE 👍

  • @Ultrevolous
    @Ultrevolous 2 месяца назад +62

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

  • @njones420
    @njones420 3 месяца назад +2947

    Finkel-Fans unite !

    • @margaretlumley1648
      @margaretlumley1648 3 месяца назад +48

      I love him so much! ❤❤❤❤

    • @janr3inhardt
      @janr3inhardt 3 месяца назад +22

      best comment ive read for years

    • @helenvanpatterson-patton
      @helenvanpatterson-patton 3 месяца назад +32

      Finkle-Fans powers ACTIVATE!!! hahahaa

    • @bruisedhelmet8819
      @bruisedhelmet8819 3 месяца назад +26

      He’s like the most jovial grumpy Santa that you love listening to!

    • @froillainart
      @froillainart 3 месяца назад +25

      Lets use this time machine together ✨✨✨

  • @user-os7pm7fj7d
    @user-os7pm7fj7d 3 месяца назад +65

    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.

  • @PURPLECATDUDE7734
    @PURPLECATDUDE7734 3 месяца назад +254

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

    • @caseco4979
      @caseco4979 3 месяца назад +10

      "I never liked the name Bird"

    • @javablanca547
      @javablanca547 3 месяца назад +2

      Touché

    • @martinsmith6049
      @martinsmith6049 3 месяца назад +11

      We Brits have a real life Gandalf. It's the kind of thing we do.

    • @charlytaylor1748
      @charlytaylor1748 3 месяца назад +8

      He was born in year ii of the rule of zimri lin

    • @likeke.benoyt
      @likeke.benoyt 3 месяца назад +2

  • @ianhobbs4984
    @ianhobbs4984 22 дня назад +6

    Very interesting because it backs up the Biblical account of Noah and Gods anger with the Flood and Gods use of Noah as a Righteous man before God as a means of Salvation for Humanity. Thanks Mr Finkel.

  • @youremakingprogress144
    @youremakingprogress144 3 месяца назад +34

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

  • @vaughnfrancis9298
    @vaughnfrancis9298 3 месяца назад +96

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

    • @johnladuke6475
      @johnladuke6475 3 месяца назад +14

      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.

  • @CharlieQuartz
    @CharlieQuartz 3 месяца назад +224

    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 3 месяца назад +31

      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 3 месяца назад +5

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

    • @littlebirdie2
      @littlebirdie2 3 месяца назад +1

      Exactly!!

    • @jabelalasari3482
      @jabelalasari3482 3 месяца назад

      What's you POC?

    • @user-il6sp8os7b
      @user-il6sp8os7b 3 месяца назад

      Cringe

  • @Arclibs
    @Arclibs 2 месяца назад +5

    Irving is a wonderful human being! The way he talks about history makes it incredibly captivating, its great!

  • @MariaFrancaSerrau
    @MariaFrancaSerrau 3 месяца назад +142

    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 3 месяца назад +1

      Dr Finkel, surely?

    • @MariaFrancaSerrau
      @MariaFrancaSerrau 3 месяца назад +1

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

    • @aamackie
      @aamackie 3 месяца назад +1

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

    • @MariaFrancaSerrau
      @MariaFrancaSerrau 3 месяца назад +3

      @@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.

  • @Bernandez4139
    @Bernandez4139 3 месяца назад +267

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

    • @sirrathersplendid4825
      @sirrathersplendid4825 3 месяца назад +18

      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 3 месяца назад +20

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

    • @sirrathersplendid4825
      @sirrathersplendid4825 3 месяца назад +15

      @@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 3 месяца назад

      ​@@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 3 месяца назад +14

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

  • @maryjones8741
    @maryjones8741 3 месяца назад +101

    I just really want to give him a big hug!

  • @marktunnicliffe2495
    @marktunnicliffe2495 Месяц назад +2

    It's always a joy to listen to people who cleary love the subject they specialise in. Dr Finkel's engaging, witty & passionate style is perfect.

  • @merlapittman5034
    @merlapittman5034 3 месяца назад +77

    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 3 месяца назад +6

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

    • @kellydalstok8900
      @kellydalstok8900 3 месяца назад +9

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

    • @Elmalorum
      @Elmalorum 3 месяца назад +2

      Ancient middle east and northern Africa civilizations are the greatest

    • @Radahntheconqueror
      @Radahntheconqueror 3 месяца назад +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

  • @jakemoeller7850
    @jakemoeller7850 3 месяца назад +29

    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!

  • @williamhiller3988
    @williamhiller3988 3 месяца назад +30

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

  • @JoyceHariyono
    @JoyceHariyono 2 месяца назад +4

    Where have you been all my life?? You are simply marvelous....so happy to have found you. I have been a searcher all my life, through the 70 + years finding all sort of ancient truths. But in all honesty your presentation is the most delightful. Thank you and I have subscribed.right away 10 min into your talk. Here is hoping for a long and endearing talks of humanities true history that you will be partaking with us all around the world. There is hope that with all the exciting new discovery these past years , you can combined them with what the British Museum already has to solidify our histories even more. Love from Bali.

  • @JVanHarlinger
    @JVanHarlinger 3 месяца назад +42

    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!

  • @HelicopterDown
    @HelicopterDown 3 месяца назад +141

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

    • @Olfan
      @Olfan 3 месяца назад +4

      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 3 месяца назад

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    • @robertlanger427
      @robertlanger427 3 месяца назад

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    • @Olfan
      @Olfan 3 месяца назад

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

  • @barry-allenthe-flash8396
    @barry-allenthe-flash8396 3 месяца назад +54

    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!

  • @Blackmuhahah
    @Blackmuhahah 2 месяца назад +7

    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

  • @SilverionX
    @SilverionX 3 месяца назад +23

    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 3 месяца назад +3

      I find him very enthralling too!

  • @Preacherjonson
    @Preacherjonson 3 месяца назад +116

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

    • @leedavis3704
      @leedavis3704 3 месяца назад +5

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

  • @PtolemyJones
    @PtolemyJones 3 месяца назад +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...

  • @MasterJediDude
    @MasterJediDude День назад

    I love this! What an amazing teacher! There's no wonder he has students volunteering to do this work. He makes this entire video so much fun to watch and I love his style and his personality. This is what makes learning fun and exciting! Thank you Professor Finkel!

  • @thunderwh
    @thunderwh 3 месяца назад +246

    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 3 месяца назад +24

      Thank you for sharing that!

    • @WhyDidntIInventYT
      @WhyDidntIInventYT 3 месяца назад +17

      @@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 3 месяца назад +8

      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 3 месяца назад +16

      @@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 3 месяца назад +1

      @@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.

  • @surrogatemarker
    @surrogatemarker 3 месяца назад +88

    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 3 месяца назад +5

      Alimentary idea chap! Excellent!

    • @nayon9379
      @nayon9379 3 месяца назад

      🥀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 3 месяца назад +3

      YES! Fantastic idea

    • @magdatorruellas9122
      @magdatorruellas9122 3 месяца назад +3

      Brilliant idea dude!

    • @A_SYL
      @A_SYL 3 месяца назад +4

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

  • @Savvas1640
    @Savvas1640 3 месяца назад +117

    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 3 месяца назад

      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 3 месяца назад +16

      stolen artifacts you mean

    • @Cheepchipsable
      @Cheepchipsable 3 месяца назад +13

      @@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 3 месяца назад +1

      @@throwaways3043 exactly!

    • @malahammer
      @malahammer 3 месяца назад

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

  • @MC-bq4eg
    @MC-bq4eg Месяц назад +1

    I hated philology because every professor I ever had was boring and never made any attempt to make the material interesting. You sir have made your field of study quite interesting. It is very apparent that you love the work that you do. Well done!

  • @StanJan
    @StanJan 3 месяца назад +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 !

  • @danalynch8889
    @danalynch8889 3 месяца назад +35

    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.

  • @bjm1711
    @bjm1711 3 месяца назад +17

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

  • @A861967
    @A861967 2 месяца назад +1

    Love it ❤I 1st saw Dr Finkel when I was 18 years old and was excited and impressed with his stories. Now 38 years later I am elated with joy that I saw him again doing what he loves 🤗🇦🇺

  • @VincentGroenewold
    @VincentGroenewold 3 месяца назад +233

    Ohhh mr. Irving! Always a joy to watch

    • @NoneOfyourbusiness-ob2yz
      @NoneOfyourbusiness-ob2yz 3 месяца назад +2

      Wonderful isn't he 😊

    • @joymcguire
      @joymcguire 3 месяца назад +1

      he is!

    • @Andy_Babb
      @Andy_Babb 3 месяца назад +1

      _Doctor_ Irving 😉

    • @nayon9379
      @nayon9379 3 месяца назад

      🥀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) 🌺

    • @Keyhan-c8c
      @Keyhan-c8c 3 месяца назад

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

  • @adolfocastanon1880
    @adolfocastanon1880 3 месяца назад +33

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

    • @gonzo1354
      @gonzo1354 3 месяца назад +1

      He's not that old 😉🤣

    • @kellydalstok8900
      @kellydalstok8900 3 месяца назад

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

  • @m.lozano9970
    @m.lozano9970 3 месяца назад +86

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

  • @Yrthwrym
    @Yrthwrym 2 месяца назад +1

    This is aggresively delightful and interesting. I am shocked and appalled at how easily Mr. Finkel entertained, and do-you-believe-it sort of educated me (t least a bit).

  • @Iammrspickley
    @Iammrspickley 3 месяца назад +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...

  • @ladybird1463
    @ladybird1463 3 месяца назад +75

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

  • @crispincain5373
    @crispincain5373 3 месяца назад +32

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

  • @cowboysmith7972
    @cowboysmith7972 19 дней назад +1

    WOW!! Now that was absolutely rivetingly interesting. Thank you for sharing, way to go British Museum, Mr. Finkel and Mrs. Horsley, just outstanding.

  • @kevinmilner2072
    @kevinmilner2072 3 месяца назад +148

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

    • @windturbinesyndrome1067
      @windturbinesyndrome1067 3 месяца назад +7

      Yes

    • @cattymajiv
      @cattymajiv 3 месяца назад +9

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

    • @isabelled4871
      @isabelled4871 3 месяца назад +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 3 месяца назад

      Crappyness is a poopy puppy.

  • @arwenrosefall8081
    @arwenrosefall8081 3 месяца назад +36

    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 3 месяца назад +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 3 месяца назад

      🥀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 3 месяца назад +1

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

  • @buhoahogado2993
    @buhoahogado2993 3 месяца назад +25

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

  • @Imthesaviour
    @Imthesaviour 3 месяца назад +2

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

  • @richardpadma7018
    @richardpadma7018 3 месяца назад +162

    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.

  • @patricedeavila4771
    @patricedeavila4771 3 месяца назад +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.

  • @moalisiddiqui
    @moalisiddiqui 3 месяца назад +43

    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.

  • @georgesparks7833
    @georgesparks7833 2 месяца назад +2

    This was amazing! Wonderful pieces to a puzzle. Marvelous job
    Thanks so much Dr. Finkel!

  • @lindasue8719
    @lindasue8719 3 месяца назад +321

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

    • @CatPort-gs7ps
      @CatPort-gs7ps 3 месяца назад +3

      please send notification

    • @ORDEROFTHEKNIGHTSTEMPLAR13
      @ORDEROFTHEKNIGHTSTEMPLAR13 3 месяца назад

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

    • @arunanand2809
      @arunanand2809 3 месяца назад +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.

  • @D9802-w4h
    @D9802-w4h 3 месяца назад +9

    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 !

  • @TheSteveBoyd
    @TheSteveBoyd 3 месяца назад +7

    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.

  • @Maclabhruinn
    @Maclabhruinn 3 дня назад

    I could sit and listen to Dr Finkel all day long! Absolutely fascinating content; and presented in such an engaging and accessible manner.

  • @tonysargent1699
    @tonysargent1699 3 месяца назад +17

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

  • @jimbrittain402
    @jimbrittain402 3 месяца назад +43

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

  • @cynthiapate9138
    @cynthiapate9138 3 месяца назад +14

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

  • @glennwoods2462
    @glennwoods2462 2 месяца назад +1

    Here's somebody that speaks the English language in the way I was taught it....
    I've tried listening to some other British Museum presenters, and just can't.....
    What a great story, which includes Noah's Ark....
    Thanks Doctor 🙏🙏

  • @grahampalmer9337
    @grahampalmer9337 3 месяца назад +33

    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 3 месяца назад

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

  • @JoBoToGo
    @JoBoToGo 3 месяца назад +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!

  • @ahmadbenhachem2750
    @ahmadbenhachem2750 3 месяца назад +15

    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!

  • @mikemathews5556
    @mikemathews5556 2 месяца назад +1

    I was apprehensive about clicking on Dr.Finkel , glad I did - I was mesmerized by the subject and his way of factual telling of the story , I'll definitely keep an eye out for more

  • @huwjmatsumura7752
    @huwjmatsumura7752 3 месяца назад +9

    Watching from Kyoto Japan, Holy moly IRVING FINKEL we love you! In the middle of all the Dark news I saw this started to watch and Wow You are a Delight to Listen to! THANK YOU!

  • @margaretlumley1648
    @margaretlumley1648 3 месяца назад +27

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

  • @morgangallowglass8668
    @morgangallowglass8668 3 месяца назад +11

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

    • @leeannmettlach2412
      @leeannmettlach2412 Месяц назад +1

      I understand why. Amazing how he presents this material in such a manner that a layperson, like myself, can understand what he is talking about & follow him on this very interesting subject!

  • @fuyuk1r1ft8
    @fuyuk1r1ft8 2 месяца назад +2

    I just watched 18 minutes of Irving Finkel talking about a lump of clay and I wasn't even remotely bored. Also, his student looks much older than him, perhaps some more credence to the immortal wizard theory.
    Bird's eye view, good god sir.

  • @tombpunk
    @tombpunk 3 месяца назад +52

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

  • @Mindartcreativity
    @Mindartcreativity 3 месяца назад +10

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

  • @John-xu3jk
    @John-xu3jk 3 месяца назад +12

    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

  • @cosmicsage369
    @cosmicsage369 Месяц назад

    I have just fallen in love with Irving Finkel! May this wise, eloquent and highly entertaining ancient history wizard live to see at least three hundred years. What an extraordinary soul. Wonderful recording, thank you.💚☘

  • @dafydd56
    @dafydd56 3 месяца назад +45

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

  • @KlausBeckEwerhardy
    @KlausBeckEwerhardy 3 месяца назад +10

    Mr. Finkel, I thank for this informative and entertaining video. You're the kind of teach who made me want to become a teacher myself.

  • @NJase
    @NJase 3 месяца назад +13

    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.

  • @miatuk8754
    @miatuk8754 26 дней назад

    I listen to him like a child listening a fairytale and I am 42. He has a voice made for telling stories and a beautiful technic for telling them.

  • @raquelhoffmann4
    @raquelhoffmann4 3 месяца назад +7

    Dr. Finkel is such a delight! I love watching his videos. I learn a lot and have a lot of fun too! ❤

  • @Onionbaron
    @Onionbaron 3 месяца назад +12

    I think when Listening to Irving Finkel, that the history and the art of ancient storytellers is not dead yet! 👏

  • @aresmaximus1
    @aresmaximus1 3 месяца назад +12

    Professors like this would make me stay in school uni, etc, forever ! Like his patience, his passion

  • @johncurtis920
    @johncurtis920 2 месяца назад +1

    This guy is a great presenter. In fact, a storyteller. Well done professor.

  • @authormichellefranklin
    @authormichellefranklin 3 месяца назад +193

    HE'S BACK ❤

    • @A3Kr0n
      @A3Kr0n 3 месяца назад

      Are you sure? 🙂

    • @philipb2134
      @philipb2134 3 месяца назад +1

      Doctor Finkel.

  • @Mutley58
    @Mutley58 3 месяца назад +21

    I love these lessons! Thank you Dr. Finkel and staff for your work and dedication. Much love to you all from the 🇺🇸

  • @ehfik
    @ehfik 3 месяца назад +10

    young finkel. what a treat! thank you for this episode!

  • @Hinch55
    @Hinch55 20 дней назад +1

    Dr. Finkel looks like he should be the Unseen University's Chair of Indefinite Studies. Excellent video.

  • @MarkCW
    @MarkCW 3 месяца назад +45

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

  • @Preda.Y
    @Preda.Y 3 месяца назад +13

    every time I listen to this guy I learn something that's both deeply fascinating and extremely charming about antiquity

  • @maksymilianzienkiewicz1776
    @maksymilianzienkiewicz1776 3 месяца назад +114

    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 3 месяца назад +7

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

    • @AndreaSzabo7171
      @AndreaSzabo7171 3 месяца назад +3

      Thank you. 💖 🫠

    • @anna-lenameijer9942
      @anna-lenameijer9942 3 месяца назад +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 3 месяца назад +6

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

    • @cakea5461
      @cakea5461 3 месяца назад +2

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