How much did THE SUMERIANS know about our SOLAR SYSTEM?

An exceedingly popular video by Bright Insight proposes that the ancient Sumerians, who lived thousands of years ago, had surprisingly accurate knowledge about our solar system, including knowledge that we ourselves don’t possess. He relies heavily on arguments made by armchair history buff, and ancient astronaut theorist, Zecharia Sitchin. But does Bright Insight’s video tell the truth about history, or does it instead mislead people? Find out where Bright Insight goes wrong as Dr. Miano busts the myth of Sumerian advanced astronomical knowledge.
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ADDENDUM: In the video, I suggested that the figure pictured in the middle of the seal might be the seal's owner, but in fact, that person is probably a minor god. The horned helmet is an indication of divinity. He is leading by the hand the figure on the far left, which is more likely the seal's owner, who is holding a sacrificial lamb, which he is presenting to the major god on the right.
References and recommended reading:
Bright Insight’s original video:
• The Sumerians...They D...
Definition of Anunna/Anunnaki:
oracc.museum.upenn.edu/amgg/li...
Analysis of the word Nibiru/Nēbiru in Mesopotamian texts:
cdli.ucla.edu/files/publicati...
Michael Heiser’s analysis of cylinder seal VA 243:
www.sitchiniswrong.com/VA243s...
Comprehensive analysis of Sumerian astronomical texts by Wayne Horowitz:
www.amazon.com/Mesopotamian-C...
English translation of the Enuma Elish:
www.etana.org/node/581
On the Sumerian version of the Great Flood:
www.livius.org/articles/misc/...
On the origin of the asteroids in the asteroid belt:
news.ufl.edu/articles/2018/06...
On the idea that cuneiform tablets are gathering dust in museum basements:
jontaylor_bm/stat...
Professor Miano's handy guide for learning, "How to Know Stuff," is available here:
www.amazon.com/How-Know-Stuff...
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[@eduardocidade91]

As a fellow PhD (in Anthropology in my case), I congratulate you for dismissing all these conspiracy theories with eloquence! Thank you! :D

[@moorek1967]

How would you respond to the critics who say that you are dismissing evidence to claim the a priori bias that your science is factual? There has been a lot of evidence that has been dismissed, so how can you reconcile that? We all know that science is just interpretation of data, so how would your interpretation be truthful compared to someone else's interpretation of the same data sets? I know, I know, if they don't agree with your interpretation, then they are just pseudo-scientists. But then, if they went to the same university as you, had comparable grades as you, and did as many research studies and peer reviewed articles as you, then how do you prove your interpretation is not pseudo-science? The reason why there are so many "conspiracy theories" is because it has been your side who has not been afraid to make hoaxes and deny evidence. Piltdown Man is just one example. For years, your side taught that was absolute fact, but turns out it was just a hoax. Unless your side addresses that there are indeed scientists on your side willing to hoax, then you will always have to challenge "conspiracy theorists" because their theory is that it is your side in the conspiracy. Research is simply research, interpretation is what is offered.

[@histguy101]

@@Ssssiiiiii622 Always been that way

[@embracelucky6282]

I am with you

[@paulkeeling6442]

Brilliant so Zachariah Sitchen was more fluent at Ancient Hebrew than his Rabbi when Zachariah was 8 yrs old. He died less than ten years ago and there are over 8 decades that this Brilliant scholar has been studying Ancient Sumeria and he worked putting dead languages back to life and could speak Sumerian Cuneiform and Akkadian Cuneiform before You couple of years part timers. Look up the meeting with Zachariah Sitchen and professor Harrington from NASA JPL they both individually projected Nibiru's orbit and they were identical. Many Astronauts have also complimented Zachariah Sitchen's work on the Solar system which he translated from the Sumerian Cuneiform with the orbits of even Pluto and every planet we have now where did You imagine such accuracy not even discovered by the establishment at the time as usual. Work out how much effort the church put into trying to ruin Zachariah Sitchen. The stupid girl in this interview didn't seem to know what planet she was on or when her periods are due. Eric von Daniken is NO ZACHARIAH SITCHEN BUT AT LEAST HE ADMITS WHEN HE WAS WRONG. HE WOULD CHANGE EVERY REPRINT. BUT ZACHARIAH IS THE MAN.

[@daraquinn5260]

It's people like you who perpetuate the huntyer-gatherer stone age bollocks. We've been lied to for so long because academics were so ignorant.

[@lugal_pcz]

Minor quibble about the imagery on the VA 243 cylinder seal impression: the figures with horned headdresses are both gods. The human in the scene is the one on the left, without horns. This type of scene is called a “Presentation Scene,” and shows a minor god interceding between the human and a major god (i.e., the minor god is presenting the human to the major god). The human here is carrying a sacrificial goat. The horned headdresses are markers of divinity, and Naram-Sin only starts being depicted wearing one late in his reign, after he’s declared himself divine.

[@WorldofAntiquity]

Thank you for sharing this information! I’m embarrassed now I got that wrong. But what you say makes perfect sense.

[@lugal_pcz]

@@WorldofAntiquity Don't be embarrassed! It's pretty esoteric stuff, and I only chimed in because I was working on a lesson about cylinder seals for my students, so this was on the top of my mind, when I saw your video.

[@swirvinbirds1971]

@@WorldofAntiquity You could always keep a list of errors and do an errors video correcting mistakes. No one can know everything so mistakes are bound to happen from time to time.

[@mobitouchiha]

While we are correcting mistakes: Mr. Zimmerman, can you change the transliteration of the "pu-abi" seal that you and Zettler give on page 288 in "TWO TOMBS OR THREE? PG 789 AND PG 800 AGAIN!" from PÚ to PÙ? At least on the academia edu version. I guess it was a typo (PÚ being LAGABxU and PÙ being KAxKÁR), but the hapax nature of that name makes understanding it already difficult enough to have misinformation floating around out there.🙃

[@nycbearff]

Oh no! You got a minor detail that doesn't affect your thesis wrong! It must have been space aliens after all!

[@michaelburbidge5835]

Man the amount of research you must do is incredible. Thank you for doing this. I'm extremely interested in these topics and there's so much rubbish out there it's great to find someone clearing it up a bit.

[@WorldofAntiquity]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Whitewater_and_Wild_Mushrooms]

So much research? Can't even look at a high school history book? Still waiting for this guy to prove his assertions rather than just talk. Get some volunteers and carve a perfect 500 ton block of stone with primitive technology, and move it even an inch. When he makes that video I will be interested.

[@GalactusOG]

Nah, This is all basic middle school stuff.

[@GalactusOG]

@@Whitewater_and_Wild_Mushrooms I gave him a shot too. I thought to myself "Maybe I AM missing something or just WANT to believe" But after watching many of his videos and comparing what he claims to what is known fact I am unimpressed and unsubscribed.

[@lostpony4885]

@@GalactusOG yes you unsubscribed thats why you are watching this video.

[@kevincrady2831]

Looking through some of your comment threads, I see that fairly often you get criticized for being "too sarcastic" and the like. I think that from a persuasion standpoint you've got it just about right, but watching the clips (and in the past, some of the LAHT crowd's whole videos) I'm impressed with how well you're able to hold yourself back. ;) 1) These guys spend their whole videos sneering at "mainstream" "orthodox" archaeologists and historians and accusing them of being part of an evil cabal out to deliberately hide the truth from us. 2) Then, with nearly unlimited cockiness, they toss out their hypotheses as Proven Fact on the flimsiest of evidence ("Look! A picture of one circle surrounded by a bunch of other circles, but I can't be arsed to find out what the rest of the pictures are or what the text says!"), and from there they often climb out on an even thinner branch of wild speculation of the "so they *must* have had psionic power crystals!" variety. 3) They do this without even knowing what the "mainstream" "orthodox" archaeologists and historians think or why they think it. 4) Because the "mainstream" "orthodox" scholar they're actually sneering at is their high school history teacher, and the three-page chapter on the Sumerians (or Egyptians, Mayans, or whoever) in their school textbook, from which they were expected to extract a few names and dates to regurgitate for a test at the end of the week. It would be one thing if these folks could fairly represent the mainstream position and the evidence used to get there, and still make compelling arguments for their own side. Heck, I wish they could, because who wouldn't want to discover a mysterious ancient lost civilization rich in astonishing capabilities and deep esoteric wisdom?

[@tehbonehead]

I'm fortunate to not know any of these clowns personally, or I'd show them a Pimp's Love. This dude's restraint should qualify him for sainthood in Sumerian, Zoroastrian, or any number of religions...

[@JMM33RanMA]

They also lack critical thinking as well as knowledge of the real past. These people almost always default to the Bible or Homer or other non-historical accounts. Their method is that of apologists like William Lame Craig: 1. make a supposition, 2. state that the supposition being true proves hypothesis x, 3. Hypothesis x being true, Theory Y is true, 4. Repeat ad nauseam.

[@dbronze9622]

Just imagine the truth that was discovered in the great ancient library of Alexandria. Then all of a sudden it was burned to the ground. I wonder why 🤔

[@slaer]

Yep. Sarcasm of Dr. Milano is totally justified.

[@bardmadsen6956]

You would be surprised how many don't want to know. I found something the vast majority haven't a clue about and is touched upon here with the seven dots being the Pleiades. There is symbology of this in Gobekli Tepe carved on the base of one of the central pillars in Enclosure D of a row of seven birds. See the video : Prehistory Question Time LIVE! | THURS 17TH MARCH 2022, 20:00 GMT at 37:25 to see real science at work, they laugh and incredulously shut down communication!

[@tieck4408]

Butterflies migrate thousands of kilometers: cool Ancient humans have long trade routes or travel far for raw materials or religious purposes: they must have had charging stations for their Teslas.

[@christophercripps7639]

The more we dig the more we realize humans have been trading merchandise over long distances further and further back in time. (Goods travel not necessarily the persons; my Subaru was made in Japan but one person did not personality convey it all the way.)

[@MWhaleK]

@@christophercripps7639 Goods and ideas, the silk road goes back thousands of years and Ancient Egypt got Lapis Lazuli from what is now Afganistan.

[@JMM33RanMA]

@@christophercripps7639 My Toyota was assembled in Canada out of Japanese and North American parts. There is evidence that the Bronze of the Bronze Age also was assembled into products that required resources from [current] Iran, Turkey, Cyprus and other sources, and the supply being interrupted or running out is connected to the civilizational collapse.

[@christophercripps7639]

@@JMM33RanMA Hoping the current chip shortage doesn't yield a similar outcome.

[@doomoo5365]

@@christophercripps7639 a massive power outage because were all dependent upon a thread for our power could causing a collapse. I think they use electric pumps to pump drinking water for thousands of cities.

[@gangadharhiremath7306]

I only have great great admiration towards you. You are doing a stupendous work. Demolishing the false arguments of sensation seeking,ignorance spreading ppl is not easy. You are doing it with a lot of patience,deep knowledge and great passion. May your tribe grow.

[@WorldofAntiquity]

Thank you!

[@AliceAndriani]

I’m so happy that I’ve found your channel! I used to be an ancient aliens fan 😅 I don’t even know if I believed the theory for real, but it was so exciting. Honestly, it’s easier for someone like me to find conspiracy content since it’s so popular. You are doing a great job! Thank you 🥰❤️

[@WorldofAntiquity]

And thank you, Alice. Glad to have you here!

[@Nobody-11B]

The astronaut show is good because it's similar to older documentaries in it's cadence and lack of audio fluctuations along with cool videos of ancient stuff. I treat it like a poe style show.

[@philipfinan5873]

I was always a fan of these types of things and really enjoyed thinking about the possibility even if I did think it was very speculative. I also am very happy to have found this channel and I love the fact that Mr. Antiquity provides actual evidence and does a pretty good job at covering and debunking these conspiracy theories. I am currently binging on this channel. That said we got a great show from all the ancient alien theories, Stargate SG 1. I guess I am trying to say that some good can come out of nonsense.

[@stephenshakazulu]

Actually, the tablets are very real, nothing false about them. You're just commenting for likes. No one knows where the tablets came from, yet you accept them as true.

[@user-gn3dw8hs7f]

Thank you very much. Iv been trying to convince people but that seems to be a waste of time. Now I can show them this. Many thanks Brother.

[@naciremasti]

I discovered you from Stefan Milo, and I was not disappointed. Great work. Newly subscribed.

[@WorldofAntiquity]

Awesome, thank you!

[@christophercripps7639]

Good chap Stefan Milo. I "discovered" this Channel twice. Once by accident and again from a recommendation by Study of Antiquity & Middle Ages (SAMA). I rushed to subscribe after seeing SAMA's post only to find I had already subscribed.

[@JDCypr3ss]

Stefan is an incredible KZbinr couldn't agree more. He is careful at how he says things and how he gives you the information. That is someone you can trust.

[@easialogistics6458]

00o⁰ All Lol Mml

[@easialogistics6458]

@@christophercripps7639 ....

[@reemonedo]

*some farmer 5000 years ago:* I'm putting a few stars on this seal so my signature looks cool *people in the 21st century:* ...and this is proof aliens created humanity

[@WorldofAntiquity]

Ha, that's pretty much it.

[@tinotrivino]

I consider myself an expert in near orient ancient history. And i must say, its been a while that I watch a real good video in english like yours. I am very tired to see mediocre videos about the Summerians etc... So I value a lot your knowledge. Hugs from Toledo, Spain

[@scienceexplains302]

Which Spanish language channels would you recommend?

[@andrewkircher8261]

I found your channel through Matt of Ancient Architects. As someone who is subscribed to Bright insight and other channels alike, I value the work you do and appreciate the historical academic perspective.

[@patriciaoudart1508]

Agree. I often commented Matt channel, he try to do a real work, like History for granit too. Sometimes I go correcting some claims, but this is because there a gap between hypothesis and imagination. Sometimes there's simple responses wich are simply logical, or concrete like me having goats, so understanding the needs hunter gatherers had to keep animals more than hunting them. Or that a roof on a T pillar can't be heavy... I note most channels are downgrading actually to conspiracy and stupid hypothesis, hope Matt will stand Right.

[@greenier8658]

It’s refreshing to find an actual qualified historian on the YT.

[@Jbickley00]

There are a few of us.

[@faizanrana2998]

Ya but only one good one (David)

[@lorenfulghum2393]

I was hoodwinked by all this sitchen crap for DECADES. I TOTALLY believed it all. Watching this channel for 2 weeks has changed ALL of that. The arguments, and the TONE of how they are presented here, are so genuine, it totally opened my eyes back to reality.

[@WorldofAntiquity]

I am happy to hear that!

[@9Sumerian]

You went ftom enlightened to blind my friend , and i have seen it alt recently through the existing war and conflict between ENKI and ENLIL on earth

[@stephenshakazulu]

You vaxxed and boosted?....lol

[@MossyMozart]

@@9Sumerian - Reality is so enthralling, exciting, and wonderful - why do you feel the need to fabricate?

[@9Sumerian]

He need to research more , few knowledge and wisdom and you consider yourself eligible to publish a video

[@s.dparks3053]

We need more channels like you. Great work debunking alternative history.

[@pranays]

Agreed

[@stephenshakazulu]

@@pranays No real person with an IQ above 71 believes this nonsense. The Sumerians had more info than you'll ever have

[@venus_envy]

We did a whole unit (several weeks worth of study) on Mesopotamian history in 7th grade, not totally exclusive to just studying Sumerians, to be fair, but we started with them and it was more than just a few sentences. I'm sure our textbook was lacking and outdated in many ways, but it was still a decent study for 12 year olds. This was in Canada about 15 years ago for what it's worth. Love your channel so far by the way. Thanks for doing what you do! :)

[@WorldofAntiquity]

I appreciate that. Thanks for coming by!

[@stephenshakazulu]

That's cause the Sumerians used the same info we use today

[@juliankirby9880]

I’ve developed quite a disdain for the “bright insight” type channels. Lies and misrepresentations of facts, being used to manipulate those who fee the desire to fight an authority figure, and feel superior to said authority figure

[@Codiggity369]

Dumbasses leading the dumb

[@nadezhdaz9040]

Sadly this has been going on since at least the 1920s.

[@iceyardfan4394]

Like Liberals.

[@PreciselyOneMyfi]

@@iceyardfan4394 Man, I hope you aren't one of those guys who complains about Leftists inserting politics into everything. Cuz here you are on a video about Sumerian astronomy espousing your political views.

[@iceyardfan4394]

@@PreciselyOneMyfi Did I make a movie about my political beliefs?

[@andrewmole745]

I have just watched this for the second time and am really appreciating again the time you spend carefully addressing the claims. I also learn more about Sumerian at the same time, so I thank you.

[@ironcladranchandforge7292]

I've been binge watching your videos for days now, (wish I would have found you earlier). One thing is certain in my mind, the truth about history is actually more interesting than these alternative theories. My historical knowledge is more recent in time, colonial America through the 19th century. This is what I've studied most over the last 30 years. My knowledge of ancient history is seriously lacking. Your videos are inspiring me to learn more about ancient history and I thank you for that. I've learned so much already !!

[@MossyMozart]

@ironcladranchandforge7292 - "...the truth about history is actually more interesting than these alternative theories." - - - Yes, you are completely correct!

[@blue123439]

Thank you for your content. I hate to admit how gullible I was before seeing your video, this information is greatly appreciated. Keep up the good work!

[@WorldofAntiquity]

Thank you!

[@exittomenu]

Found your channel from the atun-shei atlantis video and you’ve become one of my favorite channels on here Perfect for learning while picking away at the tedium of invoices and expense sheets

[@MaryAnnNytowl]

"Influential is not the same as scientifically advanced." Afreakingmen! Describes ALL of the conspiracy theories and how they suck in the ignorant! There's "Ancient Aliens" on the *_HISTORY_* Channel, for crying out loud! Knowing that there are people like you, doing the real work, and sharing the real knowledge, gives me hope! I just recently found you, and am wandering through the treasure trove of videos you've shared. Thank you for what you are doing! (Edited typo)

[@WorldofAntiquity]

Thanks, and welcome to the channel!

[@GalactusOG]

Take your pills lady.

[@scienceexplains302]

The Sumerians used advanced donkeys 😉

[@RedLithic]

@@scienceexplains302 High performance asses,

[@christophercripps7639]

Month stars makes more sense in an agricultural society. The Sumerians needed to know when to plant & etc. The planets by their very nature ("wanderers") have little utility for prediction of seasons (Mile flood, monsoons). Deity to Sumerian: There are 11 planets. Sumerian Astronomer: That's an unfalsifiable hypothesis until you can prove to me there are six more than I can see.

[@Kasamira]

Really enjoying your videos! I went to two high schools and can confirm both covered the Sumerians. In the first- We covered Sumer in freshman history, I believe it was a full unit, but minor focus could also have been given to Assyria and Babylon. And in the second (although I didn’t take it myself) Ancient Civ covered Sumer because that was the freshman diorama project every year

[@ilftc8892]

thanks for clarifying so much about ancient history, the work your putting in is well needed. ive totally been misled by a bunch of different channels. thanks again

[@tripbreaker]

The funniest part of this are the people in the comment section telling a history professor to “do your own research…” I think some of y’all knee-jerk that phrase a little too often.

[@gustavderkits8433]

Thank you. I enjoyed this very much. As a physical scientist with an interest, from childhood, in the Bronze Age, fed by visits to the Penn museum and reading Samuel Noah Kramer, I am very irritated by grifters who profit from broadcasting misinformation. Since I don’t have time to refute them, I’m glad you are doing it. I appreciate the time and careful attention to detail in this presentation.

[@stephenshakazulu]

lol. Another useless " scientist"

[@PoliticalFuturism]

As one of your newest subscribers, I have to say, this video and channel are amazing! I found it through SAMA, and boy am I glad I did!

[@WorldofAntiquity]

Thank you, and welcome!

[@stainlessdoom3433]

Amazing video, very informative and easy to understand. You definitely deserve more subscribers!

[@WorldofAntiquity]

I appreciate that!

[@Emcee_Squared]

Another great video. A lot of these youtube guys don’t really teach history, just sensationalism and conspiracy. Not real history, archaeology, or science. They just use clickbait and want to appeal to the masses. Kinda like ancient aliens.

[@joshuas193]

I was in High School in the 90's and we definitely learned about the Sumerians in World History. Maybe not a comprehensive amount, considering we had to learn about all of world history in a single school year, but it covered the basics.

[@tank3323]

I am a middle school social studies teacher and the Sumerians are covered extensively in 6th grade , a whole chapters worth

[@elliefors6006]

Love the amount of research put into these videos! 👍🏻 Great stuff. Keep up the good work!

[@stephenshakazulu]

Big disinformation

[@lokkichiam5733]

Thanks again, this channel has easily become one of my new favorites : ) The clarifications are well presented and eliminate any wiggle room for pseudo-science. Love it! I wanted to ask quickly about the advent of the wheel, if I may. What are your thoughts on the toy bull (with wheels) from the Cucuteni-Trypillia culture? What do you the chances could have been that they could have used wheels for transportation? Also given that chariots originated from a nearby location (albeit being distanced by time), what do you think the chances would be that these cultures possessed the wheel but the remains of which have been lost to time? PS - I am an educator and I can add that Mesopotamian cultures ARE taught in the British curriculum (KS4-5), though not extensively, of course.

[@WorldofAntiquity]

I think it is entirely possible that they used the wheel there. From what I understand, there is quite a bit of evidence for wheel use in that area at that time.

[@seraphim1833]

At the end of your video, you mentioned going to university to learn ancient history. I've always loved history, but never pursued it as a career. I'm in my early 30's now and I'm wondering if there's any realistic career prospects for someone starting out at my age in this field. Thank you for your time, and thank you for your videos.

[@WorldofAntiquity]

You can start at any age. I was a late bloomer myself. A history degree can get you a job in a lot of fields unrelated to history, but if you really want to have a profession in ancient history, you would most likely end up teaching college or with a museum job. Neither of them pay that much. So you wouldn't be doing it for the money. You'd be doing it because you enjoy it.

[@andrewwigglesworth3030]

The last time I visited the Ashmolean Museum (in Oxford) I was thoroughly distracted by their display of cylinder seals. Fascinating and beautiful, covering different civilisations, and well worth visiting.

[@MrGreensweightHist]

Having taught High School world history, I still have a copy of the text book I used. It has about a dozen pages on Sumerian history. Heck, it has an entire page on the pottery of Uruk alone.

[@carymartin1150]

Always great to see your videos that debunk wild theories presented as fact. It is embarrassing how many credulous people fall victim to all the pseudo-science out there.

[@anitapollard1627]

I am a very minor scholar of ancient history, yet i wouldn't have watched that young man's presentation... from the little bit i know it was very obvious he knew less about the Sumerians than i do. Thank you Dr. David, for telling us lots of interesting facts re. the ancient Sumerians 🤗 i didn't need the "de-bunking", yet i loved the info you gave!! I might be too late (old 😊) to go to University to study full time...?

[@Firefireyeeee]

I just found your channel ty so much for making this video, I was big into the annunaki train and alt history but you shed bombs of info in a fun way wish you were on KZbin back in 2010 lol

[@willmosse3684]

I have a friend who is totally convinced by all this alternative history stuff, including Bright Insight. I don’t see him often now, but I need to try and get him to watch your series.

[@Littleprinceleon]

First you need to figure out why and how much that person wants to/need to believe in that kind of stuff. Most of the time there are very personal, rather subjective and often hidden (vague, forgotten or subconscious) motives for a person's worldview. If you really care about the friendship than to realize the way how the other one forms conclusions is more precious and helpful than simply trying to convince about... Most of us are not that bright minded as evolution lured us to believe and since education also emphasized factual knowledge instead of being able to critically evaluate the actual weight of certain types of facts and being able to connect the scientifically relevant dots ... However most of the people doesn't really have a scientific mindset. Most of them have no real idea how hard earned are the achievements in sciences. Mostly know only about the "sensations" but not about the patience and humbleness required to learn all the background stuff, about the constant re-evaluation based on such details they can't even conceive of... And on top of their ignorance even they are the ones who like to play the offended "researcher" if someone criticizes their pet theories and "theories"

[@paulannable3734]

If only one of those dots was carved to have a ring, and another to have stripes and a dot, you’d begin to have a case that it was representing Saturn and Jupiter. But the gods obviously thought it wasn’t worth mentioning. Another enjoyable schooling.

[@gjohnson7811]

Good video. I'm fascinated by the Summarian base 60 mathmatics system that somehow is still with us in regard to time and geographic location. Can you do a video that?

[@karldubhe8619]

I do love the domino cloaks on those dudes in the wall carving at 7:00 ish. Thanks for the video, it was a good way to spend half an hour.

[@iamnoone9041]

Love what you said there at the end. Remind me of some of the social studies and history teachers I had way back when I was in high school. They always seemed to be the most passionate about what they were teaching.

[@DavidFMayerPhD]

Museums do NOT have display space for their entire collections. Typically, they have room to display less than ONE PERCENT of the object that they possess at the same time. They typically display them on a rotating basis, with due consideration to the fragility of the objects.

[@bettschwere]

in middle school (probably like 7th grade?) i had my first world history class and we had a whole unit on ancient mesopotamia, which definitely included the sumerians. and this was in rural coal country pennsylvania, so idk where this notion that no one ever learns about the sumerians comes from. maybe it was different before and/or after my time but we learned quite a bit about them. i had the term "fertile crescent" just absolutely hammered into my brain, lol. we read a translation of the enuma elish and everything.

[@andykapsar4667]

thank you for making these videos. its nice to have a differing point of view on the same topics or a breakdown of the other videos using the same evidence. while well never know for sure, differing views of fhe same topics keeps it a healthy discussion.

[@benjaminferland4251]

Hello! I would love to see your thoughts on the “handbag” or as Graham H. says “Manbag phenom”. Love your videos, thank you for posting these counter arguments. I have struggled to fact check popular folks like Graham and Ben, I love listening to them and definitely am drawn to some of the ideas they present. As a biologist, my world is cells and pathology, history is my hobby! Randal C. is also extremely interesting to listen to, and when I hear him speak I feel like I am listening to a professor as he seems to always cite his sources. Thanks again!! I will watch all your videos for sure!

[@WorldofAntiquity]

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[@secondcomingofbast9908]

They knew how long it took the visible planets, Moon and Sun to travel through the Zodiac and understood the sun's relation to the seasons and that's pretty much about it. Unless I'm mistaken, they didn't know certain comets returned after so long nor did they know about the astroid belt, Kuyper Belt, Pluto or even Neptune and Uranus .

[@squish998]

I know it's likely you will not see this comment but I have to state what a pleasure it is to see these "disposable" videos being shown for what they are. Thank you for doing this.

[@thaddadeodead]

I really appreciate that you approach your critiques with an openness that could allow for new information. You welcome people to present their evidence.

[@m.junaidmahmood4209]

One needs a lot of knowledge to just get started. I appreciate your efforts to debunk myths and also put light of how to follow a subject matter properly & in a proper manner.

[@christina.rose1]

Thank you so much for always being so informative and with actual facts. Thank you sharing the truth!!! 🙏🏻❤️ I am always excited to learn more about history+ other cultures!! I am learning so much from you, thank you!! Keep up the great work!! Greetings from Sydney Australia😊

[@davidhitchen5369]

27:50: The guy who thinks the Sumerians knew about Pluto is calling the experts who debate whether or not it is a planet "stupid".

[@StoneInMySandal]

Hahahahahaha

[@avd-wd9581]

Congrats on 100k! You deserve that and many more.

[@forrestwhichard2862]

I appreciate this channel. You’ve gained a subscriber. I think it’s important for one to search for as much information as possible when educating yourself on these topics. And we need to be mindful of who and how the info is being presented. I will admit I was totally swept away with the “lost ancient technology” theory. I heavily bought into Bright, X, Hancock and the others. But after watching some of your videos I am not so convinced. If anything I am left with even more questions than when I started all of this. I had no idea that the viewpoints on this were so heavily divided. Thanks again for the content.

[@helenamcginty4920]

Long long ago I also bought into Hancock, tarot cards, astrology, chariots of the gods. Then saw the great debunk of the last named on tv. The lies that man told. I also found a huge tome in the library on astrology. Giving tons of details on how to draw up a horoscope. Then made the mistake, or not, of reading the positive and negative attributes of each star sign. Soon came to realise they were just variations on a theme. I could apply each and everyone to myself.

[@Littleprinceleon]

​@@helenamcginty4920 psychologists were also hugely surprised that there are only five (six?) very general and rather vaguely definable categories that stably characterize personality. And all that after more than hundred years of limited research. Most of the traits that can be used to analyze a person are linked to some pathologies (narcissistic, psychopatic, paranoic, borderline, delusional, schyzofrenic...😊).

[@tulliusagrippa5752]

So. In summary, Bright is not bright.

[@holyX]

He is bright enough to have smooth brains give him money for telling fairytales. Conniving? Yes. Stupid? Not so much.

[@bogieviews]

Prof David, I am gradually going through your videos. They are wrecking my romance with the alternative versions. When I was a kid I was fascinated by Richard Halliburton's Royal Road to Romance. Btw - there is no damn way the Sumerians knew about Pluto. Impossible.

[@WorldofAntiquity]

I am happy to hear I am shattering your dreams! haha

[@navypinkdesign]

I think mixing up Sumerian with Akkadian is a reflection on our public educational system in America and lack of accessibility (ie gotta pay tuition or buy a book) on the subjects. Thank god for KZbin

[@ashleybrister5033]

I am so excited your channel came up on my feed. Thank you for putting out a better knowledge of these topics.

[@JDCypr3ss]

Absolutely love these videos. I can't for the life of me understand why you're subscriber count is so low. Also have to say I find it hilarious how offended people get in these comments for the person's videos that you are talking about. It seems a bit ironic all these alternative history people cry about how they are discriminated against by the mainstream archaeological community but when someone does engage with them and goes against the theories they are proposing they turn around and do the same thing. All the comments in all your videos against you are more than proof of it. Maybe that's why people don't engage with them often....

[@dirtysouthclimbing]

These videos are terrible. When you say the great pyramid is a tomb all of you credibility is gone. Mainstream archaeologists aren’t even part of the discussion anymore.

[@P0cketfull0fsunshine]

Another fantastic video, thanks so much for your valuable contribution to science and reason.

[@petervanvelzen1950]

The star surrounded by 12 smaller ones that Bright says depict a solar system, might be the Golden Gate of the ecliptic with a the big star going thru the gate. However things going thru that gate are normally Planets - not stars. So it is still a bit of an enigma, what it really depicts.

[@MaokiDLuffy]

In Brazil we cover the sumerians in middle school

[@dcmkeudnf]

Your explanation of the purported "solar system" certainly seems reasonable to a layman--in any case it certainly is not a solar system. I am impressed that a maker of seals would have that type of technical knowledge of the calendar. I would not expect a modern graphic designer to know much about modern science. I suppose back then any person who learned to write also got a complete liberal education including most of what was believed true.

[@lucianoluciano4632]

Great to see someone debunking that creep. You could go much harder on him though, exposing his logical fallacies and his perverse, sickening way of seducing people.

[@lucianoluciano4632]

Example: when he says there are 3 lines about the sumerians in high school, the sickening strategy is to present himself as the nice guy who is going to reveal the "truth" that "they" are hiding. It is sickening front the start.

[@lucianoluciano4632]

This SHIT needs to be exposed

[@AndyWitmyer]

I'm a very open minded person and am thus quite willing to at least entertain "fringe" theories. But, I also like to hear from all voices, so as to get a complete picture. Skepticism is healthy, but should be informed, and videos like this one help to cultivate that form of skepticism, and to keep one's ideas grounded.

[@lunaticxr123]

Refreshing to see not another 'fun fact' history channel. I love watching those types of videos to get exposed to ancient history, but I forget how one sided those videos can get! Thanks for your video! You did seem super nit picky about everything but they were reasonably nit picked

[@tehbonehead]

I really needed you to sequentially label the images "sun" "star" "moon" and "TURTLE"

[@TheStobb50]

I do like watching bright insight, not for the science but for entertainment he’s obviously a sandwich short of a picnic

[@sampagano205]

I distinctly remember learning about the sumerians in high school, they got special attention on the day we talked about the invention of writing.

[@TheWelvarend]

I am enjoying your channel. As for Dr. Michael Heiser, he also has a strong KZbin presence. His work on the Semitic framework of the Old Testament is nothing less than astounding. Keep it up!

[@therongjr]

I am both thrilled and angry that you made this response video: thrilled because Bright's video needed a response, and angry because I did not want to be reminded that Bright's video exists at all. I don't think I was able to finish watching it, it infuriated me that much.

[@GalileosTelescope]

Great videos! Could you do a video on some of the claims made by Graham Hancock and Brien Foerster?

[@WorldofAntiquity]

Yes I can.

[@GalileosTelescope]

World of Antiquity great! I’ll be looking forward to it!

[@tvesarathavrtraghna3688]

Man, I've become your fan. The best thing is how you reply to everybody

[@hectord.7107]

This debunking myths series is your best stuff, may be you don't find it so fun to do because you have to endure watching so many stupid conspiracies but please make more of this.

[@WildAlchemicalSpirit]

I love it when you pronounce Akkadian/Sumerian words. Could listen all day. Your videos are very good.

[@WorldofAntiquity]

Thanks!

[@cfapps7865]

Many wrong or sensationalized things come from Bright Insight's channel. Good video.

[@WorldofAntiquity]

Thank you!

[@WildAlchemicalSpirit]

Chuck! You're here! ❤💜❤

[@dougv3142]

cfapps, pot meet kettle. your your channel is full of clickbait for views and $. You were exposed by others a while ago, KZbin: "Why cfapps7865's Sphinx Theory is all wrong". It wasn't just wrong, it was down right deceitful. Also KZbin his videos on ruins off the coast of Florida. Sad.

[@WildAlchemicalSpirit]

@@dougv3142 lol typical. KZbin lurker makes self feel better putting other people down. 😔 Yawn.

[@WildAlchemicalSpirit]

@@dougv3142 so tell me then, what *is* that thing off of Florida then?

[@jakubgolla4808]

Hi, great channel, when you quote ancient texts, I wonder how the pronunciation of words is determined?

[@MrPurvis01]

Great work. I actually love Bright insight. Again, well played sir 👍🏻

[@benirrasa6582]

Thanks for reacting to Jimmy brights videos in this way, I have watched some of them months ago and was quite shocked of how many views it has despite the obvious mistakes and false claims he is doing. Also he is throwing the words "scientific evidence" around like candy on carnival, while most of the time he just has a slight incidence (if at all). He's mixing up a lot of things and noone seemed to care. Thanks for debunking him and giving a critical view on those videos

[@alexcarter2542]

Easily your best video. Jimmy's videos are downright dangerous. His misrepresentation of facts is causing large numbers of the uneducated to lose faith in the scientific method. If we keep allowing videos like his to go unchecked and unchallenged then we are headed towards a very bleak future. That's why I love the your video here. The answer is not to silence or "cancel," the Jimmy's of the world, it's to methodically (and slowly, again, for the "Jimmy's," of the world) explain why you can't just take a look at something and form a "common sense," argument that refutes decades and decades of careful scholarly study. All of this started with the Sitchin nonsense in the 70's and 80's and unfortunately the internet is giving these morons a podium like they've never had before. The Sitchin's of the world were duly laughed at and dismissed as entertainment at the best and downright idiocy at worst 20, 30 years ago, but the idiocracy is functioning so that Jimmy's are getting more views than World of Antiquity, and this is a harbinger of doom. We need more World of Antiquities out here to put the Jimmy's in their place where they belong: back on the bench with their mouths shut and their cheeks red from embarrassment. This is a 12 year old telling a nuclear physicist that cold fusion was achieved in prehistory and getting away with it. It's dangerous and it's making this country stupider and stupider.

[@aledwin5245]

Some the academic arguments are regid. Sitchin opened up an avenue for all to rexamine what academics were curating and forcing all to believe.

[@geoffreybslater1146]

Having our Sun set with a different symbol only implies that they understood that the Sun directly impacts life on Earth, whereas the Stars did not. The is correct of course, so I don't get the question? I agree that assigning the term "advanced" to their technology, in modern terms is silly, however for their time one could deem the "Plow" to be "advanced" because prior to that they probably dug each row for planting by hand as they had not domesticated animals to any large extent. The domestication of animals to perform work etc., was a step change in technology for that time.

[@geoffreybslater1146]

Those were not stars depicted around the central sun and you know it.

[@ashesblues1097]

Thanks for another great video. I think I have seen all of Jimmys videos and it’s nice to see someone counter his pointsZ good job!

[@henrimourant9855]

Omg I took a course on on exoplanets at my university and the professor at the end of the course briefly promoted some of this Sumerian nonsense myths (he was a physicist not a historian). I wish I had known about this video so I could have sent it to him. I complained about it in my review and feedback of the course and put a bunch of links to articles debunking some of this stuff. So hopefully he won't promote this stuff in his future courses anymore.

[@Littleprinceleon]

Very sad indeed. Dunning-Krueger combined with esotericism is really dangerous when it involves influential people....

[@SamuelPeeps]

Good job. It’s amazing that you don’t have to dig very deep to expose the shoddy ‘scholarship’ of sensationalist KZbinrs. This has encouraged me to go back and take a closer look at a number of similar videos.

[@ceeb7991]

His little freakout about Pluto is my favourite thing about the video

[@annakristine6118]

Where can I find those scientific and medical texts, and translations? Also, if anyone knows, I came across this joint website for Archeologists and others, that have ALL the known sites on one page.. cant remember the name of it and would love to find it again for more studies ..

[@glenn_r_frank_author]

Thank you. That guy's channel bugs me so much. He throws about observations that are not qualified and jumps to conclusions so he can sell his own conspiracy theory like a snake oil salesman.

[@BenMonroe964]

Great video. My other passion is astronomy, and it's easy to see why Pluto isn't a planet. Same as in the 19th Century there were 50+ planets, because asteroid wasn't really in our vocabulary yet. As we learn more the definition must change. If Pluto is a planet to the ancient astronomers, why wasn't Ceres, Eris, Makemake, or Haumea? If anything he's being childish for wanting to hang onto Pluto because it was discovered by an American and a dog got named after it. It's ridiculous. I am binging your channel because I was totally there as a kid believing in the ancient alien nonsense (though I think I was more into Atlantis than 12th Planet) and read many of the books that were out in the 90s. I was never a hardcore believer but I thought it was plausible, it probably helped motivate me to get my history degree. But the thing with actually studying it, like you said, is it opens the mind and you can actually look at these claims with a new understanding. None of the ancient alien hypothesis hold any weight. Before KZbin I spent a lot of time doing personal research to get out of it. I bet there's someone out there who has found your channel and is working their way out of the stuff too. Keep up the good work.

[@Deipnosophist_the_Gastronomer]

Which ancient astronomers, do you think, knew about Pluto, Ceres, Eris, Makemake and Haumea? The Sumerians? 😜 It's not 'easy to see why Pluto isn't a planet'. If Mercury and Pluto swapped places, wouldn't Pluto be a planet and Mercury not? Similarly, if we were to discover an Earth-like object orbiting a nearby star. One complete with biosphere, and even intelligent civilisation. It would not be a planet. It all seems rather arbitrary to me. The IAU's erroneous statement (you can still find it on their website), that - 'In the 19th century astronomers could not resolve the size and shape of Ceres, and because numerous other bodies were discovered in the same region, Ceres lost its planetary status' - is not reflected in the literature, excepting only a single paper, by William Herschel in 1802. For the next 200 years, no scientist proposed that a planet could not share it's orbit. The shift from classifying asteroids as planets, to non-planets (not counting Ceres, ironically), in the early 1950's, did not come about because they shared orbital space, but due to improved theories about the way they were formed. The IAU, ignoring it's own bye-laws and working rules, rushed forwards a clandestine ballot on the definition of planet at the 2006 GA. This was a regrettable decision, which has left us with a less than useful definition. 'The IAU definition would say that the fundamental object of planetary science, the planet, is supposed to be a defined on the basis of a concept that nobody uses in their research ... And it would leave out the second-most complex, interesting planet (Pluto) in our solar system'. "We now have a list of well over 100 recent examples of planetary scientists using the word planet in a way that violates the IAU definition, but they are doing it because it's functionally useful ... It's a sloppy definition ... They didn't say what they meant by clearing their orbit. If you take that literally, then there are no planets, because no planet clears its orbit'. - Dr. Philip Metzger

[@Deipnosophist_the_Gastronomer]

#teampluto

[@jamesmccormick6303]

I listened to Stichen's book, (sorry about the misspell) and enjoyed it. Even if you listen to it as fiction, I got a kick out of it. Eric Cline's book about the mysterious ending of the bronze age I thought was scholarly and accurate??? Thoughts?? The twelfth planet is fun and peaked my curiosities about a period in time that we still know si little about. I appreciate what you are doing here to bring some light. I think there are all a lot of cueniform tablets to go through. I look forward to more light in this dark corner. Thanks again...

[@InquisitiveBible]

Great video. Anyone promoting Sitchin unironically has a serious credibility problem. Hopefully Bright will take your videos to heart and improve his research methods.

[@FDKelly1]

I'd like to like your videos more, but you'd need to keep focus on the topic, and not trying to tear down other people. It's generally distasteful. This video was titled "Astronomical Knowledge of the Sumerians" and I don't feel as though you used the 35 minutes to actually discuss that topic.

[@WorldofAntiquity]

In this video, I covered just about everything we know about ancient Sumerian astronomical knowledge, even getting into the details about their cosmography. But keep in mind that the purpose of this series is to correct misinformation that is being spread on the internet. That is why I respond to inaccurate statements made in popular videos made by other people.

[@MrJonsonville5]

@@WorldofAntiquity I disagree with this commenter, please keep tearing down the charlatans.

[@1sanitat1]

Considering how blatant and annoying Bright's lies were, I think he did a good job staying on topic. These things aren't a secret. You don't need to have a doctorate or any crendentials to pick up a book on near eastern history and find out yourself that Bright is simply peddling very poorly constructed conspiracy theories.

[@crippledbazooka]

Cylinder seals are shapled like a cylinder. When you imprint a seal onto a slab of clay and dry it then the image is on a clay tablet. Once you pointed out rotate vs revolve i had to speak to your hypocrasy

[@WorldofAntiquity]

Historians use the word "tablet" to refer to the medium the ancients used to write on. They come in various sizes, but they are usually rectangular and were made in a certain way. They were written on with a stylus. While it is true that a seal COULD be used to make an impression on a tablet, seals often were NOT usually impressed on tablets. They were impressed into other types of clay objects. When referring to the piece of clay upon which a seal is impressed, we use the term "sealing," when the clay was used to seal a document or vessel or door, and more generally "impression." Archaeologists have found all kinds of seals, but very few impressions. The impressions usually seen in photos are modern ones. These modern impressions are never called tablets. So yes, I used the terms properly in the video.

Such a good work of you on his hypothesis overthinking ideas. Excellent.

[@Moishe555]

i learned about Sumer in grade 6, Mr Garrisons class. All the stuff about irrigation and cuneiform I retained til this day. I watch this videobecause I remembered that class.

[@AnswermanAnswerman]

Again, if you have all the proof and there is no chance your wrong, why all the time spent trying to disprove others? Please indicate where I can find the decryption of the oldest writings found? Of course you can’t because it hasn’t been done! Right along with thousands of readable tablets not documented! Why is this such a threat to you? As this was nothing more directed attack using cherry picked info to justify your ? You have good info use it to make the case not to try to destroy others, it serves only your ego or your masters.

[@ammary565]

Since you know about the Anunnaki’s and the planet, X refer to planet Nibiru . Since you probably already know the Anunnaki’s came here to planet earth about 250,000 years ago and the other form the GG’s were there slaves minding gold for their planet. I can’t believe people support your channel. You’re completely false about what you are saying. If you know the truth, you should speak it do not hide it. Thanks for listening.

[@Poraqui]

I've always equated these "alternative archeologists/historians" as story tellers not history educators. They present themselves as the smartest in the room, but after thorough dismantling of their shtick in channels like this one, they're only fools with an audience. They're getting rich on account of people's gullibility, lack of critical thinking and laziness to further their own knowledge on a given subject from solid reputable sources. Thank you for another video that gives back people their true history knowledge.

[@suryadevararao1795]

Dig deeper to find out the truth or have your own fantasies by looking at the pictures, symbols, statues etc.,. First option takes time and hard work. For the second option a little innocent imagination to ability to create cooked up stories with some purpose works. Thanks Dr.Miano for analyzing such videos for people like me.