How much did THE SUMERIANS know about our SOLAR SYSTEM?

[@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.

[@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!

[@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.

[@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!

[@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.

[@tank3323]

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

[@penoge]

I'm sorry for your pupils!

[@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?

[@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!

[@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

[@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 ....

[@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.

[@Bombsuprise]

"Pass by 7 planets" pretty much invalidates Bright's entire approach. Would his brain explode at how big the orbits are? Or that Mercury, on average, is the closest planet to ALL the other planets? It's like he saw an image with all the planets in their order in the solar system and just thought you'd have to cruise past all of them to get to Earth.

[@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)

[@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,

[@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?

[@kungfumaster12]

18:52 these 3 symbols are more likely the 3 most important symbols of the sky. North star, moon, sun. That's why the sun and star are in a circle.

[@Dreaming_Big_09]

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.

[@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

[@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

[@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!

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@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!

[@kungfumaster12]

17:59 looks more like this image depicts night and day. Left is night with moon. Right is day with sun. Stars normally have 8 points in all the other images you showed. Except this image and the original image of this videos topic.

[@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

[@MaokiDLuffy]

In Brazil we cover the sumerians in middle school

[@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.

[@kungfumaster12]

26:29 could be a way to depict non shiny celestial bodies.

[@stainlessdoom3433]

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

[@WorldofAntiquity]

I appreciate that!

[@thiagokawano1618]

Even if the Sumerians knew about axial precession (which they probably didn't), all that would be required is to keep track of the position of the stars and compare it every year, which being one of the earliest civilizations to adopt a writing system, would be doable without the need for aliens or a hyper-advanced civilization, unless they were unable to look up.

[@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

[@rdatta]

This has to be one of the biggest and most effective smackdown of one of these so-called alternative theory videos. Dr. Miano's patience and detail is exemplary and instructive. Thank you!

[@elliefors6006]

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

[@stephenshakazulu]

Big disinformation

[@kungfumaster12]

34:43 the moon isn't always in the crescent moon phase. And there is 12 phases of the moon. So it could be a depiction of the moon cycle. And the middle one is a lunar or solar eclipse. 😮

[@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...?

[@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.

[@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?

[@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

[@lemonadetheworld]

*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.

[@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"

[@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.

[@kungfumaster12]

26:49 since he's a farmer. It could represent 12 months of harvest.

[@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.

[@kungfumaster12]

15:21 Any tool that is man made is low technology. If it has a power source, then it's high technology.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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😊

[@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...😊).

[@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.

[@kungfumaster12]

26:54 So its possible the depiction is of a constellation. Maybe the one for his zodiac sign. Virgo is the only constellation with 12 stars 😊 mystery solved. Y'all welcomed 😌

[@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"

[@ZorValachan]

Late comment, but Bright's saying that "people only lived half our ages back then" is a common misunderstanding of average life expectancy. People didn't drop dead at 35-40 from old age. Infant and youth mortality (disease/violence) brought the life expectancy age down. Consider; an infant dies before its 1st year is over and an old man dies at 80. The average life expectancy is 40. We have many records in ancient history of people living to old age. Antipater (81), Parminion (70 when assassinated), Augustus (75), Tiberius (77). Alexander was considered young when he died at 32. These are reliable ages written down. dating through anthropology (bone fusion, growth, healed injuries/diseases) shows this was the case even further back in history/pre-history.

[@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?

[@Jaggerbush]

It sucks that his misinformation was viewed 3.7 million times and this correct account of history got 87k views.

[@shannonmcstormy5021]

Here's the thing.....these cultures are amazing. What we know about them is amazing (minus the slavery part). They don't need additional "Wow." P.s. There wasn't a world flood. Yes, some cultures talk about it, but the scientific evidence for a world flood doesn't exist. There is evidence for some big floods in part of the world and if you only knew about part of the world, it is understandable that you (a member of an ancient culture) would think the entire world flooded, but the world never experienced such a thing (at least while mankind was around).

[@jamisojo]

Agreed!

[@joearnold6881]

Yes. The garden is beautiful without us having to believe fairies live in it as well.

[@martin971]

I am extremely grateful for your videos that tell the truth. Thank you

[@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!

[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@HeatherWP]

I’m absolutely loving your work and the content on this channel. It’s like a breath of fresh air. I have spent many years of study dedicated to the gods of ancient times and then here comes aliens. I’m not terribly close minded so I gave these theories a good sporting chance. Then, I began to notice inconsistencies piling up and it seemed that translating ancient tablets, glyphs, etc. wasn’t exactly the most important part of their… agenda???… if that’s the correct word I’m not sure but let’s say agenda. So, I got rather exhausted by trying to find legitimate information regarding ancient Mesopotamia and their deities whilst sifting out what was alien agenda and what was proper academic work. Now, I’m learning to read the cuneiform myself. Not even beginning with Akkadian but jumping straight into the Sumerian. My interest in the Ancient gods is global but I felt that learning this ancient writing, learning this ancient language was more important than all the others because I can’t rely on translations from Mesopotamia. So to see someone like yourself who actually possesses sound and logical reasoning skills and is not coming at the subject from the point of some alien agenda or even a biblical agenda… just, thank you. Thank you so much.🥹🥰💕 PS: I’m aware that this is an older video but I only just found your channel and I’m so glad that I did. Searching through so much of this alien stuff really began to take a toll on me so I guess maybe I would have found this when it was new if not for my hiatus away from the whole of KZbin as it pertains to this subject. Thank you again

[@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.

[@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.

[@TheStobb50]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@ernestolombardo5811]

Sheesh... last night I paused after the first minute of this video, to put a pin on the other video and browse the content of that channel's videos. Right away something smelled way off with the lurid clickbait titles, but it was time for bed, so I put off continuing until now, which is one day later. Here I am again, watched THIS video, and I've seen more than enough to keep this excellent channel on my feed and block the other rubbish one forever. Man oh man, does sensationalist misinformation gaming the algorithm rub me the wrong way with sandpaper. As a night owl, I remember Stitchin and his gold-loving aliens, on that 90s late night AM radio conspiracy crapfest Coast To Coast with Art Bell. My sympathies to Dr Miano for having to grapple with the stinky mud of that other channel. The hero we need.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@_Thoughtful_Aquarius_]

🤔Can anyone tell me more about the image @18:32 ?

[@_Thoughtful_Aquarius_]

@@darklight2.1 ​ ​​ It's amazing that a nitwit like you would regularly visit this channel.

[@Deipnosophist_the_Gastronomer]

@@_Thoughtful_Aquarius_ Acme Clockworks represents the work of Steven Parker. As you browse through the site, you will also find pieces that result from collaborative efforts with other artists - the synergy of such creation is incredibly rewarding. Over the years, Steven Parker has been active in the design and manufacture of product in two industries - toys and jewelry. The work you see here brings together the knowledge culled from that experience with the elements of mechanics, narrative, and an interactive experience woven throughout. Another element present in some of Mr. Parker's work may be apparent in the discoveries documented here of Mr. Parker’s alter ego, Dr. Kent Streaver - a barely perceptible hint of parody. We hope you enjoy the work shown here, and look forward to adding more to the mix.

[@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

[@pavlosjoller4324]

Great presentation, sarcasm is fantastic love it

[@P0cketfull0fsunshine]

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

[@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.

[@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 .

[@avd-wd9581]

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

[@spencerhahn1635]

I'd wonder why aliens seemingly had such little impact? The agricultural revolution took place thousands of years before Sumer, and the domestication of wild plants and animals took thousands of years, the transition from hunter gatherers to semi-sedentary semi-farming communities with new tools like the space aged rocks-stuck-in-a-stick-scythe, then thousands of years later pottery emerging, larger cities and temples and social hierarchies and ALL thousands of years before written Sumerian history. Sumer wasn't some anomaly that suddenly poofed into existence, needing to be explained away by aliens.

[@antondovydaitis2261]

They didn't even teach people to wash their hands.

[@Littleprinceleon]

This comment deserves more likes in order to be seen by those who accidentally wondered off from those alternative "research" channels

[@Mjölnir-þ]

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

[@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.

[@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 ..

[@wilcowen]

I know im nine months late but you can find a lot of them on the electronic text corpus of Sumerian literature

[@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

[@ashleybrister5033]

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

[@tehbonehead]

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

[@Astras-Stargate]

Thank you for this video! I could never have watched Bright's video without knowing you would make sense of it for me. (first time visitor BTW) Yeah I remember Sitchin--he's the one who made it almost impossible to find any real information on the internet about Nibiru, because he said it was the 12th planet. (The truth is out there LOL!!) There's a lot of comments on Bright's video saying how wonderful his know-it-all attitude was and even more from others testifying they were taught about the Sumerians in school. It's terrible how some people have made so much money by interpreting the images and icons from a culture they really never studied because they know "what" it looks like. Sorry for the rant. Thank you for setting the record straight!

[@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....

[@jorisessers4209]

This guy from Bright Insight is sooo dangerous. He does sound soo convincing if you don't think deeper. So glad that you provide real information debunking his stories. What he does is criminal: he poisens the mind of people....

[@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.

[@wailingalen]

Like and subbed sir. Docs and non fiction is pretty much all I watch on yt and there is allot of clickbait attention and clout seekers on the internet. It's refreshing to see things being checked.

[@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.

[@masterdecats6418]

This channel is criminally underrated

[@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.

[@janettehill8544]

Great video and well reasoned. Your point about looking to what the Sumerians actually say about a given subject, can't be stressed enough. Subjective reasoning can hardly be taken seriously without some hard evidence to support it. I would point out that I do believe in the potential of ancient aliens, but so far have not seen a smoking gun.

[@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!

[@whyis45stillalive]

22:24 the missing triangle piece, (at approximately 1 O'clock), has been found, and placed. There's a good video of the British museum, (where the map is located), presented, by Irving Finkle. One of his students found the piece, in a forgotten box of pieces, in the museum's collection.

[@marrrtin]

Amateurs can never be bothered to establish context. That leaves them free to cherry-pick factoids supporting any crackpot theory. However, academic historians today have multiple lines of evidence available to them.

[@OSNLebuna]

“Why ask for new material when you haven’t studied the available material” !!!!!!!!

[@paulageometrie2309]

"Is it Pluto a planet? give me a break, what a stupid discussion that is, some scientist who wants to redefin this ... grow up" The irony...

[@antiganadasilva8899]

The Asyrians copy the information from sumarians that is a fact stop it . Why not the asyrian and sumarian story of creation . You are crazy

[@antiganadasilva8899]

Kkkkk gelous person like you think knows everithg. Who are you to deny what the sumarian. Do you know the language? I know the language. Sitchin is almost correct. Not 100%correct THOUGH what he said make sence