Uncovering Secrets of Mesopotamian Medicine | Dr. Irving Finkel

[@jdstar6352]

In Japan they have craftspeople designated as "national treasures." Surely Irving Finkel deserves no less.

[@cattymajiv]

So true! He is such a treasure! ❤

[@WindTurbineSyndrome]

how come he hasnt' got a series of letters after his name. Maybe King Charles will give him an OBE?

[@batzzz2044]

Lmao why? Just regurgitated lies like every schlomo

[@ArchaeologyNow]

@@WindTurbineSyndrome Maybe we should initiate a letter-writing campaign!

[@erbalumkan369]

If he were Japanese.

[@ClearlyPixelated]

Medicine, ancient history, and Dr Finkel?! KZbin, you know my heart!!

[@ArchaeologyNow]

We're here for you!!!

[@andrewlast1535]

I can’t tell you how happy I am to know there are real dudes like this and it isn’t just a movie trope. Lol

[@anna_in_aotearoa3166]

The medical history is fascinating but honestly as a former librarian, I was most impressed by the HIGHLY developed cataloging systems of the royal librarians!! Very carefully-thought-out metadata levels both for finding things easily in a huge collection & keeping track of which documents were related to each other. Bravo! Would dearly love to see a presentation one day focusing specifically on the development of these systems & on who was doing the cataloguing & other library work...?

[@ArchaeologyNow]

Oh, that's an interesting thought! Thank you!

[@markfisher5119]

It's too bad that the actual content was anything but actual medicine. It worked great if the patient was going to get better anyway. The major exception is probably broken bones. They were pretty good with fractures, although all of their knowledge was empirical.

[@TheDiscoDevil]

@@markfisher5119 Can you explain why you do not think it is actual medicine? This statement seems to directly oppose the lecturers’ perspective.

[@koltoncrane3099]

Mark Medicine today is pushed to promote big pharma monopolies, high prices and higher taxes. Pills are more lucrative then cheaper imported drugs that’s why they made em illegal. But seriously some Native American illegal medicine is more effective then so called western medicine in some cases like depression. Look it up

[@ArchaeologyNow]

It just occurs...wonder how the Mesopotamian systems might have differed from Egyptian systems of creating order AND wonder if any research has taken place in either system? One still mourns the demise of the Great Library of Alexandria

[@ArieSchwartz]

You know it's going to be good when the opening line is, "Hello, my name is Irving Finkel."

[@ArchaeologyNow]

It's always a thrill, isn't it!

[@aariley2]

Dr. Finkel is an absolute riot! Love 'em! Wish he had taught at my University!

[@koksalceylan9032]

Dr. Finkel is a treasure,wish him long life,good health 😊

[@gregmunro1137]

Dr. Finkle educates and provides humour in such a charming manner. He could make the phone book sound interesting

[@cattymajiv]

You are so right! Indeed he could! ❤

[@ArchaeologyNow]

Hmmmmm...now there is a fascinating idea! Interestingly, in our lifetime, a phonebook has gone extinct. Such a sad state of affairs because it allowed one to be completely nosey and peer into the lives of others. It also has been a rich source of information for those studying genealogy.

[@greghansen38]

The wizard, Dr. Irving Finkel, reveals ancient wisdom.

[@StanJan]

Dr. Irving ! “THE” Curator !

[@CapWalks1]

Thank God I never met Professor Finkle when I was an impressionable young man. If I had, I would have taken a vow of poverty and devoted my life to archeology.

[@charleshuguley9323]

Wonderful! Another presentation by Dr. Finkle!

[@AriPiispanen-r3d]

Mr Irwin Finkel is truly a master of rhetoric and teaching in the most marvelous way. No chance that someone got tired to listen to his learning and speech.

[@beamazed1162]

1. There are not a large number of bronzes unearthed in Egypt. The latest archeology proves that they were built by construction workers, not slaves. Slaves can eat high-quality beef and be buried near the pyramids. 2. There is no history of bronze ware in Europe. Only a very small amount of bronze is picked up from the water or bought from the antique market. In this way, carbon 14 cannot be measured (compare Sanxingdui in China to see what bronzes can be carbon 14 tested) 3. There is no bronze in Europe. Astronomical calendar (China has many observatory sites, and there are no such sites in Europe. It takes hundreds or thousands of years of continuous observation, calculation, and accumulation to have a calendar) 4. Europe does not have unified weights and measures. China has unified weights and measures for more than 2,000 years. Many measuring instruments have been unearthed in China. There is no unified weights and measures in Europe, so where can advanced arithmetic come from? 5. There is no writing in Europe that can record history. Language expressions are different in different places and in each period. Only China, Korea, Japan and Vietnam in the world have writing, speaking and recording history. It is a separate mode. The writing mode has not changed for thousands of years to record history. Can anyone overturn the above points? If it cannot be overturned, then ancient Babylon (has anyone obtained a cuneiform dictionary and translated the clay tablets?), ancient Egypt, and ancient Greece are all fake. Ancient Rome (in the north of Arabia), which China called Fulinguo (Purum), was not Rome. It had a certain degree of civilization, but its technology was also considered to be ordinary and crude. Europe renamed this to the Roman Empire.. If you look at the technology of China's Song Dynasty and the Sanxingdui ruins, you will know the reason. Note that the first steam engine-driven car was also in China, but it is a pity that the Ming Dynasty, the creator of civilization, had the technology stolen by the barbarian Manchus and European missionaries, and the real history was edited. 6. If the Babylonian civilization was as great as described in the textbook, why was the writing still written on clay tablets? Why not use noble sheepskin? 7. There is no such grammatical dictionary for cuneiform writing that can translate these clay tablets into modern writing for ordinary people. Without such a dictionary, they can make fakes at will. If there are 100 chariot and horse remains excavated on the earth, then 99 are in China. If there are 1,000 bronze artifacts unearthed on earth, 999 are in China. This is an estimate, and the real ratio is definitely higher. Apart from China, there is no other bronze civilization. This should become a public opinion in the historians Everything must be carbon-14 tested and corroborated by multiple evidences. China’s history has been corroborated by multiple evidences The ancient nautical chart of ancient Egypt is marked as Babylon, which is the map of China 600 years ago（it was codified by European missionaries to 1601）： www.loc.gov/item/2010585650/ This is a map of Europe：commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Geographia_by_Ptolemy,_Aphricae_Tabula_III,_1540_Basel_edition_-_Maps_of_Africa_-_Robert_C._Williams_Paper_Museum_-_DSC00625.JPG Babylon was so civilized, so why did it write on clay tablets? And Egypt is so developed, why does it not have any steel smelting, and even bronze tools and cultural relics are very few. In China alone, Sanxingdui estimates hundreds of tons of bronzes, and there are all kinds of daily necessities. In addition, as for the calendar you mentioned, there are many observatory sites in China, and the officials who observed astronomy in ancient times have been dedicated to studying the world for more than ten generations. Everything China does is related to agriculture and life. It is not a waste of energy and no use value as you said. The Great Wall was built to protect against barbarians such as the Mongols, Turks, and Huns. Did the Pyramid of Khufu spend so much manpower for the exhibition? Bronze ware was first found naturally in Asia Minor. But it is made of natural copper, while China discovered smelted copper pipes 6,700 years ago ，The early bronze objects discovered in Europe and the United States were very small, while the early bronze objects in China were very large. If ancient bronze ware weighed 100kg, then Europe accounted for 0.001kg, and China accounted for 99.999kg

[@cattymajiv]

Not only is Irving extremely knowledgeable but he's also lots of fun! He's 1 of a kind, a total gem! I'm very easily bored, but I could listen to his lectures all day. I will never get enough! ❣❤💜💙💕

[@hannahbrown2728]

My favorite thing abour Dr. Finkel, beyond the obvious, such as his infectious enthusiasm and lovingly hilarious form of lecturing; is that he looks like he has to be careful about reading out anything in Sumerian, Akkadian, etc. for fear that his power will be too great and he will cast an incredibly dangerous spell. Many of my favorite lecturers just straight up look like wizards. Edit: Also his willingness to muse about things that are so utterly human. Theres a non zero chance many professionals of whatever field in many a country in antiquity got pestered by scholar tourists, and that one of them fed the person transcribing the info absolute horseshit.

[@ArchaeologyNow]

THIS!!! It's the quality that we love best about him! One never knows exactly what little tidbit will pique his interest, causing a fascinatingly unexpected riff.

[@paulapridy6804]

Irving Finkel is a living treasure. Nuff said.

[@MaggieMm10]

Nooo I missed it! Thanks so much Dr. Finkel and Archaeology Now. Love from Australia 💜

[@ArchaeologyNow]

Never fear, a recording will be released here. However, the treat for the live audience is the opportunity to ask questions...stay tuned or log on to our website at archaeologynow.org to stay up to date on his upcoming events! We will also post updates on our Community Section of our channel.

[@SootSootSootSooty]

So fascinating 🤍 I love Dr Finkel 🤍🤍🤍

[@SolidRollin]

I'm a fanatic for Finkel!

[@timbob1145]

Definitely preferred to that Einhorn.

[@string-bag]

Dr. Finkel is a treasure.

[@anamariaclaragrama-asztalo5562]

Dr. Finkel should voice and present everything in the World. Beautiful presentation.

[@cattymajiv]

He us so wonderful! ❤

[@authormichellefranklin]

Dr Finkel is the best!

[@roryryan2933]

What a scholar and a gentleman!

[@merlapittman5034]

This man is an absolute marvel! I love his lectures!

[@husambotros3958]

Assyrians were the specialist in this field as i believe.. thank you Archaeology now and Dr. Irving. Great video and information.

[@ArchaeologyNow]

Thank you so much

[@RigepFroggit]

Would make sense, like the Romans they were extremely militaristic and the health of their armies would have been very important to their culture.

[@nagoranerides3150]

Suddenly a floating head appears in the darkness and starts telling you about Mesopotamian medicine. Roll for initiative.

[@marijntaal1531]

A new lecture by Dr. Irving Finkel! A blessing from the lord!

[@ArchaeologyNow]

Stay ready - the day approacheth! Be in your seat with beverage at hand on Sunday, June 11 at 3pm CDT for the next installment!

[@rainbowdancer2862]

Irving Finkel transports us to Ancient Mesopotamia to 'bathe' in true cuneiform knowledge... as per the library of King Ashurbanipal [a scribe who learnt wisdom & the value of keeping records & became one of most significant Kings in History] Dr Finkel follows in the footsteps of George Smith, (1840-1876) British Museum Assyriologist, who pieced together cuneiform script from clay tablets in the BM archive to reveal 'The Flood Story' and the Epic of Gigamesh. Great talk, Dr Finkel, you & the BM team open our minds to where civilisation began. More of the same, please!🙂🙂✳✳

[@rainbowdancer2862]

🙂Thank you, thank you, Archeology Now... for opening the 'Gates of knowledge' to so many & giving a zoom-podium to Ambassadors of the Ancients such as Dr Irving Finkel. As someone who's seen Irving Finkel's dynamic lectures first-hand @British Museum!!; it's obvious the thirst for Finkelesque ancient wisdom & enlightenment is truly 'hitting home' from the great viewing figures. Well Done, Archeology Now. Keep up the good work. ✳✳

[@Northcountry1926]

@@rainbowdancer2862🎯🎯🎯

[@ArchaeologyNow]

@@rainbowdancer2862 So happy to be here for you and to offer presentations that showcase the wonders of humanity. THANK YOU for your support.

[@lindasue8719]

And on an unrelated note... when I was married, my father requested the service be held in a local Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in canada. The priest had such a thick accent, alas, that he was mostly not understandable and people asked me after the service what language he was speaking. For myself I was so stressed out I don't remember much and couldn't make out anything he said. The only thing I do remember is that he exclaimed at some point, "Mesopotamia!" And how it was relevant, I have no idea lol

[@domfel2123]

I love your lectures Irving.

[@WindTurbineSyndrome]

I so enjoy Dr. Irving Finkel's explanation and lectures on his work on ancient Babylon and Sumeria. I think we get a lot of govt and medical structure from this ancient civilization. Many similarities with how the culture structured itself seems to be in use today. Fascinating. Wish more people would watch these. Go watch his video on how he discovered the original Noah's Ark story and how he set out to build a small scale copy of the ARK which was round. I hope he has great staff he is training up behind him to keep this scholarly research going on into mid 21th century. I hope more stellae turn up that advance his knowledge. Many of these writings are in private collections.

[@anna_in_aotearoa3166]

Dr Finkel & team's reconstruction of a downscaled Sumerian ark was definitely another presentation I found fascinating & have watched several times! And yeah, isn't it interesting how much incidental knowledge gets accidentally folded into a culture's folktales, myths and religious stories? Whether it's information about surrounding geography or enemy peoples, available dietary items, gender or class relations, prevailing weather & available domesticated animals at the time, etc etc.... Teasing that back out from amidst all the exercise of imagination and wishful thinking can be tricky, and when done without good scientific method can often lead to 'ancient aliens' type conspiracy thinking? 🙄 But as part of seeking data in concert with rigorous examination of all the other available evidence, I find it a really fascinating field of endeavor!

[@johnrohde5510]

With dynastic marriages between Egypt, Syria and Mesopotamia it's perhaps likely that brides would bring doctors or prescriptions with them to their new home.

[@Green.Country.Agroforestry]

When Urushiol is applied to a surface lesion that is resistant to normal healing, it provokes an immune response in the immediate area .. leading the body's immune system to mount a response against the offensive pathogen(s). Before going to the extreme measure of rubbing poison ivy, oak, or sumac on an open wound, first try the efficacy of the following, preferably in combinations of two or more: Thyme, Oregano, Bee Balm or horsemint for thymol, Wintergreen for methyl salicylate, Eucalyptol from Eucalyptus or gum trees, or Menthol from peppermint and its relatives.

[@pointsnorth3924]

Culpepper recommends Borage for ringworm. For cuts I use Weleda Hypercal Salve for Painful Cuts. It contains Calendula which repairs the collagen between cells and Hypericum perforatum, the oil of which was used by crusaders to heal their wounds and which is reputed to be effective against tetanus. I have written down your recommendations. I am planning to make herbal salves from my own plants.

[@janicejames3005]

Lovely. Thanks to you both. I live in the Caribbean and we have used herbs for healing for generations. Over the past 60 years Western medicine has debunked everything that we do calling it bush medicine with no basis in science. Very demoralizing for us older folk.

[@Green.Country.Agroforestry]

@@pointsnorth3924 I grow quite a lot of borage .. I'll keep that in mind, if the need to treat ringworm arises! We are now cultivating broad leaf plantain, hopefully we will be able to offer it through the online nursery in a year or two .. it is EXCELLENT for accelerating healing. I recall betadine made an antiseptic ointment with a water base some time back .. I don't know if they still make it, but that preparation kept the injured skin edges hydrated so well that scarring was minimal, or none existent. Great stuff if you can't find the right herbs.

[@annettefournier9655]

Thyme and oregano are marvelous. They kill bacteria and fungus! If all you have are 4 choices add peppermint which helps muscle spasms and lavender which helps nerve pain as well. Plus they do other things of course . If you are limited then these cover most bases. Except for fever. Plants are wonderful things chemically.

[@pointsnorth3924]

@@Green.Country.Agroforestry Yes, I am well aware of the power of plantain too. I have an idea about creating a medicinal herb nursery. I have lots of St John's Wort plants, the seed of which I collected locally, to begin with. They are a herb of the sun. They are antibiotic and also are prescribed for depression. There is so much medicine all around us. The knowledge of medicinal plants should be taught in school. As a forestry, you must be familiar with Pine Needle Tea. After Storm Arwen, I collected and dried Scots Pine Needles from the fallen trees. The flavour is delicate and delicious .Note the "u" I am in Scotland! You are near Broken Arrow.

[@differous01]

The knowledge in Nineveh's hundreds of tablets [16:55] was a great find for Archaeology, but an immense loss to that city. Nobody expected law & order to be restored there and, fearing a similar fate, Egypt, Canaan and Judea formed an alliance against Assyria. Judea's king Josiah thwarted that plan, but Elam established its own library, and Nineveh rose as a proto-Iranian city, ahead of the dawn of Persia.

[@PortmanRd]

If you don't know where you've come from you won't know you're going to. Just love ancient history. 👍

[@matyasbuzgo3410]

For one teaching pharmacognosy and botany for non-science mayors, this clip is of immense value! Thank you so much, please never remove or break the link.

[@lindagates9150]

He is the god of games and their rules . Plus worshiped by those who sail in round boats and those who wish to learn more about how best to make medical tablets neat and readable 😊

[@nicoleorton5299]

Gosh, we’re all so much better off having heard this.Thanks

[@AndreyBogoslowskyNewYorkCity]

Dr. Finkel. In my humble opinion, you deserve a title of a professor, and certainly, most certainly to be knighted in your own domain, locally. I think of you as one of the greatest minds walking on 🌍. I wish you prosperity and health to you and to everyone you know. I revisit your lectures on many occasions, because I appreciate you’re not wasting my time, and every word in your lectures has a huge significance for me personally, and hopefully for my art students. Truly yours Andrey #Bogoslowsky .🦁🤴 A.k.a. immortal king Gilgamesh If you ever need any help, please reach out

[@StandedInUtah]

I just bought his novel The Writing in the Stone. I will start reading after I hit send! I am so excited!!

[@yvonnethompson5568]

absolutely marvelous Dr. Finkle

[@simpleiowan3123]

This man is a treasure. A real feather in the UK’s cap 👍

[@ckotty]

Mesmerising lecture. Fascinating subject and sharing your wisdom, knowledge and experience is a privilege for us. Enough of that 😃. I do defend that it's perplexing how the, arguably, first human great civilization got from nothing to have encyclopedias about medicine, writings about maths, stars, education, agriculture, architecture and planning... Their writings seem to cover most sciences... That's what puzzles me. Great lecture, could listen to you for hours 👋🏽👋🏽👋🏽

[@ArchaeologyNow]

Demonstrates the capacities of the human soul to reach for the infinite and to be awed by the universe.

[@dowdayjing8442]

If ML algorithms are going to provide useful results then we’ll need people like Dr. Finkle to cross check them. A GANs (generative adversial networks) with him giving a thumbs up or down on the result would help immensely. We need qualified professors in the loop

[@coranova]

What an absolute treat! ❤

[@deejayk5939]

This is so interesting that medical knowledge was so organized, amazing!

[@JamesBach-hz1pc]

He makes it real He takes you there He shows you why it matters Dr Irving Finkel💎 WONDERFUL

[@Bildgesmythe]

Thank you! Love Dr Finkel.

[@markusgorelli5278]

Maybe the problem was that there were too many student doctors wandering around the place and in order to get business (or people to practice their training on) and make a name for themselves they offered their services for free in the market. And if they were able to make someone well, that person would in turn recommend them to everyone. Think about it like being in a university town with a substantial medical campus.

[@annettefournier9655]

Absolutely adore Dr. Irving Finkel. 😂❤

[@lolaost9559]

Fascinating information. Thank you to all that keep and treasure human history.

[@graymouser1]

Wow, the character assassination of Herodotus! Savage! note: For anyone looking, as I was, the third of this series has not yet happened. In the age of instant gratification, I confess I find this vexing.

[@ArchaeologyNow]

It builds character!

[@Northcountry1926]

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[@gravitycat792]

Why does Dr. Finkel only record these when he's in my backyard at 2 am?

[@MichaelKingsfordGray]

Quite. We Australian aborigines have transmitted similar curative use of local flora for at least 65,000 years. (And use of vegetable poisons for stunning fish) Our females are true botanists. But only transmitted through verbal and song means. Our "writing" is used for mapping: both seasonal resources, and astronomy.

[@johanneswerner1140]

Interesting about the writing. I'd like to learn more about that. Writing systems (in a wider sense) are always interesting! In many parts of the world we have "folk remedies", though they got lost in some places. I think it was a video by Eugenio Monesma (spelling?) about preparing snakes to treat illness in rural Spain...

[@MichaelKingsfordGray]

@@johanneswerner1140 The "writing" of which I speak is comprised of dot pictures of different hues.

[@cattymajiv]

@@MichaelKingsfordGray It's such a shame that it is not discussed more! I am making a note of it in my list of things that I need to read more about. Thank you very much for mentioning it! I am unsure how accurate the depictions are of your people, but I have always found the art very fascinating. I think a lot of it was not meant as art, but as communication. But it is very beautiful in many ways. I will try to learn.

[@MichaelKingsfordGray]

@@cattymajiv Thank you for your keen interest and intent. You are correct about your perceptive distinction between Art & Messaging. You might wish to place at the forefront of your cogitation that the much-touted "art" is but a bland trivialization of the culture. "Easy" to digest for the uninitiated. But it is Science that my ancestors concocted in order to survive, in one of the harshest environments, to be the oldest human civilization on the planet.

[@cattymajiv]

@@MichaelKingsfordGray Thank you very much for your reply. It was very interesting. I did sort of get the idea that is what it was, but I would hesitate to say that I "knew" that, because I actually know next to nothing, even about the aboriginal cultures nearest to where I've always lived, in Western Canada. I believe aboriginal or indigenous people have always had very difficult lives, and so did need to transmit and recieve as much practical information as was possible. There must have always been very high mortality rates, with knowledge and skill being supremely important, and with luck as far as climate and weather often making the difference between survival and death. That's a big part of why aboriginal cultures are so interesting, no matter where they exist, now or in the past. I love to learn about the simlarities and differences, from the perspectives of the people themselves. But it's so utterly tragic that they've always been treated in such a terrible manor. I can't see why the prejudices in societies never seem to go away. I can't understand why some people cling to the idea that a small feeling of power or superiority is more important than mutual acceptable and learning between us all. It was kind of you to reply to me as you did. It is much appreciated. My best wishes to you and and all of your loved ones. From Barbara. (My name means barbarian, strange, foreign, or savage, all words that were so often used to refer to indigenous peoples, essentially as an insult. So in a small way I too have been insulted for no reason.) I'm sorry for digressing here again. I hope you and those you care about are all safe, healthy, and happy. ✌🏼❤💜💙

[@Unpluggedx89]

It's like listening to Dumbledore explain ancient history and in no way is that an insult

[@beamazed1162]

1. There are not a large number of bronzes unearthed in Egypt. The latest archeology of the pyramids proves that they were built by construction workers, not slaves. Slaves could eat high-quality beef and be buried near the pyramids. 2. There is no history of bronzes in Europe. There are only a small amount of bronzes picked up from the water or bought from antique markets. In this way, it is impossible to do carbon 14 testing (compare Sanxingdui in China to see what bronzes can be carbon 14 tested), or natural copper products. Not smelting. 3. There is no astronomical calendar in Europe, so ancient Europeans did not know the exact time and could only roughly estimate a period of 6,000 years (there are many observatory sites in China, and there are no such sites in Europe. It takes hundreds or thousands of years of continuous observation and calculation , only through accumulation can we have a calendar. The history of civilization alone can be recorded to nearly 5,000 years, of which 3,000 years are not stories, but almost completely real history, verified by multiple evidences) 4. Europe does not have unified weights and measures, but China has unified weights and measures. It has been more than 2,000 years, and many measuring instruments have been unearthed in China. There is no unified weights and measures in Europe, so where can advanced arithmetic come from? 5. There is no writing in Europe that can record history. Language expressions are different in different places and in each period. The only writing in the world that has recorded history is Chinese characters, which are Chinese characters in China, Korea, Japan and Vietnam. Moreover, speaking and writing are separate modes, and the writing mode has not changed for thousands of years. Only in this way can history be recorded. Can anyone overturn the above points? If it cannot be overturned, then ancient Babylon (has any ordinary person obtained a cuneiform dictionary and translated the clay tablet text?), ancient Egypt, and ancient Greece are all stories. Can the stories be discussed as real things? Ancient Rome (in northern Arabia), which China called fulinguo (purum), was not called Rome (rum). It had a certain degree of civilization, but people in the Song Dynasty also thought that their technology was ordinary and crude (Sharaf al-Zamān Marvazī: "Tahā'l al -hayawan"), Europe is likely to rewrite this as the Roman Empire. If you look at the technology of China's Song Dynasty and the Sanxingdui ruins, you will know why. Note that the first steam engine-driven car also appeared in China, but it is a pity that the Ming Dynasty, the creator of civilization, had the technology stolen by the barbarian Manchus and European missionaries, and forged a false history. 6. If the Babylonian civilization was as great as described in the textbook, why was the writing still written on clay tablets? Why not use noble sheepskin? 7. There is no such grammatical dictionary for cuneiform writing. With the help of grammatical dictionaries, ordinary people can translate these clay tablets into modern writing. Without such a dictionary, they can make false claims at will. If there are 1,000 bronze artifacts unearthed on earth, 999 are in China. This is an estimate, and the real ratio is definitely higher. Apart from China, there is no other bronze civilization (a civilization must be proven by the simultaneous appearance of a large number of bronze smelting sites and a large number of unearthed cultural relics of bronze vessels used in daily life). This should become a public opinion in the field of history. The ancient nautical chart of ancient Egypt is marked as Babylon, which is the map of China 600 years ago（it was codified by European missionaries to 1601）： www.loc.gov/item/2010585650/ This is a map of Europe：commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Geographia_by_Ptolemy,_Aphricae_Tabula_III,_1540_Basel_edition_-_Maps_of_Africa_-_Robert_C._Williams_Paper_Museum_-_DSC00625.JPG Babylon was so civilized, so why did it write on clay tablets? And Egypt is so developed, why does it not have any steel smelting, and even bronze tools and cultural relics are very few. In China alone, Sanxingdui estimates hundreds of tons of bronzes, and there are all kinds of daily necessities. In addition, as for the calendar you mentioned, there are many observatory sites in China, and the officials who observed astronomy in ancient times have been dedicated to studying the world for more than ten generations. Everything China does is related to agriculture and life. It is not a waste of energy and no use value as you said. The Great Wall was built to protect against barbarians such as the Mongols, Turks, and Huns. Did the Pyramid of Khufu spend so much manpower for the exhibition? Bronze ware was first found naturally in Asia Minor. But it is made of natural copper, while China discovered smelted copper pipes 6,700 years ago ，The early bronze objects discovered in Europe and the United States were very small, while the early bronze objects in China were very large. If ancient bronze ware weighed 100kg, then Europe accounted for 0.001kg, and China accounted for 99.999kg

[@szymonbaranowski8184]

it may actually work, forcing higher inflammation can cause antiinflammatory reaction of body but if applied to chronically inflamed it can certainly kill you instead of help by shocking into recovery

[@whisped8145]

35:00 Oh, that makes a lot of sense. Just think of the "Dandelion" - The German word is even more direct in plainly calling it "Lion Tooth," and its leaves can be used in a spinach like fashion (though you shouldn't just take those off the roadside but rather but a nice clean meadow). Now if some standard medicinal recipe of our times somehow contained "Lion Tooth" and thousands of years later the next civilization uncovers that, they might first have to think that we must have had an extensive lion breeding industry, but just couldn't find any of those lion farms. Only chicken and cows and pigs. It's a mystery! - It also makes a lot of those witch-concoctions sound less icky with this approach.

[@ArchaeologyNow]

Great comment!

[@shellyharry8189]

what a treasure you are, Dr Finkel!

[@gregkral4467]

What a fascinating look into the lives and culture of the past. Fascinating, and how wonderful that these tablets have lasted this long to such a degree. And how on earth people have learned to decipher that beautiful writing, is astounding. I really must look up more of the history of that.

[@analysisonlight605]

Has anyone else noticed how small the writing on the clay tablets are? Not just the clay tablets in this vid, but others as well? How long did they live back then? If they lived past 50 -60 years, and people older than 50 wrote and/or read these tablets, they apparently did not need reading glasses. Interesting!

[@nolaanderson6884]

He reminds me of the kind of stories my Grandpa would tell. I would be riveted to him for hours.❤

[@grey8940]

Damn, that guy Irving is so cool. I would love to have dinner a few times with that guy!

[@disky01]

These are always so fascinating, thank you!

[@tiffanyannhowe1712]

Yes!! I’ve been waiting! Thank you. 🖤

[@TheGrandHistorians]

Make the next video on Kaneh Bosm (KNH BSM)

[@BenjaminDeutsch-xd1yh]

Excellent presentation, with wit and humour, that makes absorbing the history enjoyable and thorough. 👏

[@thegroove2000]

Finkel is the man. Thanks.

[@sgilbert5753]

Fascinating topic with brilliantly distilled analytics.

[@aariley2]

Fascinating stuff!!!

[@victoriakidd-cromis1124]

I truly enjoy your lectures. I presently am on page 292 of your book The Ark Before Noah. I ordered the book after watching your lecture about it. I am a person who loves details and you give them. I look forward to listening to your other lectures.

[@OmarTravelAdventures]

Thank goodness for this type of content on KZbin. Life is worth living in the 21st century because we have such access to knowledge. Thank you Dr. Finkel.

[@ArchaeologyNow]

EXACTLY!!! Isn't that one of the wonders of KZbin?

[@marshanicholson8582]

A historical Unsolved Mysteries type show featuring Irving Finkel and Ronald Hutton would be peak

[@JarlOfSwot]

Dr. Finkel is an amazing fellow, quite entertaining and brilliant of course. If I had had teachers that were even 10% as interesting as Dr. Finkel I would have had better grades. 😄

[@cattymajiv]

I wouldn't have quit half way through grade 9. What a mistake! But I just couldn't take any more boring stuff presented in the worst possible ways!

[@artemkras]

As a lawyer, I had to study the Code of Hammurabi back when I was a law student, and I was amazed to find several mentions of "treating eyes with a bronze lancet," which implied that eye surgery was already practiced 3700 years ago. Moreover, there were penalties for destroying an eye as a result of treatment and rewards for saving it, indicating that a successful outcome was expected.

[@Squeeeez]

Interesting, azupiranu becoming saffron, when in another lecture there were also two words getting transcribed to greek with a p -> phi transition.

[@skywindow6764]

safran in greek is called Krokos

[@keithlawrence4952]

I am totally Finkelized !!

[@ronalddollarhite5216]

I really admire your work and enthusiasm on everything cuneiform. I hope others can delineate all of the plants. It would be aware of plant that has no seed or root and grows from an egg. Love your lectures.😊

[@Northcountry1926]

Yes, I’m down for the June Presentation … If you could confirm the date Becky … Thank You ❤

[@ArchaeologyNow]

YES - working on it. Dr. Finkel had an unexpected travel requirement and we are working around it. The latest update will be listed on our website at archaeologynow.org.

[@Northcountry1926]

@@ArchaeologyNow Thank you … Warm Greetings to you and Dr. Finkel from Canada 🇨🇦

[@amanitamuscaria7500]

I bet that's exactly what happened to Herodotus. Thank you. Wonderful lecture.

[@thomasferris3750]

The confident affirmation of health may be there to help induce placebo

[@WindTurbineSyndrome]

Modern science has done studies that find people prayed on by groups of people heal faster recover faster. It's not always religious mumbo jumbo if they can find a if this then that cause and effect. Placebo is a very important part they did studies that even if the person knew it was a placebo it would have the effect it was said to induce to the person taking it. But placebo's don't cure cancer or turn back heart disease.

[@oorzuis1419]

great own theory at the end, love it, one of the great gifts of the scientist is to have the fantasy to grow further than the knowledge may take you. (til it may be replaced by facts of course.)

[@thaq8.2]

0:19 do you see the notch on the second sun repesenting sea hyphe? toolavotic potterychosis.

[@billzen]

Wonderful, thoughtful, and eye-opening!

[@blue123439]

I love your videos with your very informative information , especially with your lighthearted wit.

[@beamazed1162]

1. There are not a large number of bronzes unearthed in Egypt. The latest archeology proves that they were built by construction workers, not slaves. Slaves can eat high-quality beef and be buried near the pyramids. 2. There is no history of bronze ware in Europe. Only a very small amount of bronze is picked up from the water or bought from the antique market. In this way, carbon 14 cannot be measured (compare Sanxingdui in China to see what bronzes can be carbon 14 tested) 3. There is no bronze in Europe. Astronomical calendar (China has many observatory sites, and there are no such sites in Europe. It takes hundreds or thousands of years of continuous observation, calculation, and accumulation to have a calendar) 4. Europe does not have unified weights and measures. China has unified weights and measures for more than 2,000 years. Many measuring instruments have been unearthed in China. There is no unified weights and measures in Europe, so where can advanced arithmetic come from? 5. There is no writing in Europe that can record history. Language expressions are different in different places and in each period. Only China, Korea, Japan and Vietnam in the world have writing, speaking and recording history. It is a separate mode. The writing mode has not changed for thousands of years to record history. Can anyone overturn the above points? If it cannot be overturned, then ancient Babylon (has anyone obtained a cuneiform dictionary and translated the clay tablets?), ancient Egypt, and ancient Greece are all fake. Ancient Rome (in the north of Arabia), which China called Fulinguo (Purum), was not Rome. It had a certain degree of civilization, but its technology was also considered to be ordinary and crude. Europe renamed this to the Roman Empire.. If you look at the technology of China's Song Dynasty and the Sanxingdui ruins, you will know the reason. Note that the first steam engine-driven car was also in China, but it is a pity that the Ming Dynasty, the creator of civilization, had the technology stolen by the barbarian Manchus and European missionaries, and the real history was edited. 6. If the Babylonian civilization was as great as described in the textbook, why was the writing still written on clay tablets? Why not use noble sheepskin? 7. There is no such grammatical dictionary for cuneiform writing that can translate these clay tablets into modern writing for ordinary people. Without such a dictionary, they can make fakes at will. If there are 100 chariot and horse remains excavated on the earth, then 99 are in China. If there are 1,000 bronze artifacts unearthed on earth, 999 are in China. This is an estimate, and the real ratio is definitely higher. Apart from China, there is no other bronze civilization. This should become a public opinion in the historians Everything must be carbon-14 tested and corroborated by multiple evidences. China’s history has been corroborated by multiple evidences The ancient nautical chart of ancient Egypt is marked as Babylon, which is the map of China 600 years ago（it was codified by European missionaries to 1601）： www.loc.gov/item/2010585650/ This is a map of Europe：commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Geographia_by_Ptolemy,_Aphricae_Tabula_III,_1540_Basel_edition_-_Maps_of_Africa_-_Robert_C._Williams_Paper_Museum_-_DSC00625.JPG Babylon was so civilized, so why did it write on clay tablets? And Egypt is so developed, why does it not have any steel smelting, and even bronze tools and cultural relics are very few. In China alone, Sanxingdui estimates hundreds of tons of bronzes, and there are all kinds of daily necessities. In addition, as for the calendar you mentioned, there are many observatory sites in China, and the officials who observed astronomy in ancient times have been dedicated to studying the world for more than ten generations. Everything China does is related to agriculture and life. It is not a waste of energy and no use value as you said. The Great Wall was built to protect against barbarians such as the Mongols, Turks, and Huns. Did the Pyramid of Khufu spend so much manpower for the exhibition? Bronze ware was first found naturally in Asia Minor. But it is made of natural copper, while China discovered smelted copper pipes 6,700 years ago ，The early bronze objects discovered in Europe and the United States were very small, while the early bronze objects in China were very large. If ancient bronze ware weighed 100kg, then Europe accounted for 0.001kg, and China accounted for 99.999kg

[@blue123439]

@@beamazed1162 I see your point.

[@daniel.b6867]

"Slave girl buttock and I think Archaeobotanyst have made a particular point of looking into it" 😂 someone call an ambulance, but not for him

[@paulhill3187]

Great stuff ! All power to your efforts

[@johnbrown4568]

Gandalf fears Dr. Finkel. 😳💪👊

[@patricaomas8750]

Him or his beard?

[@jessestreet2549]

Gandalf IS Dr. Finkel. also Merlin and Dumbledore at one time or another.

[@ArchaeologyNow]

YES SIR!!!

[@fch-in2ri]

Chuck Norris fears Dr. Finkel!

[@kyledammann4284]

Irving Finkel is a treasure house of knowledge.

[@thegardenprophet1582]

I appreciate these!🌱♾🌱

[@Zifferony]

Makes you wonder what else Herodotus got wrong doesn't it? And whether in fact he got anything right at all.🤔

[@kellydalstok8900]

Wolves don’t sweat, so it has to be something else.

[@yvonnesmith6152]

Prof. Finkel is truly a bescherter to Ancient history, he, who can transport you back in time thousands of years without any trouble.

[@beamazed1162]

1. There are not a large number of bronzes unearthed in Egypt. The latest archeology of the pyramids proves that they were built by construction workers, not slaves. Slaves could eat high-quality beef and be buried near the pyramids. 2. There is no history of bronzes in Europe. There are only a small amount of bronzes picked up from the water or bought from antique markets. In this way, it is impossible to do carbon 14 testing (compare Sanxingdui in China to see what bronzes can be carbon 14 tested), or natural copper products. Not smelting. 3. There is no astronomical calendar in Europe, so ancient Europeans did not know the exact time and could only roughly estimate a period of 6,000 years (there are many observatory sites in China, and there are no such sites in Europe. It takes hundreds or thousands of years of continuous observation and calculation , only through accumulation can we have a calendar. The history of civilization alone can be recorded to nearly 5,000 years, of which 3,000 years are not stories, but almost completely real history, verified by multiple evidences) 4. Europe does not have unified weights and measures, but China has unified weights and measures. It has been more than 2,000 years, and many measuring instruments have been unearthed in China. There is no unified weights and measures in Europe, so where can advanced arithmetic come from? 5. There is no writing in Europe that can record history. Language expressions are different in different places and in each period. The only writing in the world that has recorded history is Chinese characters, which are Chinese characters in China, Korea, Japan and Vietnam. Moreover, speaking and writing are separate modes, and the writing mode has not changed for thousands of years. Only in this way can history be recorded. Can anyone overturn the above points? If it cannot be overturned, then ancient Babylon (has any ordinary person obtained a cuneiform dictionary and translated the clay tablet text?), ancient Egypt, and ancient Greece are all stories. Can the stories be discussed as real things? Ancient Rome (in northern Arabia), which China called fulinguo (purum), was not called Rome (rum). It had a certain degree of civilization, but people in the Song Dynasty also thought that their technology was ordinary and crude (Sharaf al-Zamān Marvazī: "Tahā'l al -hayawan"), Europe is likely to rewrite this as the Roman Empire. If you look at the technology of China's Song Dynasty and the Sanxingdui ruins, you will know why. Note that the first steam engine-driven car also appeared in China, but it is a pity that the Ming Dynasty, the creator of civilization, had the technology stolen by the barbarian Manchus and European missionaries, and forged a false history. 6. If the Babylonian civilization was as great as described in the textbook, why was the writing still written on clay tablets? Why not use noble sheepskin? 7. There is no such grammatical dictionary for cuneiform writing. With the help of grammatical dictionaries, ordinary people can translate these clay tablets into modern writing. Without such a dictionary, they can make false claims at will. If there are 1,000 bronze artifacts unearthed on earth, 999 are in China. This is an estimate, and the real ratio is definitely higher. Apart from China, there is no other bronze civilization (a civilization must be proven by the simultaneous appearance of a large number of bronze smelting sites and a large number of unearthed cultural relics of bronze vessels used in daily life). This should become a public opinion in the field of history. The ancient nautical chart of ancient Egypt is marked as Babylon, which is the map of China 600 years ago（it was codified by European missionaries to 1601）： www.loc.gov/item/2010585650/ This is a map of Europe：commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Geographia_by_Ptolemy,_Aphricae_Tabula_III,_1540_Basel_edition_-_Maps_of_Africa_-_Robert_C._Williams_Paper_Museum_-_DSC00625.JPG Babylon was so civilized, so why did it write on clay tablets? And Egypt is so developed, why does it not have any steel smelting, and even bronze tools and cultural relics are very few. In China alone, Sanxingdui estimates hundreds of tons of bronzes, and there are all kinds of daily necessities. In addition, as for the calendar you mentioned, there are many observatory sites in China, and the officials who observed astronomy in ancient times have been dedicated to studying the world for more than ten generations. Everything China does is related to agriculture and life. It is not a waste of energy and no use value as you said. The Great Wall was built to protect against barbarians such as the Mongols, Turks, and Huns. Did the Pyramid of Khufu spend so much manpower for the exhibition? Bronze ware was first found naturally in Asia Minor. But it is made of natural copper, while China discovered smelted copper pipes 6,700 years ago ，The early bronze objects discovered in Europe and the United States were very small, while the early bronze objects in China were very large. If ancient bronze ware weighed 100kg, then Europe accounted for 0.001kg, and China accounted for 99.999kg

[@yvonnesmith6152]

@@beamazed1162 your reply to my comment doesn’t make sense. I was just very congratulatory over Mr. Finkel’s lecturing style

[@jeremygreen3201]

Serious question, would the medical tablature in Nineveh get it's lineage back to ( I can't spell) " the lady of the mountain " Nin- her- saug ( ahh you'll correct me)

[@ArchaeologyNow]

We will try to ascertain!

[@lindasue8719]

Has he benn given the OBE yet?!

[@ArchaeologyNow]

We need to start a campaign!! Letters to King Charles, everyone!!

[@monarozin2408]

The last quote from Herodotus just might have some truth to it. It sounds like an ancient form of support groups - helping and comforting others with the same affliction!

[@skywindow6764]

Or an informal council on an undocumented disease

[@susanmcdonald9088]

Thank you! It must be awesome to be one of so few, who can read, & interpret for us, these texts. I am searching for other lectures that address the "visuals" carved in stone, cylinder seals, and tablets, and any astronomical references! The details on seals & stones are incredible in these pictures, yet hard to interpret! For example, that first seal you showed . . . There are jars yet on those long "poles". And on the left at the top, a pointed "star" 2 of them actually. What are these? There is a theory about that which MUST be addressed by scholars! I'm quite sure these folks didn't include such things, for nothing! It's our job to find out! You mentioned later, with the 8th century BC, Babylonian code, there's Hammurabi, facing a "god" with that eastern hat, & conical shoulders, I believe it's not just "Shamash", but the planet Saturn! Please do a lecture on the astronomical beliefs. The gods. The cosmic wheel, in the sky, and the cosmic thunderbolt held in stone carvings & on seals! Please!! SYMBOLS OF AN ALIEN SKY, on YT. THUNDERBOLTS OF THE GODS, part 2, more science. If the "Electric Universe" & plasma physics are helping to explain ancient art including rock carvings, my God! This is explosive! This is revolutionary! This is the SOURCE of ALL RELIGIONS & Traditions! An amazing proposal of explanatory power, even the "BULL OF HEAVEN"! And all the cultural-gender-customs-beliefs, that followed. Scholars MUST examine & help the research! kzbin.info/www/bejne/qmiocp-KmL95rbs

[@WeirdWonderful]

Does anyone have the original version fo "He-Made-the-Steppes-Green" ? I was trying to look him up but only found one facebook link and can't find the actual untranslated name.

[@skywindow6764]

besides, ...steppes in Irak?

[@Cannibaltron]

Is there anyone in the same universe as Dr. Finkel when it comes to Mesopotamian history or proficiency in reading and interpreting cuneiform?

[@ArchaeologyNow]

We think he's one of the best!

[@1346crecy]

That's because he is! Just a wonderful educator!.@@ArchaeologyNow

[@thesmilingmercenary937]

You heard it here first, folks. Herodotus is SLANDER! Thank you Dr. Finkel for another riveting lecture.

[@ArchaeologyNow]

TRUTH!!!!

[@theofficialsoldierthatreviews]

Thank you for your wealth of knowledge