Why an ancient Mesopotamian tablet is key to our future learning | Tiffany Jenkins | TEDxSquareMile

In our ephemeral, digital world where everything is mediated through a computer screen and summoned by the click of a mouse, ancient objects in dusty old museums are essential to future of learning. In the late eighteenth century, a clay fragment from a piece of the world’s oldest literature overturned orthodoxies and advanced knowledge of the past. It’s an important lesson: evidence from the past will help us to rethink what we know which is never complete. Ancient history and the tangible artifact - something real, not virtual - will take us out of the cloud and bring us back down to earth.
Tiffany Jenkins is an author, academic, and ex-columnist for the Scotsman. She wrote the critically acclaimed Keeping Their Marbles: How The Treasures Of The Past Ended Up In Museums And Why They Should Stay There, published in 2016. She is the writer and presenter of the 2016 BBC Radio 4 series, A Narrative History Of Secrecy. She has been a visiting fellow at the London School of Economics, and was previously the director of the Arts and Society Programme at the Institute of Ideas. Her first degree is in art history, her PhD in sociology.
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[@borlani]

All the way through I was completely spellbound and transfixed by Tiffany's incredible self- discipline at not kicking any of the balloons around the floor. I couldn't have done that.

[@beehappy3879]

😂

[@crouchingwombathiddenquoll5641]

Yes, I would have to pop them before beginning my talk.

[@emytann7838]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂😂👍👍👍

[@gurug9797]

Well if she leaves the red dot she gets an electric shock. Standard for TED talks. This same talk can be found under the title 'humans doing Pavlovian dog experiment'

[@yfoog]

@@gurug9797 yeah the outer-red shock, standard for ted talks.

[@johnhunter2058]

"... you have to be obsessed with your subject, to the point where people think you are weird ..." YAY! I qualify!

[@rdelrosso2001]

So do I.

[@tomiantenna7279]

Where people THINK you are weird, not where you are ACTUALLY weird! ...weirdo

[@nopenope1834]

@@tomiantenna7279 I'm both.

[@gargos25]

Her message is to visit museums, especially with ancient pieces. I visited one yesterday in Istanbul and was blown away. This comes with age, I believe. I didn't appreciate what I was seeing, as a kid.

[@valeriy8502]

I loved museums as a kid

[@etheriusmoon1809]

@@valeriy8502 me too

[@xmarine73]

This is the reason you should take your children and let your awe, excitement, and wonderment be shared with them. Explaining as you go just how old, how incredible, and how beautiful things are. Drawing parallels between us, today, and our ancestors from past millennia while also carefully explaining the many differences. How simple life would have been (no television, video games, colleges, road side markets, very little schooling) and how difficult (no air conditioning, no refrigeration, no ice, no suntan lotion, no grocery stores, fresh water from wells or rivers, raiding hordes). Build that movie in their mind for each piece and let them decide what they find interesting. Even if it's nothing at all. That may change within a trip or two or three.

[@Padronous]

I think it come with perspective and life experience to be able to truly appreciate it.

[@7Lace77]

I didn't really appreciate history when I was at school. I liked Maths and Science but had no interest in teh past. 🤷🏻‍♂️ This wasn't overly interesting tho.

[@MVanDamm]

Items like this need to be 3D scanned and made available for download and printing. Imagine the impact in a classroom hearing this Ted Talk and the students then touching and experiencing this piece of history. Amazing!

[@scotthepborn3864]

Agreed

[@scotthepborn3864]

Unfortunately it would have to be sanitized and made politically correct....

[@homeandalone1640]

Sketchfab has it. Three models but two aren't very sharp. Probably easier and cheaper to just buy a resin reproduction on amazon.

[@exhaustedmajority5134]

Buy the replicas

[@BOIOLA08]

Agreed

[@louis8312]

From George Orwell : Who Control the past control the Future, Who controls the present controls the past.

[@danam6639]

Piere B You are in the knowing ...

[@stephanedemers8590]

as in the ones who win wars are the ones who write about them ,no how more biast can that be ! its like propaganda rights goes to the victor ,write all about how great we are ,and those losers did not stant a chance ,

[@fredslawson7259]

Piere. He who controls the spin, wins.

[@BillyMeierInFrenchBM]

And who controls one's thoughts (then feelings, then words, then acts, then behaviour, then character) controls one's destiny.

[@thewrightfamily369]

Louis I think he was trying to tell us something

[@Kell_M]

This tablet is one of thousands which have been translated. The Sumerians explain in great detail their daily lives, marriage and birth certificates, day to day transactions, amongst other things.. The story of Adam and Eve is told in these tablets too, only in much greater detail. Most of what we know today about 'The Annunaki' is all thanks to these absolutely precious, relics of time. Knowledge left behind for us, by our ancestors, the great Sumerians...

[@brotherx6205]

Who are the annunaki? I keep seeing that word

[@Kell_M]

@@brotherx6205 They are our true makers.. We are a part of them, and they are a part of us..

[@brotherx6205]

@@Kell_M I have read up on the Nephilim before, they were giants that used to walk the earth correct?

[@brotherx6205]

@@Special-Delivery57 I definitely have my research cut out for me to do. Thank you for providing a source

[@brotherx6205]

@@Special-Delivery57 that makes so much sense, Prometheus is hinting at the Annunaki aka "Engineers"??

[@RonzigtheWizard]

When I was young right after I had managed reading I would go to the library every week and take out the maximum number of books about history and legends. The lady at the library thought I couldn't have read them but I did. I spent most of my time reading and as well as history and legends I also read all the books written for young boys. I found the books about history and legends far more exciting than the stories written for boys my age. I learned that stories of a great flood was part of history and legend from countries all over the world from those books. Trips to the museum in Toronto Canada where I was born was a highlight of my early years. There are all kinds of really exciting things to see in any museum. I highly recommend anyone who reads this to take their kids to museums as often as possible.

[@maxheadroom683]

I highly recommend anyone who reads this to check Immanuel Velikovsky's book "Worlds in collision".

[@KallePihlajasaari]

@@maxheadroom683 I was thinking to say the same thing. There are many strange things in our past that have been lost or misinterpreted.

[@charlesyanni5195]

Thank you for the experience of hearing you talk about this! I will gratefully take your advice and view such artifacts in public museums. I will also try to let the experts, the museum staff, explain these items where such guides are available. Thank you.

[@Britspence381]

Ms. Jenkins' description of George Smith reminds me of a quote from the movie about Alan Turing: ‘Sometimes it is the people no one can imagine anything of who do the things no one can imagine.’ Very interesting video.

[@stjett]

The Sumerian kings list has been around, I've studied it over twenty years ago and recently a breakthrough was made over its numerical code. It make biblical references on the flood and lifespan of those before the flood. It then ties into history. She needs to speak more on the artifact, because it is astonishing.

[@bschnoza473]

Hey, I am new to learning about the Sumarians. I have been studying philosophy mostly then the western worlds history from 550 BC and upwards. Do you have any suggestions to where I could learn more about the Sumarians? Museums and that sort. (If what you are saying is true)

[@stjett]

@@bschnoza473 Hi i just seen you question. Study the table of nation from noah grandson nimrod, from cush and Ashur the second son of Shem. study Sumer which is the earliest known civilization in the historical region of southern Mesopotamia (now southern Iraq), it dates back before 3000 BC. The city of Uruk gen 10 :10 Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD. 10And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech (Uruk ), and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. 11 Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah. references The Assyrians created powerful empires of their own in several periods. Making up a substantial part of the greater Mesopotamian "cradle of civilization", which included Sumer the Sumerian-speaking peoples of Mesopotamia , and Babylonia. before 3500 bc. look up the Sumerian kings list I will try to find my notes.

[@theradicalaxe553]

@@stjett So does "The Lost Book of King Og" have any merit to you? And why are the annunaki not seen as human? What is special about them besides the amount of fingers they have which could be a air pocket (inner earth) trait all humans have regenerative properties like the annunaki/nephilim though most aren't aware of this I can touch up on this more if you end up responding

[@stjett]

@@theradicalaxe553 Some quick understanding on Lost Books of the Bible. 1st I do not except any book written after 100 AD 2nd. during the 2nd century many fraudulent works were put forth, Pseudepigrapha, which are falsely attributed works, texts whose claimed author is not the true author. This is what is going on today. like Testament of Moses (Jewish, from c. early 1st cent. CE) Testament of Solomon (Jewish, current form c. 3rd cent. CE, but earliest form c. 100 CE) Testament of Adam (Christian in current form c. late 3rd cent. CE, but used Jewish sources from c. 150-200 CE). Apocalypse of Adam (Gnostic derived from Jewish sources from c. the 1st cent. CE) Apocalypse of Elijah (both Jewish and Christian, c. 150-275 CE) Gospel of Thomas) is as late as AD 250 The seal portion 2007AD lol. These works mix known information with fiction for a entertaining read.. Such is "The Lost Book of King Og" as well as Annunaki / Nubri,/ Nephlum conection in Chariots of the Gods, Unsolved Mysteries of the Past, written in 1968 by Erich von Däniken and much of The book of Enoch books 2-5 are myth. However there is truth to giants all over history. "No KZbin pictures of giants are real" The issue is to separate the facts from the fiction remembering men love to create fascinating stories. The Book of Giants (. AD 216 - 274) is an antediluvian (pre-Flood) narrative that originate in Aramaic copies among the Dead Sea Scrolls. References to the Giants mythology are found in: Genesis 6:1-4, the books of Enoch (Ethiopic, Slavonic, Hebrew, Greek), Jubilees, Genesis Apocryphon 25 BCE through 50 CE which coincides with the radiocarbon dating estimate of 89 BCE-118 CE. These books tells of the background and fate of these ante-diluvial giants and their fathers, the Watchers (called grigori in the Slavonic 2 Enoch),[6][7] the sons of God or holy ones (Daniel 4:13, 17) who rebelled against heaven when-in forbidden violation of the strict "boundaries of creation"]-they commingled, in their lust, with the "daughters of men." This is the hidden story Some Ture authentic lost books are in the Dead see scroll list. Others are the book of Jubilees with caution (Jewish, c. 150-100 BCE) Book of Enoch 1 (300 bce) with caution The works of Josephus a historian,, Sumerian kings list, and some archeological artifact are true. Note, Amazon does not check books for authenticity . and We don’t except writings with a demonic narrative founded on their wisdom, that would be foolish my friend.

[@thomaslangkvist5830]

@@bschnoza473 did you find your notebook m8? Intrested

[@rich4444hrsm]

I understand, museums must be maintained for people like you Tiffany to be inspired to succeed in your endeavors. I think that is very fair and an admirable goal for all of us to aspire to.

[@nigelgrimmett851]

Interesting that the more knowledge we obtain the more some people try to hide it or deny it.

[@major1388]

Definitely the case

[@jujumama]

It's for money

[@emunahoxendine9408]

Incredible history, brilliant minds, great civilization, my roots go back to this civilization.

[@garethhutchings4045]

Thank you Ms Jenkins for presenting this talk. I remember , as a child in the 50's, spending days in the museum with friends, thoroughly entranced by the exhibitions.

[@beckylieb2637]

Back then children were allowed to think and parents focused on teaching boundaries which make children feel emotionally safe and therefore free to learn. Todays kids have cluttered minds and delinquent ideologies that lead to less supple cognitive function

[@singin4free]

She speaks of challenging orthodoxy. Today's orthodoxy is governed by universities who, when challenged, are equally as able to suppress new ideas as those who governed in the past.

[@jennpipp26]

singin4free it’s almost as if we are willing slaves? We pay to be enslaved and can’t get enough. We want more. Stuff. Bills. Food. Give us morrrrreeeeee

[@wendeln92]

A.....I happen to agree with Gareth Hutchings comment and also spent a lot of time as a child and my teens in museums and visiting historic sites. Why does that imply a "child genius"? Why do you choose to try to insult him in that vein? maybe you are not a child genius......Children in the past - those of us who grew up before the age of computer screens, iphones and video games did such things as read books, visit museums and libraries and etc in order to learn about the world. We experienced the tangible which Dr. Jenkins speaks of and didn't live our lives floating in the clouds and vapors of the digital age.

[@trumpsahead]

Yeah, me too in the 50's, then they demanded donations or would not allow you to enter. And they took away all the giant skeletons, and it became more homogenized reflecting the police state we now live in. The end.

[@ericgibson2079]

We need a sense of the past taught in schools big time. Our best sense too.

[@Rustyspoonssssss]

Love talks like this, we need to understand more of this before they destroy what’s left

[@soloman9151]

I think the presenter in this case is definitely on the right track about questioning 'orthodoxy' and what is seemingly taken for granted as being truth or 'fact' among Academics that view history from a standard or 'accepted or adopted point of view that may not necessarily be correct. Although She didn't quite say it in those terms what was hinted at pretty strongly is that it doesn't necessarily take a university degree to uncover or discover new understanding of things of the past in our 21st century and, that passion for a subject could possibly sometimes override accepted or 'assumed' knowledge - which may or may not be true. It certainly does no harm to keep an open mind towards all things and not assume that academics know all things - which is the image of themselves they would like us lesser mortals to keep in mind. :)

[@kjekelle96]

I think the main message is something like this: In out current high-paced, busy lives, where summoning information and stuff is easy beyond belief, it's also easy to get lost in being only on the surface of things. We have to learn to go deeper into specific material or occupations (again), to be really engaged, from time to time at least, in one thing at a time and nothing else (instead of many things all over the place, but superficially). And we have to do this because if you do it long enough it will make whatever you're engaged in even more interesting and meaningful, and arousing even. We need stuff like this to keep in touch with who we really are, and how to live, a large part of which is constituted by the incredible depth and mystery of our vast history. That's how I understand what she's illustrating with her story.

[@BELINC7]

who we really are -MAN WHO WAS CREATED IN THE IMAGE OF GOD FELL INTO RUIN OF MAN'S OWN CHOICE FOR HIS PART. THAT IS ALL THE HISTORY WE WILL EVER MAKE MAKE..RUINS. and how to live, =Micah 6:8 He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? - We are incapable of this. The revealed mystery is God through his son is reconciling and restoring ALL creation to himself forever,= that is our future forever. Like Hannah from the ash heap -dust pile of fallen man of dust to the royal palace of the kingdom of God because we are now in the man of heaven, Jesus Christ.

[@BELINC7]

Ephesians 2:4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, 5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) 6 And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: 7 That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus. 8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.

[@kjekelle96]

b-b-booorringg

[@josephefasciani7343]

A MOST excellent comment! Esquimalt, BC

[@patrickshelton3053]

I feel you

[@romelanvieh2297]

I'm an Assyrian and our ancient calendar which we still use in our small community is dating back 7867 years. perhaps you should ask me to translate it for you!!

[@twoprayingbuddhas892]

I would love that

[@DrJuiceMD]

You’re an Assyrian!

[@oj816]

YES YES YES

[@RefractArt]

You might be Assyrian, but that's Cuneiform, and it was invented by Sumerians, hard to figure how you would translate a dead language for more than 40k years old.

[@rdelrosso2001]

Romel: 7,867 YEARS OLD? WOW, so that would go back to 5847 BC! I think that's older than Egypt! Do you actually have Texts or Tablets that are 7,000 years old? In addition, I have always wanted to ask an Assyrian: How are Assyrians related to today's "Syrians"? Or IS there a connection? In Ancient times, wasn't Syria called "Assyria"?

[@nicolaaro9752]

I could listen to her for hours ! So accurate! Museum are our history!

[@richardpisano893]

Imagination was always key for me as well....

[@cjhodges2933]

I love her voice so calm and soothing she's a great teacher

[@brianmorris3290]

I think she may have her years wrong. Mesopotamian culture dates back way further that 2700 years ago. She should say 2700 B.C.

[@russianbot8423]

Yes you are correct. By 700BC Mesopotamia was long or Assyria was long extinct and the Persian Empire was close to its end.

[@tytusromek9267]

It is impressive how many cultures there were. For example today only few know the Hittites, Kingdom of Kush... And how many are still hidden like once Göbekli Tepe who change our view of history and how many have been erased from the face of the earth

[@hatihanise1557]

@Gerrit Peacock what do you mean 'they are trying to jive Abrahamic roots with this tablet' story'?

[@russianbot8423]

@Gogu Pãduche 200 to 300 years is not that long in the scheme of things. I'm not talking declining as an Empire, just number of years left as a Empire as you know Alexander did end the Persian empire

[@alaindubois1505]

She is just talking about her piece of clay - which is way after Sumerian was written and spoken. From another extremely interesting KZbin - there appears to be the most amazing description of Nebiru people who did genetic engineering to create humans [or to finish off human evolution]. I can't tell whether it was word for word retrieval from cuneiform script or embellishment. However, the origin of their 12/60/360 base system and how we use this today is amazing. Most clay tablets have not been deciphered yet. Someone soon should create a laypersons concise reading - putting the info together. I wonder what Irving Finkel has to say about the Annunaki.

[@arlinegeorge6967]

Very Interesting n informative . Thank you, bless you. All your dreams come true.

[@soultraveler4496]

The more you know,,, the more questions you won't know...reality is unfathomable...

[@tavoiaiono7885]

If you say so, then it shall be. But only in your reality.

[@tavoiaiono7885]

@Kyle Mellor yes, I guess that is true, Which is why you must find what resonates with you, instead. There is no truth or lies, just what is. YOu are a creator, so create the world you desire and create your truth so you are no longer exposed to other people's creations where you may translate as lies and more questions. Create and be happy.

[@apexpredator9021]

A question does not end with an answer, for the answer will lead to even more questions.

[@bboyneon92]

2022, And I'm dead sure that this piece of message will make complete sense in any century. My love and respect to Tiffany.

[@joseluisalcantarasanchez269]

The historical context in which we as humans have been understanding ourselves has changed dramatically. The latest archeological discoveries have catastrophic consequences for the current orthodoxy models about the history of civilization. That is a very interesting issue.

[@rafanapiorkowski8625]

That was a great speech, well done.

[@allmendoubt4784]

I left London 4 years ago. Just before I left I visited the British Museum. I studied ancient history so it was nothing new, however... I had got into a conversation with an old Spanish man in a cafe in the West End by sheer chance, he was rather ill and an ancient history enthusiast. He wanted to visit the museum to see a relatively new exhibit, and I offered to accompany him as he was frail and full odd intriguing stories. He kept repeating a legend about the ancient kings of Ireland being descended from the Egyptian Pharaoh's; all I heard in my head was my old lecturer repeating, 'beware of nutter' theories.' I looked up the legend and yes it was said to be a legend. However, the day we visited he was clutching an old article cut from some journal, describing the sarcophagus of the last Pharaoh with a sketch in detail. According to the old man this was the father of the princess who escaped at some ancient time to Eire. We looked around the Egyptology department without finding his grail. Practically minded I took him to the help desk and asked they search the catalogue for our his exhibit. They had nothing they said, I read through the article and it did say it was heading for the Museum, so I donned my mental Indiana Jones hat and thought let's find this baby - you can't hide a ten tonne sarcophagus. We used the pattern inscriptions and a lot of time to trace it, it sat un-highlighted in the display rooms, with a very uninspiring sign offering absolutely no real information upon the piece. The mystery was that - why was it not catalogued (it had no number like the other exhibits) or described like all the other sarcophagi? What secrets do they hold behind the scenes? My obsession for the brief time I was there was spotting masonic iconography - that came by chance, through an unsuspecting job I did and them taking an interest in me, anonymously offering me a way in through being tailed and prompted for an impromptu interview (that probably came from my wandering around and spotting markings along the streets of the West End. I was basically not able to leave the umbrella of employment in the fine dining industry that they control - by what I thought were chance events but in hindsight linked up agencies and places of business - I got better and better paid positions as I jumped each ship. I never got to understand what I was finding; trails and discrete names or Victorian architecture referencing the OT; linking modern business, politics and the old establishment of the UK to the secrets of the organisation, whom I suspect, believe they are holding some flame of knowledge handed to them from antiquity. Emigrating was quite a relief. I look back at western culture realising it is a historiography constructed by these old Victorian patrons and that they truly envisage a society based upon masters and servants, pawns and priests, Kings and serfs. That message is emblazoned across the city of London, and its post Wren layout attempts to map Westminster city as a celestial compass; but, as I cannot shed the words of my old lecturer, I am loathe to fall into the rut of creating my very own nutter theory...

[@josephcharlestower1685]

jonoboyle Fascinating reply . I myself studied western civ, after gaining a degree in fine art. ... I must confess I am an entered apprentice Mason. Hoping that doesn’t disturb you? As well as the other events you mentioned I can not speak on, as I am merely an initiate. America has a deep historical narrative within the context of freemasonry. I’m not certain that it’s clear to some the profound impact and actually good results and intentions that has manifested. I’m hoping you come to a better understanding of Free Masonry As it is NOT in fact, a secret brotherhood But rather a fraternity of men seeking to become better men

[@cayetanosoler3432]

Its not a secret anymore .

[@jojobean9260]

@@josephcharlestower1685 That is not what freemason are... You are only an initiate so you know nothing yet It is way more sinister they higher up you go

[@PhuketWord]

If it's not mainstream theory, you'e on the right track.

[@satoshifury2957]

i’d love to meet this lady, im Chaldean and have been compelled by this stuff for about 3-4 years now... some day I will have an independant team of archeologists, and we will work tirelessly in the search for truth

[@prcaprca9440]

The oldest Classical Tamil language above 2000years old also has registered the same Great Flood in its literatures.

[@kushagr7132]

So you mean from 1st century CE But Assyrian record of it is older than that

[@luckyluckyloulou6100]

Remember the great flood lasted 1,300yrs and ended 12,800yrs ago...

[@fcukyou2_]

@@luckyluckyloulou6100 no it did not...the floods (more then one) in america atleast lasted only a brief time, a few days before it stopped and receded. Atleast that's what I believe based on the evidence I've been presented.. Watch some randall carlsonz especially the rogan with him and hancock..he explains his theory well his hypothesis with his evidence and he makes a good argument. "Nick on the rocks" is another guy who's pretty good at explaining it

[@danielryder5808]

The pyramids and the sphinx’s surrounding erosion have been proven to be about 10-12,000 years old. Meaning that they were constructed around 8,000 to 10,000 BC. Right around the time of yunger drias. Crazy stuff we’re learning

[@dalewinter8227]

@@danielryder5808 Yea erosion from rain water and it hadn’t rained in the desert for thousands of years.

[@stevenzapiler5806]

The truth matters. Its just the truth, but when it becomes possible to know the real deal, it makes everything matter. This is an all time great take on the modern discovery of the gilgamesh tablet. Amazing talk.

[@tylerjohnson4825]

we live in the time of the annunaki and gilgamesh. (we just think we are different)

[@Vulpes79]

I could listen to her voice all day

[@Sargentleman]

Get a girlfriend.

[@lora97006]

Her voice is great, but sticky saliva picked up on mic, not so much. I've heard that a cpl other ted talks too...kind of strange.

[@knifen2478]

Bruh...that saliva noise is killing me. Reminds me of a joe rogan episode completely un listenable

[@markstaddon4993]

For maybe 1 day and there is some more tangibillity needed

[@rusmanyatim7393]

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[@jeffc9673]

Excellent presentation, and an excellent presenter.

[@shoftim]

When she says "Forward Thinking" ... It explains, touches on her position and biases.

[@tylerjohnson4825]

or you've shown your position and biases...

[@victoriabrewer5960]

Reading the comments after watching this video, then following the replies thread was at times thought provoking and in some cases enlightening. Thank you and love to you all.

[@roberthamill2451]

Before there was writing, there was lore. Stories of actual occurrences which were passed down, told to travelers, altered the timeline here, moved the location there, changed the characters names. Once writing came about, civilization by civilization put into the writing of their language whatever story the "lore" had then become. Whoever it was that survived the flood told the story. The author of the writings also told the story, but who knows how different it was?

[@knothead9802]

In a sense, George Smith was also an author. He "authored" the interpretation of cuneiform writing.

[@roberthamill2451]

@@knothead9802 So true, so true. Never thought that I'd say that to a Knot Head.

[@mikesy3097]

All she says is, “learning about history is good, go to a museum and take the time to learn from real (ie. not digital) objects”. Are we so dumbed down now that this is a revelation worthy of a TEDx Talk?

[@sonjak8265]

yes

[@vagabond7204]

actually yes, and there are dumber folks out there who think that this is absolutely unnecessary

[@suchanhachan]

And who are you, exactly, to decide what's worthy of a TEDx Talk?...

[@johnmiller7453]

Yes we are that dumbed down.

[@nightcandle62]

shutup obey and be smart like your phone minion.

[@theoorval5140]

A wonderful , very easy to listen to, lecture!

[@emiliayonekokumata4764]

We are all amazed by the things the algorithm can do nowadays, but great were the ancient civilizations who, without much instruments or proof about their theories were able to develop ways to improve their livings.

[@rhythmictiger]

She has such a soothing voice! Nice talk :)

[@daxinventor3542]

This video attempts to give beginners a glimpse of what the middle east may have contributed to civilization back then and now. I believe that our past is nothing like we where told. Some people are completely satisfied with what they have been taught. The lady in the video is entertaining and pretty but not much else. Each one teach one, now and beyond. Our reality is a convincing illusion, and by learning this simple fact will truly set us free.

[@joefoley1480]

yes I just imagined you but I cant imagine why.............

[@laylow96]

Well said

[@politickery9412]

I like James C. Scott's recent book Against the Grain: A Deep History of the Earliest States. The early Medieval Dark Ages show that civilization doesn't always advance.

[@7NEMISIS]

there is no Middle East, it's all Africa

[@gloriabaylor2048]

If you haven't, I would study historiography if I were you. It tends to be hard for many students because half of it is understanding what you have just described in your comment.

[@richardmason902]

What a wonderfully intelligent and engaging speaker.

[@travistobias]

I enjoyed your presentation thank you for sharing. I am making plans to get to my local museum's thank you for the reminder to go.

[@dgtv71]

For those asking. She's referring to the age of the tablet not the story on the tablet.

[@ellish1ashir569]

Lol.. You can think whatever you want

[@nanorider426]

This is the most important lesson for us in the 21st century: Remembering those which came before us. Although a lot of people don't believe this; they believe in history is forgettable and "it's boring". They have a simplified view of history of "good vs bad" if they have any idea of history at all. KZbin comments and real life incidents have made me realize this. Historians fight a battle against darkness in the form of ignorance. Ignorance is a pillow and headphones merged into one: It's lets you relax into you own world of silence or the voice you chose to listen to without a doubt.

[@sinjofin1]

And preserve the past lest we forget

[@skrrtskrrt2410]

It's only boring because of how they teach it

[@StrawberrySoul77]

@. Seems they are also fighting brainwashing. The delivery of the false information makes it inherently boring. I was bored with the fake history, but I find the truth a relief and very interesting.

[@mackpedro1111]

Great lecture..very interesting 👍🏼

[@michelklaasen]

To sum up this talk - There’s a tablet that details biblical stories way before the bible was published - This is the most fascinating thing she has ever seen - She has the date wrong of the tablet - Clay tablets are physical things whereas digital information is not physical - Because it is physical, it is tangible - Because it is tangible, you can touch it - You should not undress yourself in a public space - Please visit the royal british museum

[@vanessas2363]

🤣 were you being funny? Because that just made me laugh

[@mecho68]

I can listen this lady teaching about ancient history all day long .Thank you for this video .

[@andrewowens92]

Six minutes in and still waiting for her to say what’s on the damn tablet

[@brettb9194]

TEDx tends to be somewhat less inspiring than TED not that it wasn't interesting but it could have been tightened up a little.

[@johnessmyer4665]

Have some patience..or take your meds :)

[@benferm150]

3 nibutes ibn and she's said "the flood tablet" several times...

[@hilohahoma1547]

IKR lol !!

[@nevaidos]

It contains the passage of the flood story of the famous Gilgamesh epic. In this passage the hero Gilgamesh has gone to the end of the world to find immortality and there he meets the survivor of the flood called Utnapishtim. He tells him how the gods were angry with mankind since they multiplied and created too much noise. So much so that the main deity could no longer sleep. Therefore he sent a flood to humankind. The god Enki notified Utnapishtim of the coming of a flood and he built an ark through which he was able to survive the flood with his wife. After the flood the gods needed offerings but there were no more humans but Utnapishtim. He gave them offerings and the gods decided that mankind should not have died. In order to keep them in check however, humans have become mortal and negative things like disease and war have been created. Utnapishtim and his wife became immortal and spent the rest of their lives at the end of the world. That's the story in a nutshell and as you can see it is very similar to the flood story of the Bible.

[@ecr-9341]

Bravo Madam. Superb presentation🇺🇸

[@michaelmelamed9103]

TED SPEAKERS ARE THE BEST SLEEPING AIDE SOOO MONOTONOUS

[@jtellehman2561]

Definitely agree that many people have little grasp of the Past and thus, the Real. It bears on all things-- and those who don't get this, endanger us all.

[@sisseljahnsen6972]

Beautiful presentation, thank you so much!!

[@bbalila]

Been there many time. One of best part in British museum.

[@kerimcandrew4628]

I've wanted to be an archeology school since I was 4, according to my father. I envy your experience friend. I live in Pennsylvania. So I must dig harder for truths here 😆

[@mildredfenske5073]

Mr. Backster, thanks so much.

[@mkultra8640]

Good to see someone who values things that are real, touchable, actually exist. I totally get what she was talking about. I identify bigley!!

[@trumpsahead]

She didn't say squat about the Gilgamesh tablet. It looked important enough, but we were left in the dark, and she gave a hoot for museums in general. So animated, but not enlightening one bit as far as that tablet goes, which reminds me of a one line joke: In a movie scene, after a main character gets everyone's attention, says, "I'll never forget what's his name." Having said that, I do appreciate her plea for all of us to explore deeper than what the status quo dictates is truth; follow your passion to another level, investigate, research and discover truth. ciao.

[@hspconsciousrevealer6291]

Just look for YOURSELF

[@NorthernGate777]

Thanks for this info Tiffany

[@classifiedunacknowledged.9878]

Surprisingly on point maam.

[@JT-lw1oh]

The flood tablet she talks about always brings me back to “the Adam and Eve story” that was finally declassified by the CIA in 2013 they still “sanitized” some pages. But it’s really interesting and talks about how cataclysmic events match and are tied to different ancient civilizations. The author makes some compelling theories, tbh some parts are a little outlandish for me but who knows the CIA suppressed it for so long it begs the answer as to why in the first place?

[@derektaylor169]

what Adam and Eve story that was funny declassified by the CA in 2013 everybody knows the Adam and Eve story it's in Genesis what version of the story are you talking about? please enlighten us

[@a70duster]

State your source please

[@rocketpixi]

They’re talking about a book by Chan Thomas

[@wesamal_iraqi1100]

She encouraged me to go to the iraqi museum In baghdad to see the three major empires of old Mesopotamia

[@sonofakkad]

Their was never three empires....Akkad, Assur and Babylon were all ethnic Assyrians and these were all city states. Only the west separated our history into three different empires

[@myoneblackfriend3151]

Thank you for sharing.

[@nancywysemen7196]

what a remarkable story.

[@charisselinnell-morton2193]

She has a most beautiful,interesting and unique way about her.

[@nightcandle62]

kind words. i dont know about you but i could really feel her anxiety and thought how impressive brave and strong of her to complete the presentation without really showing it obviously. britts...sometimes i think we dont half suffer under the pressure.

[@chrisbaltazar7164]

You look at every culture around the world and you’ll notice they have a story of a great catastrophe in history

[@stephenburnage7687]

Actually, potentially several catastrophes

[@martymcmannis8662]

All of them had a flood.

[@etheriusmoon1809]

@@martymcmannis8662 Noah's arc?

[@josephreed3189]

Thank you

[@loribulat2271]

Tiffany, loved your talk. I’m going to read more of your works. What a strong family resemblance. We are decedents from Barsby England. We are the Barsby’s.

[@masterprophet8378]

Simply because the Story of Gilgamesh precedes the biblical account of the ancient Deluge doesn't necessarily mean it's the more accurate version just as if a cluster of people witness an automobile accident simultaneously doesn't necessarily mean the first person at the scene of the accident interviewed by the police has given the more accurate version of the account than all subsequent witnesses interviewed. The advantage of the biblical account of the Flood is that it gives us the divine whys and wherefores of the catastrophe not delineated in the Gilgamesh narrative.

[@dhutch71]

The Epic of Gilgamesh, because it predates the Biblical account, is all the proof I need to see the Bible as nothing more than a collection of stories written by men of the time. "God's Word".... I think not.

[@codyparrish3383]

Great and enlightening presentation. Huge bonus that she's gorgeous!

[@anakarinatanabe]

And what is written there in the Tablet? OMG, I thought Ms. Jenkins could read it. You made me smile.

[@kgulledge6993]

Such a stimulating presentation! Thanks for your insights and enthusiasm, Ms. Jenkins.

[@shakeypeet]

The Sumerian tablets are much , much older ...

[@peterpagano8954]

@Dave Smith FYI, 35,000 years ago the entire world was still in the hunter-gatherer stage. The earliest known examples of writing are not much older than 4000 BCE. That's just about five thousand years ago. You need to be doing ng some serious reading as you lack a basic knowledge of ancient history. EDIT: "That's just about 6 thousand years ago."

[@jamesdolan4042]

Summaria was in southern Mesopotamia in the ancient world. It is inevitable that the stories in the Old Testament in particular and some from the New Testament should come from the vast empires of Eygpt, Persia, and Mesopotamia in particular. After all Abraham supposedly came from the ancient city of Ur in Mesopotamia that bordered what was to become Caanan. And it was supposedly Abraham who concieved the idea of a Monotheistic God who spoke.

[@dannyboywhaa3146]

Peter Pagano absence of evidence is not evidence of absence as they say! The further back in time one goes, naturally the harder it is to find evidence etc... especially with worldwide flooding and multiple cataclysms every few thousand years!

[@benjerry6442]

@@peterpagano8954 I think you have made up your own history. The Sumer, or Sumerians pre date the melting of the ice age. Thus 35,000 years is nothing in the timescale in the tale of the Sumer. The Sumer, had a civilisation of immense technological advancement, thousands of years before the Akkadians and eventually the Assyrians, stumbled into their history. This we know because the Akkadians circa 2350 BCE told us so, they themselves viewed the Sumer as extremely ancient. Sargon of Akkad killed the last King of Kish, and the Kish King linage had lasted approx 2000 years, and yet the Kish king linage was born out of the rubble of the Sumer empire. That is all the Kish Kings came post Antediluvian times. The Sumer were pre Antediluvian.

[@clemfandango5908]

Peter Pagano that’s what they want you to think

[@michaelfraser4396]

One of the most interesting things about archaeology, history, science, or the Bible is how they are interpreted. One interpretation can point us in one direction, while another interpretation can point us in the opposite direction. Interpretation depends on the frame of reference, validity of our sources, background, education or lack thereof (sometimes a lack of education can be a good thing), and the use of imagination, and insight. Sometimes the hardest thing to overcome while interpreting things are tradition, dogma, doctrine, or something that is believed to be an "established truth"; the willingness to challenge such things often lead to the biggest breakthroughs and insights.

[@user-ty6do8yz4l]

Enki can be found right down the street from most people. They just don't know he's hiding so close by.:. It's almost warm enough for the return SMIB.

[@mikenaughton4298]

Great talk. She reignites the reason for museums: To become more physical, more real, with the past.

[@farnorthweaver7793]

Excellent Presentation! Thank You so very much!

[@walle2239]

Gather as much information as you can, then process it to the best of your ability. Because someone of stature analyses it and says nothing is there, doesn't mean you will miss it too. we are all constructed slightly different from the human next to us.

[@supaipai420]

It's sad that Zacharia and Llyod Pye is not with us anymore. They were the two big on the Anunnaki.

[@All-Father-Odin-967]

Her voice is very soothing.

[@YenDiki]

A very enchanting and informative lecture presented by Miss Tiffany. A rare gift in our modern days...!👍👍👍✔🤩

[@needles1975]

actually no once you understand all that we've learned about the 1-2-3's of pregnancy hopefully you'll start working for children and stop proselytizing aiding and abetting child abuse Jeffrey Dahmer-ism.

[@kamyepgatekeepa9732]

I’m inspired. 🙏😌✨

[@davidirizarry6216]

This was awesome...ty...She reminds me of Lady Galadriel.

[@dawnmariemay8324]

What needs to be done first is get all these places to release the hidden knowledge that they keep from humanity.

[@ashzole]

you mean like the roman catholic church who holds the greatest knowledge and for some odd known reason the great library of alexandria just happened to burn, no way the church had anything to do with that even though many at the time blame the church

[@jcashbbeblockbreadent3198]

Facts

[@jcashbbeblockbreadent3198]

@@ashzole Isn't so wild that the knowledge stored in the Vatican library is not accessible to the public also it is heavily guarded with highly trained armed officials... I wonder why?

[@ashzole]

@@jcashbbeblockbreadent3198 ::::gasps::: the illuminati ancient enemy of the vatican, but everyone turned on the illumuniti

[@richardpotter6313]

Speaking of museums, especially the Smithsonian who BURY truth rather than digging it up. EVERY sample and writing they've conned folks out of on giants ...shrank to non-existence.

[@allenpage6761]

'The Flood' - the future of learning ! : )

[@jorgegonzalez-larramendi5491]

hopefully one day we will get those dates a bit more ACCURATELLY.

[@markjanssens5817]

Nice Job! The lost book of ENKI gives me a better understanding of how and why we are currently on Earth. Powers to be do not want our Ancestors to return. They are afraid and know that the are more animals then vegetables. The added DNA from Kingu and the incantation’s converted us into conscious being with speech. The modified beings we currently are will continue to be tweeted for eternity. They are again bothering the Demigods. Life is so fun, challenging and full of lessons to be learned. See you all in future lives. Love you all so much.

[@sinjofin1]

And why some states destroy past histories…to prevent questioning!

[@mullcrumthesage6303]

I love how she pronounces digital.

[@JRDoner-sv9gq]

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[@derz3199]

I love how she pronounces everything!

[@pokecruzin7714]

Very well said 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@EmaNymtoN88NotmyNamE]

I didn't know that Mesopotamia was in the UK! It,s amazing how many archeological sites there are in the UK like Mesopotamia, Ahtens Acropolis, the Valley of the Kings. That's why so many ancient statues and artifacts there are kept in the British Museum. Or is it just because they've been theft?

[@virginiatilley6467]

Most of this is a promo for museums. There's a few minutes in the first half profiling three people who found and interpreted the "flood tablet" and about one minute on the connection of the Assyrian story of Gilgamesh to the biblical version. The entire second half is an endorsement of museums generally and encouragement to visit the British museum.

[@marcdemell5976]

YAHUAH through Yahushua will recompense and it will happen in our lifetime. This redheaded lady is lost.Halleluyah!

[@trustydiamond]

So....?

[@virginiatilley6467]

@@trustydiamond, So... if you're looking for a good documentary on the tablet, this isn't it.

[@napoliansolo7865]

Good to know, thank you.

[@bhuggins76]

it is time everything ever collected in every museum was noted online in a central database for all to access....

[@raevj]

It is becoming more evident that there were many scientifically-advanced, pre-historical civilizations.

[@primeanomalous4275]

That gold tunic tho🌟🥇👌

[@bivens3ify]

You have to be obsessed if you going to find any breakthrough. I like that.

[@Bidness100]

bivens3ify Truth 💯

[@susanhawkins3890]

George, the self-educated man, must have been brilliant or received knowledge from above...we are so fortunate to know this!!

[@lyndoneaton5391]

It does make a person wonder, that's for sure. Something greater than us plays a part in our development. Almost as if there is destiny involved beyond human reasoning.

[@casteretpollux]

We should send these things back. This woman doesn't even seem to consider this is somebody else's history.

[@nskiran]

Summary of the talk is You should go to British Museum. Well I can give a talk on India and I can ask the audience to go to Culcutta Museum.

[@luistoral1192]

In Ecuador is unique place was the anunnakis.millones years at go. Encontaron gold water for conation . Etc..?