The ancient secrets revealed by deciphered tablets | BBC Ideas

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  • Cuneiform is the earliest known form of writing. For thousands of years, no one was able to translate it. When it was finally cracked, it gave us some astonishing insights into the ancient world...
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  • @bbcideas
    @bbcideas  2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank you for watching! We hope you enjoyed :) You might also like our video about how medieval monks are revealing our universe's secrets 👉 th-cam.com/video/oLADG-Bfzmw/w-d-xo.html

  • @MasterOfCydonia
    @MasterOfCydonia ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I do find it amusing to see that for as long as humans have been around, we've always been humans. Complaining about your day at work is literally as old as human society. Wanting to prove you can outdo your neighbor, since the times that humans had homes. Even more amusing, seeing that we are now transcribing our books and important documents onto ceramic tablets yet again. I feel like the old adage still holds true to this day: 'The more things change, the more they stay the same'.

    • @boxfox2945
      @boxfox2945 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Flintstones, meet the Flintstones. They're a modern stone age family🎶

  • @thomasnixon8686
    @thomasnixon8686 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Must have been big business to deal in clay back then

    • @kyarailumi
      @kyarailumi ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah

    • @jamieorourke767
      @jamieorourke767 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Easy to make

    • @copywrite9120
      @copywrite9120 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They knew it would last this long +

    • @PortmanRd
      @PortmanRd 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Go to get the equivalent of your morning newspaper.
      "Sorry mate! Still in the oven. Come back in 15 minutes."

  • @rioborzeli147
    @rioborzeli147 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Wow, very interesting and full circle Thierry to preserve todays books mmmm Gets the mind thinking . Also great flood that is cool.

  • @ancient_Iraqi_Mesopotamian
    @ancient_Iraqi_Mesopotamian ปีที่แล้ว +13

    (history of Iraq)
    Babylon, Sumer, Akkad, Assyria, and Mesopotamia❤️😢

  • @bernoldychrispin1275
    @bernoldychrispin1275 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    The decimal system is from mesopotamia I wonder if davincci would have found this ancient discovery if he himself would have been able to decipher its writings

  • @nibiruresearch
    @nibiruresearch ปีที่แล้ว +13

    In the encyclopedia "Naturalis Historia" written by the Roman author Pliny is written: "According to Epigenes, the Sumerian astronomical observations recorded on clay tablets are 720,000 years old". This means that the Greek must have found clay tablets and that they deciphered them. And mankind is so much older than we think.
    Can you do something about this terrible music please.

  • @MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEKS
    @MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEKS 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Can any one tell me what book the lady with the tablet is reading cuneiform from? Thank you :)

  • @LeviticusMoriarty
    @LeviticusMoriarty 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    kind of just glosses over how big a deal the flood myth is and the likelihood of a cataclysm reducing humanity to a low point from a prior level of relative advancement

  • @Cypher791
    @Cypher791 หลายเดือนก่อน

    So what were the secrets, and how were they deciphered?

  • @KodiMasti
    @KodiMasti 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    @BBC I'm a bit confused,I read people started using money, currency and writing very late in the history then how came these ladies 5000 years ago were complaining and writing each other about how much their husbands were sending them money and how came they're writing letters to each other,plz put some light on both of them.

    • @23Butanedione
      @23Butanedione ปีที่แล้ว

      @Ryan Trott don't worry I'm sure the Russians will take anything good they find, we can just take it later on

    • @MasterOfCydonia
      @MasterOfCydonia ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This is actually fairly easy to explain. The idea that currency is only a fairly recent creation is a misunderstanding of what we call currency. In the modern world, our Currency can trace it's ancestry to Croesus of Lydia who created the first state run currency by using Electrum to create coinage.
      However, earlier forms of currency did exist. More often than not that currency was in the form of physical goods. Grain, Beer, Livestock, even some times Clay Tablet Receipts which could then be exchanged for goods and services. That early form of currency was a trader exchange program, which were often directly controlled by the state in order to ensure that everyone was being paid what they were owed.
      To finish off this mini exposition, that style of currency and exchange remained relevant throughout much of the Ancient Near East until the collapse of the Bronze Age civilizations and the break down of that interconnected trade system.

  • @PortmanRd
    @PortmanRd 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The Sumerians spoke a language isolate (a language that has no demonstrable genetic connection to any other language). They were conquered by the Semite speaking Akkadians long before the Hebrew language existed. Eventually, the Sumerians were assimilated into Akkadian society.

    • @zeebooboo578
      @zeebooboo578 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      The God is Ashur the Land is Ashur the people are Ashur the language is Ashur,****Greater

    • @PortmanRd
      @PortmanRd 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Ashur is a deity not a language.

  • @thebestofu-tubebytheresaes5189
    @thebestofu-tubebytheresaes5189 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Yes let me decipher that tablet!!! There symbols …

  • @thebestofu-tubebytheresaes5189
    @thebestofu-tubebytheresaes5189 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Plus slang talk now emojis lol round robin we go.. very good thank you!

  • @Haseri8
    @Haseri8 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is how we knew about that rapscallion Ea-Nasir

    • @MikeJ-pw7ig
      @MikeJ-pw7ig 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Haha you sound like Irving the big stink Fink in my head...

  • @HappyLifeKL10
    @HappyLifeKL10 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    ഉള്ളതാണോ..ആവൊ...🤔

  • @veritas2145
    @veritas2145 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks to the Assyrian cuneiform tablets… We know where the Israelites migrated to

  • @MarlaBlair-ys2zu
    @MarlaBlair-ys2zu 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Some of the viewers missed the message but have found time to bash the bbc and complain there was no content. Listen and learn, people, listen and learn.

  • @apontutul
    @apontutul 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Did they have TH-cam then to share information like this?

  • @avataros111
    @avataros111 วันที่ผ่านมา

    It saya we were monkeys not too long ago 😂😂

  • @stefannikola
    @stefannikola 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Tim and Jon from The Bible Project need to watch this video and integrate it into their belief system.

    • @veritas2145
      @veritas2145 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Those guys are a couple of clowns

  • @bbalila
    @bbalila 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The nail in the coffin of religious lies.

    • @AudioJeep
      @AudioJeep ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yeah the nail in the coffin is having everything in the bible be confirmed by other cultures at the time.
      I can tell youre smart

    • @PortmanRd
      @PortmanRd 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@AudioJeep*you're* 😂

    • @AudioJeep
      @AudioJeep 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@PortmanRd to be fair im not a christian anymore since I made this comment 😂
      Ive since learned alot. But I don't bother doing apostrophe's unless my phone provides it

    • @PortmanRd
      @PortmanRd 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@AudioJeep My bad.

    • @Matt_0G
      @Matt_0G 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Well said, probably the most important proof in our existence to the Jews made it up with themselves as gods

  • @paulblart5358
    @paulblart5358 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I wanted to watched a documentary about cuneiform and got puzzled when they started talking about woman. All that for ESG points.

  • @itsbadlols
    @itsbadlols ปีที่แล้ว +7

    are they going to tell the story? just wasted 6 mins

    • @patrikrezle4269
      @patrikrezle4269 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Thanks! I just quit after skipping a few minutes 😂

    • @elijahbachrach6579
      @elijahbachrach6579 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      No, that would require the bbc to do research. They just wanted to “dunk” on Abrahamic religions (unsuccessfully) and tell some ancient “herstory.”

  • @grandmaster5180
    @grandmaster5180 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Give my man a few quids to have hair cut 😂

    • @BloxyMelonio
      @BloxyMelonio ปีที่แล้ว +3

      no, he’s the wise old professor

  • @patrickjohnson7592
    @patrickjohnson7592 ปีที่แล้ว

    The Sumerians, were black people, from West Africa, before the Flood.There were Floods, in that region, but not, as dreadful, as the Flood of Nowah. They spoke Hebrew. The Rebllious Angels were their Gods. Some of them were punished, by the True God.

  • @Randy-jl4sf
    @Randy-jl4sf ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Why introduce the unessesary injection of the female power structure, while interesting, in the aggregate more purposeful separations.

  • @GloriousIllyria
    @GloriousIllyria 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Ancient World Spoke Albanian 🇦🇱
    Proof ->
    Alexander The Great = Ai Ka Le Si Ëndërr = He Was Born Like A Dream
    Olympia = Illi Mbi = The Star Above / The Star In The Sky
    Aphrodite = Afër Dita = Near Day / Dawn
    Pelasg / Pelasgians = Prej El / Yllit = From The Star
    Dorians / Dores = Të Dorës = Strong, Hardworking People
    Illyria / Illyrians = Ill Rri = Star Dwellers
    Graeculus = Gratë e Yllit = Women Of The Star / Women From The Star
    Epirus / Epir = I Epër = Upper
    Albania / Albanians = Al Banorë = Banorët e Yllit / Banorët Prej Yllit = The Dwellers Of The Star / The Dwellers From The Star
    Hera = Era = Wind
    Apollo = Ai Prej Illit = He Is From The Star
    Rhea = Re = Cloud
    Zeus = Zëri = The Voice
    Pegasus = Prej Nga Zëri = Comes From The Voice
    Ares = Arë / Ai Rrihet = Field / He Fights
    Selene = Si Ill Hëne / Si Illi i Hënës = Like The Moon’s Star
    Demeter = Dimër = Winter
    Hestia = Vjeshta = Autumn
    Persephone = Porsi Prej Hëne = Just Like From The Moon
    Triton = Dritë = Light
    Thetis = Deti = Sea
    Fortuna = Fortuna = Storm
    Kronos = Krijoj = Create
    Amalthea = Ajo Mal Dhia = She Is A Goat From The Mountains
    Adamanthea = Atë e Mban Dhia = The Goat Nurses Him
    Cleopatra = Ka Le e Para = The First To Be Born
    Archimedes = Ar Ki Mendjen = Golden Minded Shall You Be
    Hippocrates = Hapi Krahët = Spread Your Wings
    Prometheus = Për Mbi Dhe / Pari Mbi Dhe = Over The Ground / The First Over The Ground
    Herodotus = Era e Ditës = Day’s Wind
    Aristotle = Ari Do Të Lind = Gold Shall He Born
    Antisthenes = Ngjan Ti Si Hëna = You Resemble The Moon
    Parthenon = Pari Tek Hëna Janë / Pari Prej Hëne Janë = They Are The First To The Moon / They Are The First From The Moon
    Artemis = Ardhët e Mi = My Predecessors
    Paris = I Pari = The First
    Pericles = Pari Ka Le = First Born
    Asclepius = Ai Ka Illi, Prej Hyjnisë = Ai Nga Ylli, Prej Perëndisë = He Is From The Star, From The Divinity
    Achilles = Ai Ka Illi / Ai Prej Illit = He Is From The Star
    Amazon = Jam e Zonja = I Am A Strong Woman
    Acropolis = Ai Ka Ra Prej Illit = It Has Fallen From The Star
    Heracles / Hercules = Era Ka Illi / Era Prej Yllit = The Wind From The Star
    Alcaeus = Ill Ka Hyjnia = Yll Nga Perëndia = A Star From The Divinity
    Troy = Troja = Place Or Land Of Origin
    Medusa = Me Hardhuca = With Lizards / Snakes / Serpents
    Pandora = Panë Dorën = They Saw Her Fate In Her Hand / Fortune Teller
    Odysseus = Udhëtues = Traveller
    Odessa = E Dashur = Beloved
    Ajax = Gjak = Blood
    Athena = A Ti Prej Hëne = You Are From The Moon
    Cassandra = Ka Sa Ëndrra = Many Dreams
    Penelope = Prej Hëne, Prej Yllit = From The Moon, From The Star
    Hermes = Erë Me Shi ose Herët / Hershëm = Wind With Rain or Early
    Zoe = Zonja = Lady
    Priam = Prijës / Pari Jam = Decedent / I Am The First
    Oracle Of Pythia = O Ra Ka Illi = She Fell From The Star, Pythia
    Delphi = Selvi / Selvia = Beautiful Woman
    The Whole Sentence Means: The Beautiful Woman, Pythia Fell From The Star.
    Alexander The Great Named Most Mountains In Asia:
    Tirich Mir = Ti Të Rrish Mirë = You Should Stay Well
    Rakaposhi = Ka Rënë Poshtë = It Fell Downwards
    Torabora = Tërë Borë = Full Of Snow
    Stok Kangri = Sa Tokë Ka Ngrirë = So Much Land Is Frozen
    Bubli Motin = Bubullinë Moti =
    Thunder Weather
    Ka Ra Buura = Ka Rënë Bora = Snow Has Fallen
    Diran = Dy Ranë / Duron = Two Fell / Withstand
    Ancient Egyptians Were Albanians 🇦🇱
    Proof ->
    Pyramid = Pirg Mbi Dhe = Stack Over The Ground
    Cleopatra = Ka Le e Para = The First To Be Born
    Nefertari Meritmut = Afër Tek Ari Më Rriti Mua = Close To Gold She Raised Me
    Nefertiti = Afërdita = Aphrodite / Near Day / Dawn
    Pharaoh = Pari Ai Është / Prej Ari Ai Është = He Is The First / He Is Made Of Gold
    Hapi = Ha Pi = Eat Drink (Hapi Is Nile’s Other Name)
    Nile = Një Ill = A Star
    Spartans Were Albanians 🇦🇱
    Proof ->
    Sparta = Shpatë = Sword
    Lycurgus = Ligji = Law
    Theopompus = Dheu i Popullit = Nation Land
    Doryssus = Dorian = Dorian Illyrian
    Demaratus = Dem Prej Are = Bull From The Field
    Klenymos = Ka Le Ndihmues = Born A Helper
    Cleombrotus = Ka Le Mbrojtje = Born A Shild / Born Protective
    Kleodaios = Ka Le i Dijes = Born All Knowing
    Alcamenes = Ill Ka Mendjen = His Mind Is A Star
    Eurykrates = E T’u Rritshin Krahët = May You Grow Big Shoulders
    Eurypon = E U Rritsh Prej Hëne = May You Grow From The Moon To Here
    Eurysthenes = E U Rritsh Sa Tek Hëna = May You Grow To The Moon
    Eurydamas = E U Rritsh Demi = May The Bull Grow
    Pausanias = Pasuria = Wealth
    Hippocratidas = Hapi Krahët = Spread Your Wings
    Hippomedon = Hap Mendjen = Think Wise
    Ariston = Arritur = Reached (Success)
    Labotas = Lindur Prej Botës = Born From Earth
    Anaxandridas = I Ngjan Dritës = Resembles The Light
    Anaxilas = I Ngjan Yjeve = Resembles The Stars
    Anaxander = I Ngjan Ëndrrës = Resembles A Dream
    Anaxidamus = I Ngjan Demit = Resembles A Bull
    Zeuxidamus = Zërin Si Demi = Voice Like A Bull
    Arehidamus = Ai Rrihet Si Demi = He Fights Like A Bull
    Menares = Mendo = Think Wise
    Polydorus = Prej Illi Dorian = Dorian From The Star
    Echestratus = Udhës Drejtë = The Right Way
    Nicomedes = Një Komb = One Nation
    Ancient Romans Were Albanians 🇦🇱
    Proof ->
    Italy / Víteliú = Vijnë Tek Illi / Vijnë Nga Illi = They Come From The Star
    Calabria = Kala Me Brirë = Castle With Horns
    In Latin, Star is called Stella and Stella comes from Albanian Ill = Star
    Latin reads La Atin = Left The Father
    Luna in Latin means Moon and Luna reads in Albanian: Luan Ana = The Side Moves (Moon Phases)
    Hëna reads Ha Ana = The Side Eats It Up (Moon Phases)
    Rome reads Rrumbullak, which means Round in Albanian
    Primavera / Minerva = Pranvera = Spring
    Diana = Zana = Fairy
    Zana comes from Zëri = Voice
    Vesta reads Vjeshta = Autumn
    And Vjeshta comes from Albanian verb vjel = gather, pick, pluck (grapes or other fruits)
    Venus = Vend = Place
    Caelestis = Ky El Është = He Is A Star
    Aurora reads Ajo U Urua = She Was Blessed
    Faunus / Fauna = Prej Hëne = From The Moon
    Veni, Vidi, Vici reads Vij e Ndiej, Vij e Di, Vij e Kryej = I come and feel, I come and know, I come and finish it.
    Rome = Rrumbullak = Round
    Pompeii = Po Më Pëlqen = I Like It
    Pescara = Peshk = Fish
    Bari = Bari = Grass
    Brindisi = Brirë Midis = Horns Between
    Sicily = Si Illi = Like The Star
    Siculi = Si Ylli = Like The Star
    Sicani = Si Hëna = Like The Moon
    Elymians = Ylli Mbi Hënë = The Star Above The Moon
    Julius Ceasar = Je Illi = You Are The Star, Ca es ar = Që Është Ar = Which Is Gold

    • @edwardjennings6021
      @edwardjennings6021 ปีที่แล้ว

      Or the Albanian language descended from ancient greek.

  • @TJ_USA
    @TJ_USA ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love the BBC - 2 minutes in and then it's all about women and their "agency".

  • @Corteum
    @Corteum 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I don't think they understand cuneiform as much as they pretend to. Leave it to the AI's to do the decyphering.

    • @jari2018
      @jari2018 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      so instead of they understanding you would a version of what said in order to manipulate humans its interacting at the moment - tahts the future of ai's - i gues syou prefer that

    • @Corteum
      @Corteum ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jari2018 Huh?

    • @PortmanRd
      @PortmanRd 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@jari2018😂

  • @Anzeth_Zeon
    @Anzeth_Zeon 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Ever notice that they never actually read one. They just throw up broad examples they pulled out of their butt. I'm calling cap. They can't read them at all.