Deciphering the Secrets of Mesopotamian Divination | Dr. Irving Finkel

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  • @paulapridy6804
    @paulapridy6804 ปีที่แล้ว +244

    Man I just love being alive at a time when Irving Finkel is sharing with the world. WooHoo! And I'm in it! 😁

  • @authormichellefranklin
    @authormichellefranklin ปีที่แล้ว +98

    Dr Finkle-- what a treat! Please have him back again!

  • @Naiemaa
    @Naiemaa ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Irving’s mined must be downloaded digitally don’t ask me how but this magnificent brain that was shaped by decades of diligent and faithful work can not be lost.

  • @helennichols6531
    @helennichols6531 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Dr Finkel deserves national formal recognition. Does he have an OBE or something similar?

    • @ArchaeologyNow
      @ArchaeologyNow  ปีที่แล้ว +21

      NO! We think we need to figure out a way to start a campaign! We are SERIOUS about this!

    • @thelilster4286
      @thelilster4286 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It's possible to nominate him for honours on Gov.uk, anyone can do it

  • @gregd1218
    @gregd1218 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    in the last 2 weeks I've seen so many of Dr Finkel lectures, I'm starting to feel (falsely) comfortable regarding my knowledge about Mesopotamian civilization, which is not something I ever anticipated would happened to me. And I'm delighted. Please, don't stop!
    And then i realized I've actually watched that video somewhere else few times 😂

    • @ArchaeologyNow
      @ArchaeologyNow  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      So glad you're exploring this civilization! It's a great ride!

  • @brandonmass3787
    @brandonmass3787 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Thank you, Dr. Finkel, for your respect of ancient cultures.

  • @Northcountry1926
    @Northcountry1926 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Dr. Finkel, and Archaeology Now Thank you for Today 🙏🏼💖🥂

  • @georgiusvasingtonium1943
    @georgiusvasingtonium1943 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Ahh! Dr Irving Finkel, teaches by telling a story, as though one is in his house as a friend, listening to him relate his experiences. A treasure to behold.👑A King in the world of academics, of which there are few. Many could learn from this man how to impart knowledge, alas, unlikely in this age we live.
    ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ to Archaeology Now

  • @ptonpc
    @ptonpc ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Fantastic to see the Great Irving Finkel again.

  • @NefariousKoel
    @NefariousKoel ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Living higher up often means less readily available running water & waterways. Perhaps there was a little kernel in that.

    • @disideratum
      @disideratum ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Also volcanoes....

    • @FestinaFirefly
      @FestinaFirefly ปีที่แล้ว +2

      One also builds on a hill for defensive reasons. This suggests that the region is dangerous. Living in that city will perforce be unpleasant.

  • @jenniferrussellstudio
    @jenniferrussellstudio ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Ah! This information makes my imagination soar!!!!
    A huge part of it is Dr. Finkel's descriptions and enthusiasm! Thank you!

  • @nightowlpete8223
    @nightowlpete8223 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Always a phenomenal learning experience with Dr. Finkel!

  • @rogeradam7391
    @rogeradam7391 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Celebrating my birthday with Dr. Irving Finkle! 😊

    • @jillflores3076
      @jillflores3076 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      happy birthday

    • @Northcountry1926
      @Northcountry1926 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      LOL… My Birthday is today as well - Dr. Finkel, What a Gift to the World he is… Have a Wonderful Bday 🥂🎂🎁

    • @ArchaeologyNow
      @ArchaeologyNow  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Now THAT is a birthday! Congratulations!

    • @ArchaeologyNow
      @ArchaeologyNow  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Northcountry1926 Oh my goodness! Thanks ever so much for your generous donation! And Happy Birthday!

  • @disideratum
    @disideratum ปีที่แล้ว +38

    Thank you Dr Finkel for translating and sharing this with all of us not just as a scholar but also as a spirited storyteller. Esoteric arts in particular don't seem to be of much use in the academic community but the rest of the world is fascinated by it, myself included! I very much enjoyed his book "First Ghosts" and I hope he might also write books on other "paranormal" topics he's collected from the ancient tablets. Subjects like magic and divination, Cryptids and magical beings similar to Celtic Sidhe or Fae and Offworld Alien/UFO (or whatever they're calling it nowadays) would be exceptionally interesting. Cheers!

    • @ArchaeologyNow
      @ArchaeologyNow  ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Let's start a request drive!

    • @oliviabb73849
      @oliviabb73849 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This comment is magic in itself ❤. Will have to check out his books you referenced. Huge fan of Dr. Irving Finkel ❤.

  • @BB-et8pl
    @BB-et8pl ปีที่แล้ว +17

    So much love for Dr Finkel.

  • @leftofright
    @leftofright 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The likes of Leonardo da Vinci would have listened intently. I am thrilled and humbled to be in the virtual presence of a truly great man. Thank you, Mr Finkel, for your incredible contributions, in bringing a lost civilization's lifestyle back to light. Absolutely thankful!

  • @aariley2
    @aariley2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    If you think about it, the environment and feed would affect the livers of all animals. If the liver was fattier a more severe winter, etc or swollen perhaps a rain was coming to destroy crops or make warfare difficult. If you are a certain age your body becomes a barometer! I read persimmon seeds. Those and wooly worms never let me down on predicting winter!

    • @ArchaeologyNow
      @ArchaeologyNow  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hmmm...marketable??!

    • @vladtepes9614
      @vladtepes9614 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      If there's one thing we human beings excel at, it's making connections that don't really exist and treating them as factual.

  • @laurah1020
    @laurah1020 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I could listen to Dr. Finkel all day long! Thank you for posting these lectures!!💖

  • @ClearlyPixelated
    @ClearlyPixelated ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Yes!! Finkle Time!

  • @JennySimon206
    @JennySimon206 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Oh I love this guy

  • @szymonnowak4628
    @szymonnowak4628 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    An international treasure, the man who so effortlessly transports us thousand years into the past. I have little doubt that among the ancient divinations buried under the sands of Iraq there are images of a bearded sage telling the story of a kingdom long gone. May you be praised, oh Finkel the Great!

  • @mcolville
    @mcolville ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Thanks!

    • @cholulahotsauce6166
      @cholulahotsauce6166 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Matthew! I had no idea I'd see you here although I guess I ought not to be surprised! So exciting to find out you're also a Finkel Fan! Excited for the monster book!

    • @ArchaeologyNow
      @ArchaeologyNow  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      THANK YOU SO MUCH!

    • @ArchaeologyNow
      @ArchaeologyNow  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      So pleased to see you here. Thank you for your generosity. We're honored!

  • @beckydegraaf6976
    @beckydegraaf6976 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Dr Finkel is the most magnificent story reader of all time!

  • @QUICKSILVER369
    @QUICKSILVER369 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Hi again from Michigan, a bit late! Living in a ancient city set on a height would prevent the gravitation flow of good water in and bad water out. This would cause all types of horrible issues, with human waste and disease etc., making living there to "not be good"! Maybe . . . .?? And, to think, I've just read scientific papers explaining that the memory of all of our ancestors is stored in our DNA/RNA! I also called the Greeks the "Liver Lookers"--now I know where that came from. Then there were diviners who would discern the answers by observing the pattern in the movement of loosed birds. Now we are much more civilised, reading tea leaves and palms!

  • @user-eh6th9wj5k
    @user-eh6th9wj5k ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Irving Finkle is an absolute treasure! Thank you!

  • @DavidHauka
    @DavidHauka ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Fascinating! Thanks you Dr. Finkle!

  • @aresaurelian
    @aresaurelian ปีที่แล้ว +10

    This is always a fascinating meeting with the perspective of Dr. Irving Finkel and the ancient world, even leans into the unknown of pre-historic man. Well appreciated and much gratitude for these.

  • @clareryan3843
    @clareryan3843 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    😁 yay for today😂 Divination in the ole Mesopotamia days - exactly what I need to hear all about 🥰

  • @deewesthill1213
    @deewesthill1213 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Divination by examining a hairball from a cow's stomach is described in "Huckleberry Finn".

  • @theresasmith8533
    @theresasmith8533 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Bless you Sir........
    Love your knowledge...wit and passion...thank you x ☓

  • @dmreturns6485
    @dmreturns6485 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The study of cause and effect ... one of the uber-basics of our scientific understanding of the world may have started in ancient Mesopotamia.

  • @sheenapearse766
    @sheenapearse766 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Marvellous Irving ! I have so much respect now for our Mesopotamian cultural ancestors

  • @wicket23P
    @wicket23P ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I need to be part of an Irving Finkle fan club.

  • @Erkynar
    @Erkynar ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Tank you kindly for a most interesting lecture.
    On another note, I am currently reading "The first ghosts" and it is absolutely fantastic as well. Great read and wonderfully informative.

    • @ArchaeologyNow
      @ArchaeologyNow  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Glad you are enjoying "The First Ghosts." Hope you have a chance to see the video on this channel that is a companion to the book!

    • @Erkynar
      @Erkynar ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@ArchaeologyNow That made me get the book! 😊

  • @loobly
    @loobly ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I'm so happy to be starting my journey through the world of archaeology while Irving Finkel is still around and willing to share his knowledge, especially in such an accessible way. I hope I can be even a fraction as illustrious once I get my degree

  • @marthavillegas6250
    @marthavillegas6250 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    So interesting! Thank you for this, I just love and respect Dr Finkel.

  • @sweetykitty4427
    @sweetykitty4427 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I followed a twitter bot that was someone posting their omen translations every once in a while, and it was quite fun. Lots of stuff that couldn't happen also was noted, like if a baby was born with a tail and stuff it means the king will face adversity and fall

    • @ArchaeologyNow
      @ArchaeologyNow  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      WOW!

    • @Bildgesmythe
      @Bildgesmythe ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Um, babies can be born with a tail. Google it.

    • @casteretpollux
      @casteretpollux ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Babies are often born with tails. The medicall staff usually whip them off straight away. Webbed feet are also common and hermaphrodite are born regularly.

    • @sweetykitty4427
      @sweetykitty4427 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ok!

    • @sweetykitty4427
      @sweetykitty4427 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@casteretpollux oh nooo, poor kings then 😭😭

  • @Jamie_Pritchard
    @Jamie_Pritchard 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Always enjoy a slice of Finkle of an evening. His enthusiasm is infectious 😊

  • @lacey3880
    @lacey3880 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Please sir Finkel,
    U have apprentices,
    I'd hate for ur craft, to b lost..
    I learn every time I listen..x
    Can u teach the old lettering on line...
    I may finally get it..xx

  • @oak_meadow9533
    @oak_meadow9533 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    It is heavenly delight to listen to what you have to say. It reminds me why I took 4 years of Latin in high school 😊😊😊. Also I know you tell these facts with perfect veracity. Thank you.

  • @nadiewn7
    @nadiewn7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I like Dr. Erving finkle.

  • @deewesthill1213
    @deewesthill1213 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Tamil language scholars believe that an archaic form of Tamil was related to Sumerian. There are videos on that subject.

  • @Hinzmana
    @Hinzmana ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Finkel! Finkel! Finkel!

  • @Za7a7aZ
    @Za7a7aZ ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This man must be a teasure for the British museum 😊

  • @blueharley2
    @blueharley2 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    It's amazing that knowledge has taken so long to evolve. Thank you for the talk, Dr. Finkel.

  • @GhostofJamesMadison
    @GhostofJamesMadison 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Clicked on this to go to sleep to and ended up staying for an extra hour totally emthralled lol

  • @Cat-tastrophee
    @Cat-tastrophee ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This guy is exactly how I pictured Dumbledore

  • @XcarazorelX
    @XcarazorelX 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Such a wonderful teacher 🤍🪽

  • @ChelseyK1ng
    @ChelseyK1ng ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The way Dr. Finkel calmly talks about what steaming fresh sheep livers look like.........

  • @richardengelhardt582
    @richardengelhardt582 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The ancient Chinese also practiced extensively divination using sheep scapulae, turtle carapiced, and some other species. Besides indicating an global intellectual movement of the time that held sway across cultures (which itself is fascinating), there must have been some practical functional purpose or "reality" to these divination practices, given their widespread application over such a long period of time, across wide geographical space, and cross-cultural circumstances.

    • @richardengelhardt582
      @richardengelhardt582 ปีที่แล้ว

      Perhaps it has to do with the structure of logical syntax, as Prof F suggests.

  • @FreedomandRights4US
    @FreedomandRights4US ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thanks a ton

  • @martinezlucia101
    @martinezlucia101 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love learning from him. Content is always spectacular but his voice, cadence, and inflection are all very special! Like I’m listening to a fairytale or a bedtime story and you don’t want the lesson to end

  • @ewadsworth
    @ewadsworth ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Love it!!! 🙏🏽🎉❤

  • @madgepickles
    @madgepickles 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I just completely fell in love with this man!

  • @kellikelli4413
    @kellikelli4413 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Omens are warnings.
    There's a saying about predictions :
    It's easier to CREATE history than to predict it...

  • @northernhills863
    @northernhills863 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    (22:38) Concerning the sheep v. goat issue, in the interpretation of mash-shu-gid-gid, it might be of interest that even today, the term for the meat of a sheep -- mutton -- may also be used as the term for the meat of a goat, depending on what part of the world one is in.

  • @mcolville
    @mcolville ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "I never confuse a favorable sign with an unfavorable one."
    Pretty sure that's a G&S lyric! Patience? Iolanthe?

  • @stephenconnolly3018
    @stephenconnolly3018 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    You tube is fall of infantile conspiracy theorist, Flat earther's and religious cretin's but among all the crap. I can still find gems of knowledge like Dr Irvin Finkle to shine the light of education and rational thought.
    I hope the British people are very proud of him.

  • @successmeditations110
    @successmeditations110 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you mister Finkel. A delight as always!

  • @lazarus6125
    @lazarus6125 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Love dr finkel

  • @francisfischer7620
    @francisfischer7620 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What a terrific topic!!! As always, great talk!!!

  • @fotolexdancetv
    @fotolexdancetv ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Dear Irvin Finkel. As always with bigger respect and thanks for all your research! 👏 It would be great appreciated if you could discover and talk interesting topics about Urartian culture and ancient scripts and cuneiform. Thank you! ❤️

  • @ScorpionicWoman1313
    @ScorpionicWoman1313 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you ✨️

  • @Inkdipper
    @Inkdipper 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you Dr. Finkel! 😀

  • @user-lt5dx6rz1l
    @user-lt5dx6rz1l ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That stone was, once upon a time, our map to move into our home

  • @MackerelCat
    @MackerelCat ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks so much Dr Finkel. Fascinating stuff.

  • @JM222444
    @JM222444 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    In science there is a word called "entropy." The concept deals with things that can not be described without the use of incalculable, large number, such as: the number of sand grains on the beach, bladed of grass in a field, or hairs on your head. The concept also claims predictability, similar to that of the Mesopotamian divination (however not remotely as well practiced or usable). They claim that if you let an enthropic "field" evolve with enough time you get solid & tangible information, like a sand castle that appears once in a malinia with enough crashing of the waves. After watching your video I no longer believe enthropic fields could possibly reveal much information to us people. I'm sitting here squinting at the grass outside my window, and thinking there must be something better to read!

  • @PATTHECATMCD
    @PATTHECATMCD ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fascinating. It is remarkable how the sheep appears to have been an "unclean" animal to the New Kingdom Egyptians, so I presume they had something different,

  • @StanJan
    @StanJan ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Dr.Finley ! THE Curator. It is our Distinct Honor, to attend his reading :)

  • @anastasialudwika
    @anastasialudwika 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    ❤❤❤❤❤
    Amazing video!

  • @plasmaburndeath
    @plasmaburndeath ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Yay.

  • @johndutchman
    @johndutchman ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you, Doctor !

  • @oak_meadow9533
    @oak_meadow9533 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Even as late as 180 Ad, ceremonies in Rome still used augers to read the livers of sacrificial animals. AMAZING😊

  • @OPVSNOVVM
    @OPVSNOVVM ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Ancient thinking was symbolic, relied on images that conveyed much denser, layered and subtle information (or even knowledge and wisdom) than a set of explanations could. Images could be understood intuitively without scientific or technical training, it involves the right hemisphere of the brain. Symbolic thinking has its limitations, although far fewer than the algorithms (the domains of the left hemisphere) into which they seemed to have tried to shoe in some of what those images could mean. One must read Dr. Iain McGilchrist, another brilliant Briton who bares the secrets of our brain.
    Today, however, algorithmic thinking is canon and sacrosanct and symbolic thinking is woo woo stuff. As McGilchrist says: "The left brain can't see what it can't see."

  • @Alejandroredgear
    @Alejandroredgear 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Ur a beast keep it up bro. Ill try to donate soon for the knowledge is gold

  • @MrCoreslash
    @MrCoreslash ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow just found out about this channel :) very nice indeed

  • @mrwideboy
    @mrwideboy 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I kove the way Irving communicates

  • @CelestialShaman44
    @CelestialShaman44 ปีที่แล้ว

    Finkel!! Adore this man!!

  • @leekestner1554
    @leekestner1554 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    A shepherd aquaintance of mine had a sheep give birth to triplets and a leg. Not an extra leg attached to lamb. Just rear leg. She posted it online and it went viral. It was even talked about on Coast to Coast. Did they have that in the Prodigies?

  • @evelinharmannfan7191
    @evelinharmannfan7191 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I find the ammount of data collection and the attempt to draw conclusions from co- occurants impressive. I presume a lot of it was just accidental. But some natural phenomenons are linked to other phenomenons: 👉 think of the El Nino effect, when one thing brings on another (droughts ☀ in some regions, floods ⛈🌧 and landslides in another, dead fish 🐟 in certain regions)
    👉less rainfall can increase the percentage of minerals in drinking water (e.g. arsenic in some regions) and have a harmful affect on human and animal pregnancies 👉 a certain climatic condition , or animal pest might weaken your neighbours, but not yourself. For example, if you grow different forms of cattle, one 🐏 🐑☠ falling prey to a disease, the other 🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐 is totally immune. 😁 Or if you can expect a good 🌾🌾🌾🌾harvest, but your neighbor 🌱 does not. That would be the perfect time to increase your power by war or by trade. And these "omens" could be connected to certain conditions that are favourable or adverse to certain undertakings. Like the pharao in the story of Joseph who asked for a dream interpreter. He stores harvest from the good years to feed his people through the bad years and increases his power over his hungry neighbours.
    They probably believed a lot of superstitious nonsense, but if they seriously observed, studied and documented nature for houndreds of years, they must have gotten some things right. We should not discard their believes offhand.

  • @Lincolnshire-Paranormal
    @Lincolnshire-Paranormal 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    An excellent video with a crucial question at its heart. It seems to me that your argument that historic seers would never put their reputation on the line is diminished by the fact that the system lasted so long ... why on Earth would any system of divination be so long-lasting if it never provided an accurate answer ?

  • @thinkbig7195
    @thinkbig7195 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    They were much clever like today Science.❤

  • @jeremygreen3201
    @jeremygreen3201 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I really like these, thank you, and let us all thank the good lord for Billy Graham.;,

  • @zaenabs266
    @zaenabs266 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Dr Finkel, you need to meet Kurdish people to help you reading the coniform language. It is similar to Kurdish language. Summarian people are not extinct, they are Kurds ancestors
    For example: when we call sheep and goats we say
    gid gid gid

  • @jennifersilves4195
    @jennifersilves4195 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    🙏

  • @williamgorden6390
    @williamgorden6390 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Can someone please tell me if Dr. Finkle has written any books on the subjects of his lectures/teaching? I'm sure many viewers would love know! 👳‍♂️➡️🧠➡️🤯

    • @ArchaeologyNow
      @ArchaeologyNow  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      YES - there are 5 titles for adults and 2 releases for children listed on Amazon! It makes shopping very easy!

  • @eloisahowell2671
    @eloisahowell2671 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    subscribed

  • @TheClairegrant
    @TheClairegrant 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    He had me at hello.

  • @casteretpollux
    @casteretpollux ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I'm interested in early science, crafts, technical practice, cosmology. Not interested in superstition and religion. I've read about divination in Greece and Rome. Have read that almost all slaughtering of animals was deemed to be 'sacrifice'. And of course the meat was eaten. Our saying of grace before eating appears to be a continuation of this practice. Early scientists could predict some things e.g. eclipses, so no doubt pressure was put on and incentives given to attempt other (impossible) predictions . Very interesting that only the King could request thus.

  • @fleischer236
    @fleischer236 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    2nd!!

  • @savannahshepherd2283
    @savannahshepherd2283 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I only want to see Dr finkles vids does he have his own channel? I like divination and origins

  • @casteretpollux
    @casteretpollux ปีที่แล้ว +3

    A bit quiet, this one. On max volume.

  • @larryc835
    @larryc835 ปีที่แล้ว

    💯.

  • @BILLY-px3hw
    @BILLY-px3hw ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It would be cool to make a sheep liver shaped magic 8-Ball, I wonder if it would improve the accuracy

  • @kabuti2839
    @kabuti2839 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The essence of the fact of divination, necromancy etc in history can be condensed down to 1 thing; 'equilibrium', as in the cause of such deformity etc, must be the result of imbalance, some where. Therefore, the prescription purports to correct an imbalace in nature/spirit

  • @jsphfalcon
    @jsphfalcon 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Reminds me of the Phaistos disk except I think the Phaistos disk is for the intestine

  • @HeatherWP
    @HeatherWP 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Does anyone know what the ancient texts say regarding, specifically, if a woman gives birth to a child with six fingers (or an extra thumb) on the right hand? Alternatively, a complete list of omens pertaining to polydactyly.
    Also, I’m wondering if there is an English translation of any texts pertaining specifically to divination of the human liver. Texts to the extent that one might be able to even go so far as to divine a human liver themselves if one were available or through a scan.
    Does anyone know where I might find such texts? You see, I’m quite interested in comparison of modern medical modalities to the ancient beliefs to see if there is anything that may possibly hold true today, possibly regarding the psychological aspects of that individual’s life (the one born with such omens) and if there is any meaningful connection or if it’s all possible to make sense of anything else that might be relevant in today’s world.

  • @whisped8145
    @whisped8145 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Dr Finkle may not get a knighthood, but I heard there's been another prestigious position open since that Merlin-guy left office.

  • @ancient_Iraqi_Mesopotamian
    @ancient_Iraqi_Mesopotamian ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Civilizations of Mesopotamia(Iraq)❤️
    Babylon, Sumer, Akkad, and Assyria❤️
    Arabian Gulf❤️

  • @ronalddollarhite5216
    @ronalddollarhite5216 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Does the great Irving Finkle have any insights to the use of mushrooms for divination?

    • @ArchaeologyNow
      @ArchaeologyNow  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hah! Don't know but will be fascinating to find out.

    • @ronalddollarhite5216
      @ronalddollarhite5216 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Came across foundation statue of king shulgi with basket over head, gives appearance of mushroom, any connection?