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← Assyriology has a built-in assumption that the tablets we have are roughly all there ever was, and it is absurd.

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Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Assyriology has a built-in assumption that the tablets we have are roughly all there ever was, and it is absurd. Assyriology has a built-in assumption thatthe tablets we have are roughly all thereever was, and it is absurd. Last stated 9 months ago 12 Dec 2025 IF Irving Finkel — holds since 2025-12-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: The archaeological record of early writing is misleading, because people across the Middle East were sending each other messages long before the Sumerians. — tap to centre the map on it The archaeological record of earlywriting is misleading, becausepeople across the Middle East weresending each other messages longbefore the Sumerians. Last stated 9 months ago 12 Dec 2025 IF Irving Finkel — holds since 2025-12-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: A civilization that advanced and that large would have left something behind, and archaeologists find fish scales. — tap to centre the map on it A civilization that advanced andthat large would have left somethingbehind, and archaeologists find fishscales. Last stated 2 years ago 30 Sept 2024 EB Ed Barnhart — holds since 2024-09-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: Our picture of the Sumerians is skewed by the accident of what was dug up, and the people working with skewed material do not realise how skewed it is. — tap to centre the map on it Our picture of the Sumerians isskewed by the accident of what wasdug up, and the people working withskewed material do not realise howskewed it is. Last stated 9 months ago 12 Dec 2025 IF Irving Finkel — holds since 2025-12-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: The stock of useful scientific knowledge is bounded rather than endless. — tap to centre the map on it The stock of useful scientificknowledge is bounded rather thanendless. Last stated 6 years ago 20 Jun 2020 JR José Luis Ricón — holds since 2020-06-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: The people of the ancient world were not less advanced than we are; they were probably indistinguishable from us. — tap to centre the map on it The people of the ancient world werenot less advanced than we are; theywere probably indistinguishable fromus. Last stated 9 months ago 12 Dec 2025 IF Irving Finkel — holds since 2025-12-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Graham Hancock's research is good; his conclusion that one lost civilization seeded all the others is not. — tap to centre the map on it Graham Hancock's research is good;his conclusion that one lostcivilization seeded all the othersis not. Last stated 2 years ago 30 Sept 2024 EB Ed Barnhart — holds since 2024-09-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: The Inca stones were not fitted by patient pecking with hammer stones; they were fused with acid. — tap to centre the map on it The Inca stones were not fitted bypatient pecking with hammer stones;they were fused with acid. Last stated 2 years ago 30 Sept 2024 EB Ed Barnhart — holds since 2024-09-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: The Babylonians did not destroy Ashurbanipal's library; they carted it home, and what is left at Nineveh is the leftovers. — tap to centre the map on it The Babylonians did not destroyAshurbanipal's library; they cartedit home, and what is left at Ninevehis the leftovers. Last stated 9 months ago 12 Dec 2025 IF Irving Finkel — holds since 2025-12-12 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Assyriology has a built-in assumption that the tablets we have are roughly all there ever was, and it is absurd. Last stated 12 Dec 2025 · 9 months ago Holds Irving Finkel Read this korrent →