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Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Read this korrent: Cuneiform survived three millennia partly because the people who could read it guarded their monopoly, and literacy for all was unthinkable. Cuneiform survived three millennia partly because the people who could read it guarded their monopoly, and literacy for all was unthinkable. Last stated 9 months ago
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Irving Finkel — holds since 2025-12-12 — 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 destroy Ashurbanipal's library; they carted it home, and what is left at Nineveh is the leftovers. Last stated 9 months ago
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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 early writing is misleading, because people across the Middle East were sending each other messages long before the Sumerians. Last stated 9 months ago
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Irving Finkel — holds since 2025-12-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The ark was never built; it is a literary construction out of the fact that the people who survived were in boats. — tap to centre the map on it The ark was never built; it is a literary construction out of the fact that the people who survived were in boats. Last stated 9 months ago
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Irving Finkel — holds since 2025-12-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A book of radically unusual ideas drifts unread for centuries until a decade's new questions happen to be answered inside it, and then everyone reads it at once. — tap to centre the map on it A book of radically unusual ideas drifts unread for centuries until a decade's new questions happen to be answered inside it, and then everyone reads it at once. Last stated 3 months ago
16 Jun 2026
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Ada Palmer — holds since 2026-06-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Assyriology has a built-in assumption that the tablets we have are roughly all there ever was, and it is absurd. — tap to centre the map on it Assyriology has a built-in assumption that the tablets we have are roughly all there ever was, and it is absurd. Last stated 9 months ago
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Irving Finkel — holds since 2025-12-12 — 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 were not less advanced than we are; they were probably indistinguishable from us. Last stated 9 months ago
12 Dec 2025
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Irving Finkel — holds since 2025-12-12 — tap for who they are