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Irving Finkel1

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The Ark Before Noah: Deciphering Ancient Mesopotamian Cuneiform

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History·Public Colloquium

The Ark Before Noah: Deciphering Ancient Mesopotamian Cuneiform

Irving Finkel·British Museum

Irving Finkel discusses his decipherment of a 3,700-year-old Babylonian cuneiform tablet containing detailed instructions for building a circular coracle ark, offering a new perspective on the Flood narrative.

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