Posted on 11/04/2024 4:27:41 AM PST by Eleutheria5
Scientists have recently unlocked the secrets of the world's oldest map, a 3,000-year-old clay tablet known as the Imago Mundi, which is believed to show the location of Noah’s Ark. The ancient Babylonian artifact, etched with cuneiform—a script using wedge-shaped symbols—has puzzled archaeologists for centuries. Discovered in what is now Iraq in 1882, the tablet is housed at the British Museum, where it has become one of its famous collections.
The Imago Mundi depicts a circular world map, illustrating early Babylonian ideas about the world's creation. The map is thought to show the entire known world at the time, with Mesopotamia at the bottom center. Mesopotamia is enclosed by a circle representing a "bitter river" that was believed to surround the entire world, marking the borders of the known world at that time.
On the reverse side of the artifact, passages reportedly provide a guide describing what a traveler would encounter on their journey, including a path to "Urartu" and specific instructions on how to get there. One passage says: "To the fourth, to which you must travel seven leagues." Another passage reportedly instructs those on the journey to go through "seven leagues to see something that is thick as a parsiktu-vessel."
The term "parsiktu" appears on other ancient Babylonian tablets, referencing the scale of a vessel meant to withstand the legendary Great Flood. Researchers believe that Urartu, also known as Ararat, is linked to an ancient Mesopotamian poem recounting a family who, like Noah, landed their ark to preserve life following the 150-day flood. As the flooding ended, they were safely stationed at one of the peaks of Urartu, which aligns with "Ararat," the Hebrew term for the mountain where Noah’s Ark is said to have come to rest after the flood.
Dr. Irving Finkel....
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Enlil told Gilgamesh to build a boat.
Found years ago.
“Enlil told Gilgamesh to build a boat.”
Correct, the first “written” flood story was Sumerian and predates the Babylonians. and I am sure it was plagiarized from oral tradition before the Sumerians.
2024 - 1882 =142 centuries and centuries years
“Found years ago.”
Where? Because the one in Turkey is not a boat.
I think the poster is referring to the map — discovered in 1882, according to the article
“Enlil told Gilgamesh to build a boat”
Yep
PING
Decoded just now. Somebody took the Berlitz course in Cuneiform.
Randius McNallius PING!.............
There have been advances in sonar interpretation that are bringing out characters never before seen. That is why the author made a story out of it. If you have ever seen it though, the symbols are such where concepts are more pictoral than literary. So scale is a little difficult. Like the four rivers represent four migrations of different people, but are named ‘rivers of people’, etc.
Thanks.
“ Discovered in what is now Iraq in 1882, the tablet is housed at the British Museum, where it has become one of its famous collections.”
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Why aren’t the pyramids in England? Because they’re too heavy to steal.
What is the difference between grave robbers and archeologists...?
PhDs
What’s a cubit?
Thank you, I misunderstood.
A Cubit is 18 inches.
Another passage reportedly instructs those on the journey to go through "seven leagues to see something that is thick as a parsiktu-vessel." The term "parsiktu" appears on other ancient Babylonian tablets, referencing the scale of a vessel meant to withstand the legendary Great Flood.What timing, even revealed in/ just ahead of MARcheshvan ♏ 🦂, finally catching up to
A world map [מפה] decoded, leading straight to the "longest wooden ship ever built".
..because with the right lighting, one can see from one end of the world to the other.
See, everybody out of the box [תיבה]!
Poor Ursula er Urartu... ERIC reversed her curse on Ariel and all the souls just like that, with the bowsprit of the ship that she herself had resurrected from the dead. Handy! Great aim! I'd already posted where Ursula (It's Pat!) died, even providing the map to the place, and the shipwreck, and its bones along the river, of de Nile.
Here's a surprising detail: those incredibly tall masts aren't even to scale. The [flag]poles would need to be another 50 feet higher, but FAA regulations would have required the red lights for the aviation hazard.
Chorus: Now we can walk! Now we can run! Now we can stay all day in the sun! Just you and me! And I can be, Part of Your World!
In related news -- a dead rat in the cellar this morning. It had gobbled up the poison several days ago, but the intel on the box is that it can take a little time for it to work its magic.
That reminds me, have you ever noticed that the Hebrew title of Raiders of the Lost Ark -- while being a straightforward translation -- actually uses the word for the Ark (teivah, תיבה) of Noah, which was also Baby Moses' floating basket? (And what a great first word, too. So many options, even at every other letter.)
Not the Ark (aron, ארון) as in Ark of the Covenant. Strange.
On that Wiki page, though, the two words are employed rather interchangeably in the plot description.
Well, you know how it is with the kiddos -- buy 'em an expensive gift, and what do they want to play with? The box! Crate no. 9906753.. Top Secret Army INTEL, Do not open.. but the children know what's truly important anyway.
Mesopotamia is enclosed by a circle representing a "bitter river" that was believed to surround the entire world, marking the borders of the known world at that time.
Disney, spilling the INTEL yet again. Everybody has a role to play in getting the word out:
(Nice touch with the tiger, left behind on the balcony.)
Epic!!! Let me share this whole new world with you. ❤️
Don't Cuss the Fiddle -- Kris Kristofferson
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