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Irving Finkel
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Deciphering Secrets of Ancient Civilizations, Noah's Ark, and Flood Myths | Lex Fridman Podcast #487
Cuneiform became civilization’s durable information technology through phonetic flexibility, early standardization, and institutional control, preserving grammar, literature, contracts, and technical knowledge for more than three millennia.The surviving record is heavily skewed by archival accidents, with thousands of Ur III tablets potentially originating from only two rooms, making confident reconstructions hazardous while museums preserve material for future reinterpretation.