Georgia Guidestones Decoded: Translating the Akkadian Language ("Babylonian Cuneiform") Inscription

What did the Akkadian inscription of the Georgia Guidestones say? In this video, I read and provide my own translation of what the ancient Akkadian portion of the inscription says, or at least is trying to say (I would have created a different translation for the Akkadian portion of the Guidestone). I suspect that the translator swapped the English with Akkadian words from a dictionary, when a better method would have been to follow the natural patterns of text in similar statements that we've discovered are prevalent in Akkadian..
The recently destroyed Georgia Guidestones were a series of 4 large monolithic stones bearing 8 inscriptions in modern languages. A headstone above had a short inscription in four languages: Greek, Egyptian, Sanskrit, and "Babylonian Cuneiform". What the monument site referred to as Babylonian Cuneiform is generally otherwise referred to as Akkadian, the language of ancient Babylonian and Assyria.
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  • @assyriantruther
    @assyriantruther Жыл бұрын

    I love this video, keep ‘em coming Sir 🙏

  • @ProfessorMichaelWingert

    @ProfessorMichaelWingert

    Жыл бұрын

    Basma gyanokh/gyanakh u taudi ghalabe!

  • @Amadeu.Macedo
    @Amadeu.Macedo Жыл бұрын

    What a precious channel, Prof. Wingert! BRAVO!!! Nearly ten years ago, I fell in love with the four Mesopotamian civilizations (Sumerians, Akkadians, Babylonians, and, especially, the Assyrians). Unfortunately, this happened too late, for I am way too old, and lack the financial means to embark on such a wondrous project! If only I were thirty years younger, I would pursue a Master's degree in the Akkadian language alongside Mesopotamian History (with emphasis on the Neo-Assyrian Empire: 911-612/09 BCE). I am rather fond of the Sargonid dynasty, particularly Sennacherib and Assurbanipal. Looking forward to checking all your videos. Cheers!

  • @ProfessorMichaelWingert

    @ProfessorMichaelWingert

    Жыл бұрын

    Keep in touch. You never know what the future holds! Thank you for the kind words.

  • @MadMonsterMansion
    @MadMonsterMansion Жыл бұрын

    Amazing content.

  • @ProfessorMichaelWingert

    @ProfessorMichaelWingert

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad you think so! I hope to keep putting out similar materials.

  • @msrhuby
    @msrhuby3 ай бұрын

    Shared on Facebook. You and Robert Sepehr would, I believe, a great podcast!

  • @ProfessorMichaelWingert

    @ProfessorMichaelWingert

    3 ай бұрын

    Thanks for sharing!!

  • @danielkakish
    @danielkakish Жыл бұрын

    The Arabic cognate of the Akkadian Hassis is Hassas, essentially the same meaning

  • @ProfessorMichaelWingert

    @ProfessorMichaelWingert

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes, that's a good point. It is an interesting possibility. Usually ح is represented in Akkadian with a long vowel (usually ē class), but the خ tends to be represented by the ḫ in transliteration. That of course is not a hard rule, so your suggestion of حساس is probably right.

  • @obscuretongue5511

    @obscuretongue5511

    9 ай бұрын

    So Akkadian has the different Hs we see in Arabic then. Is that right?

  • @JaefarSABNW
    @JaefarSABNW Жыл бұрын

    I think the differences were intentional, because each side seems to add a bit more meaning than that to each of the top sides.

  • @ProfessorMichaelWingert

    @ProfessorMichaelWingert

    10 ай бұрын

    I'd like to explore the Ancient Egyptian (and possibly Sanskrit) in another video, then maybe compare the differences between all versions.

  • @robertamineo477
    @robertamineo477 Жыл бұрын

    Fascinating linguistic insights. Probably built by Rosicrucians.

  • @Mr0rris0
    @Mr0rris0 Жыл бұрын

    I think it says the hashashin will stand stoned while batman rides a female donkey Still learning (In that this happening says that... the adversary is strong with the blasphemy and pride of fallen protagonists) Instrumental convergence, emergence and infinite regress

  • @ProfessorMichaelWingert

    @ProfessorMichaelWingert

    Жыл бұрын

    I think the original probably read something more like: "You don't tug on Superman's cape. You don't spit into the wind. You don't pull the mask off that old Lone Ranger. And you don't mess around with Jim"

  • @Mr0rris0

    @Mr0rris0

    Жыл бұрын

    @@ProfessorMichaelWingert hands off the embodiments of the fall and no interfering with how they burn in effigy like strawdogs be it MLK or JFK Devils need devils for turtles all the way down... And if Kal-El was baphomet hermes or thor in spirit or egregore? Lex tugged the cape... alexander took the fall... No thanks from the company really... It's just legion after all

  • @miaiglesias1597
    @miaiglesias15972 ай бұрын

    I just want to know what it says!!!

  • @ProfessorMichaelWingert

    @ProfessorMichaelWingert

    2 ай бұрын

    Hopefully your questions were answered.

  • @HankAron-cp2ex
    @HankAron-cp2ex7 ай бұрын

    But who are they written to seems like survivors of something.

  • @katathoombz
    @katathoombz10 ай бұрын

    Oh man I've not seen the cuneiform signs of the stones. That's a bit awkward looking.

  • @katathoombz

    @katathoombz

    10 ай бұрын

    Oh and the Greek's also in minuscule, that _definitely_ looks odd on a monument.

  • @ProfessorMichaelWingert

    @ProfessorMichaelWingert

    10 ай бұрын

    That's what makes me curious about this. Who provided the ancient translations, especially the "Babylonian" (Akkadian). Did the person not know what they would be used for?

  • @katathoombz

    @katathoombz

    10 ай бұрын

    @@ProfessorMichaelWingert truly, very intriguing.

  • @FKLinguista

    @FKLinguista

    9 ай бұрын

    @@ProfessorMichaelWingert Luke Smith on KZread did a video on the guidestones where he said his old professor at The University of Georgia translated the Greek and Sanskrit.

  • @leonnorris3080
    @leonnorris3080Ай бұрын

    Late stage Egyptian language is called demonic? That’s strange

  • @ProfessorMichaelWingert

    @ProfessorMichaelWingert

    Ай бұрын

    Haha close. Demotic with a T. It is the language of the demos (the people, like in "demo-cracy"), so less formalized than the other traditions of the language.

  • @Geeserunner
    @Geeserunner21 күн бұрын

    To paraphrase Irving Finkel there's nothing to decode because it's not a code. It's a complete language that's dull of richness and nuance. You cant figure this out with a decoder ring from a cereal box. Have some respect for the dead.

  • @Smokin_Phat_Dabs
    @Smokin_Phat_Dabs11 ай бұрын

    Back with new information. So, as stated from before, it was meant for a future that'll never come to pass, that much we know sure but on the other side of the coin...it reads like a riddle. Most reads of whats on the surface but it goes much much deeper then that. First you'll notice the location R.C. has chosen, why here of all places? Was it the layline runs near by? Nope, look at the state. It's sits right on the edge of the Bible belt states. Secondly, in order to solve the riddle, read in bewteen the lines to get a bigger picture and it'll become clear as day. Thirdly, the rocks are mocking Moses's 10 commandments and that too is a clue on how to solve the riddle. That's it, that is every clue needed to solve the riddle. Good luck.

  • @ProfessorMichaelWingert

    @ProfessorMichaelWingert

    11 ай бұрын

    There certainly do seem to be allusions to the 10 Commandments and Rosetta Stone!

  • @Smokin_Phat_Dabs

    @Smokin_Phat_Dabs

    6 ай бұрын

    ​@@ProfessorMichaelWingertDo you even know what's said on the Rosetta Stone?

  • @Smokin_Phat_Dabs
    @Smokin_Phat_Dabs Жыл бұрын

    Fun Facts: The stones were meant for a future that never came too pass and thats the Cold War going hot...thats it, really. Does that fit your narrotive about the rocks OP?

  • @ProfessorMichaelWingert

    @ProfessorMichaelWingert

    Жыл бұрын

    I don't really have a narrative about the Georgia Guidestones. I'm more interested in them for their value as a monument with multilingual inscriptions. If you're interested in the topic of monumentality, take a peak of the (early) podcast I did with Dr. Tim Hogue on the subject: kzread.info/dash/bejne/iXaT0cpvo9GtndI.html

  • @Smokin_Phat_Dabs

    @Smokin_Phat_Dabs

    Жыл бұрын

    @@ProfessorMichaelWingert Nevertheless, R.C. thought the world was going to end during the Cold War but it ended without issue. Pure and simple. No mystery whatsoever. Idiots can stop wasting thier time and move on with thier lives.