The Great Library of Nineveh with Irving Finkel
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Join Irving Finkel as he raises the curtain on the ancient library of Assyria, pride and joy of Ashurbanipal, king of the world in the 7th century BC.
Glossing over the complexities and intricacies of cuneiform writing, Irving will inspect some of the calligraphic masterpieces in the Museum collection that were once housed in that library.
He'll survey the range of documents that reveal court life and what people got up to, and consider the significance of the whole, in terms of the libraries of the world, at home or exiled.
Part of a series of events inspired by Edmund de Waal's 'library of exile' at the British Museum, supported by the AKO Foundation. More details here: www.britishmuseum.org/exhibit...
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The British Museum has reclaimed its charm. Irving Finkel is a national treasure.
Title should be. "The Great Library of Nineveh described by the Great Irving Finkel" - on a scale of 1 to 10 Finkel consistently pegs a 12
@lookoutforchris
2 жыл бұрын
I thought this was an ASMR video, then I realized it wasn’t. But then I realized it was.
@krevin543
2 жыл бұрын
Love the great Irving Finkel. Perhaps the only man alive whose vim and vocabulary can interest me academically in cuneiform texts from 700bc
@deborahthomas2068
2 жыл бұрын
Yes
@atrinder8944
2 жыл бұрын
Beautiful put and so true.
@qzh00k
2 жыл бұрын
The eleven scale is more generally accepted, and louder.
Dr Irving Finkel is a national treasure ! ✨⭐🙏⭐✨
@apophissoftware
7 ай бұрын
I'm almost in the mind to argue that Dr. Irving Finkel is a World Treasure, as he has that great of an impact on those who see him, and hear / watch his lectures.
This man is not only a treasure but the epitome of the history. He has not only shown us the past true fully but has the ability to explain it in a very interesting matter.
HOORRRAAAY for Dr Finkel. Let's face it, he's the reason you subscribed :)
@bethbartlett5692
3 жыл бұрын
Exactly
@imangiomo
3 жыл бұрын
all day
@carolhutchinson566
3 жыл бұрын
Irving Finkle is a most delightful creature.
@5Andysalive
3 жыл бұрын
It's a shame, it has to happen this way currently.
@ashleejones1690
3 жыл бұрын
I know, but HEY! 😂
I am absolutely appalled at the amount of time it took the Almighty Algorithm to recommend this to me! Dr. Finkel is a goddamn treasure, and I would gladly watch a video in which he talks for approximately 42 eternities. 💖
@prairiestategenetixseeds9726
3 жыл бұрын
4️⃣2️⃣♾
@Famous-Potatoes
3 жыл бұрын
I prefer “Golden Treasure.”
@geno3657
3 жыл бұрын
Agreed Ashlee🪐
@prairiestategenetixseeds9726
3 жыл бұрын
Ashlee Jones... the world needs more cool ass beautiful Mesopotamian loving women like yourself 🙏🌎 📖 💚 Come to Lake Tahoe and join our study group
@berndwolff2389
3 жыл бұрын
I have seen a few videos with him before, but we need an Irvin Finkel playlist that collects them all :-)
Dear gods, this man is such a treasure! He can impart serious knowledge one minute, and have you in stiches the next! His ability to take us right into the very heart of daily life of those periods, to make the characters relatable, to feel what they felt and did, is a very rare talent indeed. The British Museum owes this man a legacy- and should honor him in the highest possible way.
@josephbohme7917
2 жыл бұрын
@Janitor Queen We have war and political problems, because all knowledge is temperd by personality and government. EVERY SINGLE GENERATION mutates to replicate what one thinks is necesssary; not important, because it is always a personal choice of the time. Could Twain assume his words would be scorned 150 years later as racist. As did DW Griffith's film. Did the woerld think the Internet would evolve to 30% pornongraphy.
@russcooke5671
2 жыл бұрын
@@josephbohme7917 31 now with me. 😂😂😂👌❤️
@tiggergolah
Жыл бұрын
@@josephbohme7917 Who exactly researched the internet to determine its 30%? Or is that just a guess on someone's part? Not doubting you, I'm just genuinely curious as to the source on that.
@thefilmtube659
Жыл бұрын
W☆RD!!!!!!!!!!!
@thefilmtube659
Жыл бұрын
W☆RD!!!!!!!!!!
Irving Finkel is a living legend, may Nabu grant him 110 years
Prof Finkel has an exceptionally good style of presenting his subject, with an abundance of facts sprinkled with humorous and humanizing details. He's one of our great lecturers. And i love his beard.
Irving Finkel is probably one of the most delightfully interesting people one could ever meet. He is scholarly, brilliant and hysterically cheeky in his impish approach to history. It just comes alive until you are smiling, clapping your hands and giggling along with him. Few can claim this ability to alchemically blend knowledge and humor at this level. Thank you Irving, you're a true treasure.
@jimdocherty3454
3 жыл бұрын
Eloquently said, plaudits seem to shower upon this Giant of Education, rightly so.
@jojolafrite90
Жыл бұрын
Person, not people. Anyway I totally agree, so I did like the comment, don't be fooled. I just think it does help to point people mistakes, here there is just one minor one and I agree with the meaning. Everyone makes mistakes. That's how we learn.
@StephiSensei26
Жыл бұрын
@@jojolafrite90 What better advice to follow, than your own? Please reread your comment and I'm certain you'll discover yet another typo / grammatical error, amidst your wording. That's how we learn.
@Twitch24
Жыл бұрын
Just the best description of this golden man.
Irving Finkel.. Ashurbanipal is proud of you and the whole of Mesopotamia too.. thanks for the knowledge and hard work you do.. God bless.
@christopherskipp1525
2 жыл бұрын
Isn't Ashurbanipal dead as are the Mesopotamians of antiquity?
@ScottAJacob
2 жыл бұрын
@@christopherskipp1525 Nope, I know a few, but they keep to themselves, have sour attitudes, and speak with such thick accents that seem to sing, thereby making up for their sourness. But you're right about Ashurbanipal, he's long gone..
@deandeann1541
Жыл бұрын
@@ScottAJacob I beg to differ. Ashurbanipal shares a flat with Hammurabi, Ur-Nammu, and Esh-Nunna. I'd tell you where but all four have been under the witness protection program since their codes of law were used against organised crime.
@ScottAJacob
Жыл бұрын
I think you've identified the original "Rat Pack" of antiquity!
@husambotros3958
Жыл бұрын
@@christopherskipp1525 i speak on behalf of grandad Ashurbanipal if you don't mind.
The only thing I dislike about this video is than it's only an hour long.
@perlefisker
3 жыл бұрын
I was just about to comment that I'm always puzzled by the dislikes of videos; who would possibly dislike this video - except for it being too short ...so some forty people were dissatisfied with the shortness of it :-D
@chris999999999999
3 жыл бұрын
@@perlefisker I hope that's their reason. Only getting an hour with Dr Finkel certainly wasn't enough to prevent me from smashing that thumbs up.
@SpiritGirlSF
3 жыл бұрын
You likey how he slipped "inoculation" in there at the beginning? 😂😆🤣poor guy is being used as tool of propaganda.... not so funny....
@ovechkin100
2 жыл бұрын
@@perlefisker on rare occasions people do hit the dislike without noticing. ive done it before after going back to a couple videos seeing i left a dislike? so the true dislikes on a video like this would likely be a lot less than it seems. sure some are intentional, but that only proves to us that not all humans possess intelligence.
Irving Finkel is, himself, a world treasure: a charming and delightful raconteur. Absolutely enthralling story of a little known (well... little known to us hillbillies in upstate NY) ancient people. Many thanks!
@PaulinesCorner
3 жыл бұрын
We are still here, not Ancient, and still speak Assyrian/Syriac/Aramaic, and today's evolved language is still heavily laced with the Ancient Assyrian language. Our people are indigenous to northern Iraq (Nineveh), south-east Turkey (Hakkary and Tur-Abdeen), north-west Iran (Urmy), Syria (Qamishlee) and Lebanon. Since the 1915 massacre of our people by the Turks/Kurds/Persians, we are scattered all over the world. For additional info see www.aina.org.
Irving Finkel is an international treasure. 🌍
@GilgaFrank
Жыл бұрын
The man is a shining intellect who speaks with great humour and incredible enthusiasm and knowledge of his subject
@jonathanbarnes3061
Жыл бұрын
Gandalf's protègè.
Thank you thank you thank you 🙏🏻 I am Assyrian I want to thank you for protecting all the tablets and most importantly explaining in simple words so the world can understand our history.
@johnamans899
18 күн бұрын
Are you not upset we stole them all from you as well as treasures from all around the world.
@pierresdrums
18 күн бұрын
No I’m not upset because they need to be protected and safe also the world needs to know who Assyrians are.
@johnamans899
17 күн бұрын
@@pierresdrums take a look at this bit of standup about the British museum
So proud to be an Assyrian. I was able to go to the British Museum and see all of the artifacts made by my forefathers. Such an amazing experience and one day I hope to see the land that my ancestors lived in for thousands of years🇮🇶🙏🏼
@paddymcdoogle6753
2 жыл бұрын
oh shut up.
@joshuapray
2 жыл бұрын
@@paddymcdoogle6753 Piss off, mate. Gabinator is as allowed to be proud of their heritage as you are yours.
@paddymcdoogle6753
2 жыл бұрын
@@joshuapray Wow, calm down nerd incels.
@gregrechesy4178
Жыл бұрын
Well... Don't really see what pride has to do with it, but pity that nowadays "Assyrians" are more busy rampaging archaeological sites than preserving their ancestors' heritage right now...
@judgeholden6761
Жыл бұрын
Do you flay your enemies living and spread their skins on the walls of Nineveh?
More Dr. Irving Finkle, please. He is the most amusing lecturer in the bloody world and you all know it.
@peccantis
3 жыл бұрын
I see your Finkel and would like to raise a Sapolsky. (Jokes aside, I adore them both.)
@sylviareed80
3 жыл бұрын
@@peccantis 💋
What a treasure Irvin Finkel is. I love listen to him. We ned more of this! The best from Norway!
I just enjoyed standing in a 2 and a half hour line for covid vaccine while listening to Dr. Finkel. He saved me from losing my mind. Everyone else in line thought i was batty as i aaahhhed, chuckled and slapped my thigh. What a wonderful lecture!
Thank you to Dr. Finkle!!! You are indeed a magical story-teller!
Always love Irving Finkel’s lectures!! He’s so much fun to listen to!
I found this lecture this evening, I have heard Dr Finkel before and I can honestly say, it is a joy to listen and learn from him. Thank you.
I only in the past year discovered Dr Finkle on youtube and his humor, way of teach and talking and all the amazing knowledge he has to share is amazing. I am only someone facinated by the Sumerian and following cultures... but Dr Finkle has been a great communicator of the amazing collection and information found in clay from so long ago.
I have been known to linger longer at the British Museum, in hopes I could one day thank him for the rewarding time I’ve spent with his books & videos
@bobgriffin316
3 жыл бұрын
I saw him in the Mesopotamian section (of course) of the museum once. I think he quickly looked at the rules for the Game of Ur in Room 52. I also had a short chat with him after he gave a talk about reading cuneiform to do with the Ashubanipal exhibition.
Thanks to Dr Finkel these lumps of clay speak to us through the centuries. Imagine hearing the actual words of the boy ashurbanipal speaking to us down the ages...and this gift is brought to us thanks to this man...
How very interesting. Dr. Finkel has the rare ability to illuminate history. I was enthralled.
Dearest Dr Finkel, watching you and your enthusiastic performance restored my hope for the world currently in a sorry state of affairs. Thanks for the reminder that retaining the childlike joy in the passage of knowledge between us is one of the most important human traits.
Amazing!!! And I can’t wait to show my husband , he is Kurdish and comes from Mosel , he will find this very interesting .. and our boys, Thankyou 🙂
Fantastic lecture, Professor Finkel in top form. May he live for ever!
What would ordinarily be an interesting topic is made irresistible with Dr Finkel's narration!
Fascinating. And a very helpful map; I saw Finkel's wall of tablets in the BM in 2011. Magnificent! Thank goodness that these tablets are in the British Museum where there are no worries for their futures. Well done.
*"If you have Irving Finkel, THEY WILL COME"* The viewers know Dr Irving Finkel is a Star. He represents whatever value one gives to: "Holding abundant numbers of Viewers", i.e. *"if you have Irving Finkel THEY WILL COME"* Why? He has "special value" something to do with "Brilliant intelligence, ethics, High Vibiing Frequency, and a Stellar Sense of Witt"* Us chicks just love this!
@prairiestategenetixseeds9726
3 жыл бұрын
The man is a freaking Stud
@d.m.collins1501
3 жыл бұрын
I just want to run my hands through his beard.
@prairiestategenetixseeds9726
3 жыл бұрын
@@d.m.collins1501 will mine suffice for now?
@d.m.collins1501
3 жыл бұрын
@@prairiestategenetixseeds9726 does it have tiny pottery shards and bits of papyrus clinging to it, and smells of bitumen?
@trailtrs1
3 жыл бұрын
He is a great mind and it must be that all the female sapposexuals drool at his words, as you do
Wonderful. Any opportunity to listen to Dr Finkel is greatly anticipated . I am very grateful for yet another lecture with such interesting content delivered with such good humour. Dr Finkel is an exceptional communicator. We are so privileged to be able to listen to his expertise. Thank you very much.
Sir you are an amazing, I am so delighted how you are delivering this fantastic work, greetings from France 🇫🇷 🙏🫶✍️
I can listen to Irving all day, it's like having Professor Yaffle deliver a lecture, he's tremendous.
I love him, his knowledge and enthusiasm. What a gift he is!
When Dr.Finkel speaks and narrates with such great passion about the Niniveh Library,I could feel like I was there,close to the king Ashurbanipal inside the library. It was a time travel and a privilege! Thanks! Love from Sweden
i watched this yesterday and suspect again tomorrow. dr finkel is a true educator
Always good to hear Irving Finkel speak.
I love how excited and invested he gets when talking about all of this, I'm sure he cant even count how many times he has gone through all this! His videos are a treasure in themselves!
Finally! I remembered where I have seen Dr. Irving Finkel before. It was when I was a child on a cold day he came down my chimney and brought presents. It is very satisfying to have this recollection return to me.
@johannageisel5390
Жыл бұрын
Are you certain that was not Karl Marx?
I watch a lot of KZread videos. I go down a lot of rabbit-holes. Music analysis, the genius of Efren Reyes, how to make authentic cochinita pibil tacos, the real meaning of fight club ( hint - it all takes place in Jack's mind ), fusion energy, quantum entanglement, French new-wave film, poker theory and analysis, how to do drag makeup, alternative fuels, fixing appliances and on and on. But I have to say, hearing Dr. Finkel speak so passionately about cuneiform writing has become a great pleasure to me. He is so knowledgeable and sincere. Plus, he makes so many dry jokes, even when he is giving a lecture to an audience they only laugh at 20% of them. I envy him a great deal, I wish I had lived a life like his. Humanity would have been greatly lessened by his absence from it. I wonder what new suggestions the great algorithm will bequeath upon me from watching so many videos of his ? I can't wait to find out. I'm tired of politics and the debunking of flat-earth nut jobs, I need more Finkle-esque content !
Always good to see Dr. Finkel making an appearance
The heart of a child who wishes and wishes that all could have been preserved for all.
Dr Finkle is a gem! He's one of the great treasures of the British Museum....a wonderful educator
This is wonderful! Thank you all for allowing this to be. I am very grateful.
This is as advanced and informative as any University lecture. Without going into semantics or anecdotal information. So probably superior to a University lecture
Irving Finkle is my hero, keep up the good work!
Thank you Irving Finkel, you are the light for my (Ashurai) people! There are many misconceptions about the Assyrian's, but with your love and inspiration we can finally understand the true nature of the Ashurai, Kahia'd (live)!
@paddymcdoogle6753
2 жыл бұрын
oh shut up.
Irving Finkel is one of the best Assyriologist. Thank you and God bless you
Bloody wonderful, thank you, Dr Irving.
Another masterpiece, Dr. Finkel! You make these ancient centuries alive again.
What a wonderful educator!
That was such a privilege to have heard . My gratitude.
Very interesting lecture, and to listen to Dr. Finkel is always a treat. Thank you!
Never heard of the library or Irving Thank you for uploading a truly fascinating lecture
@NicholasShanks
3 жыл бұрын
Search for Irving Finkel's other youtube videos.
@joantrotter3005
3 жыл бұрын
@@NicholasShanks , especially the ark!
Watching this for the second time. Invaluable.
Great presentation. The importance of the great library of Nineveh cannot be underestimated if we are to understand the intellectual developments that led to institutions like the Library of Alexandria, the School of Nisibis, and the House of Wisdom of Abbasid Baghdad (Bayt al Hikma) - developments which led to the Renaissance in Europe.
@llwyde1104
3 жыл бұрын
It can be underestimated and shouldn't be, that is the point
You can tell he loves his work.
Praise be for Irving Finkel!
May Most High keep His hand over you always! What you have learned and worked toward over years and then managed to make sense of is very precious. Since I was 12 I have studied plants and their uses. This has taken me in so many directions that there is scarcely a discipline that isn't interrelated somehow. This has been done on my own when I am able for over 5 decades. Thank you for making your lectures publicly available. In some small measure I understand your devotion to what you are striving for.
Two years after first posted YT Algy decided to put this in my face. This, despite searching your name and scrolling through “British Museum” entries, 😢. This vid is the first I knew Mesopotamia had, and long had, its own form of codex, the Roman wooden tablet, wax containing writing tool. Searched it and Romans are given credit for this “new form” so much superior to papyrus. Time to update today’s international electronic library. Thank you, Dr. Finkel.
Amazing how much Irving has done to keep the ancient history alive... Impressive.
Fantastic that these tablets are in such good care and also that these people will be remembered and understood. Fascinating
True teachers are few and far between. I hope you spread your knowledge far and wide, sir.
What a treat! the most amazing professor ever, a person who brings history alive, best of all, no adverts!!!
Irving Finkel, may you live forever!
I happened on to this amazing man today out of nowhere. What a brilliant talker/presenter Also a fantastic poser too -- yes but so unbelievably able to talk about “history” A new find today that has had me riveted fo hours
@HkFinn83
3 жыл бұрын
It’s still history - it’s ancient history but not archeology.
@MargotDobbie
2 жыл бұрын
Explain how the utmost authority on a subject is a poser?
I love Dr. Finkel's lectures! Love love love!
Anything Mr Finkel puts out is filled with so much information. Nineveh gold!
Irving is priceless.
What struck me was when he said "When you have been privileged to swim in this pool." It reminded how I swam in the pool on the banks of the Tigris. When I first entered Nimrud and rested my hand on the wall of Cuneiform I almost passed out.
The first lecture that I have heard with him, but I am from now on an fan. Love his way of talking about the history from Assyria and the tablets, 🌹
Dr. Finkel is the most fascinating lecturer I have ever heard !
It is indeed miraculous than we have been able to resurrect, reconstruct, and read so many of the ancient cuneiform texts and gain a glimpse of Assyrian court life. As a boy, when I first discovered cuneiform texts in ancient histories, I wondered if we ever would. I am delighted that we can translate those that survive. But we must also acknowledge that the Assyrian writers were considerably more vain, superstitious, and petty than we might have hoped. They were human and not appreciably nobler than us for being ancient. It's rather like breaking a secret code and discovering the secret was scarcely worth the effort, except that by sharing their fragmentary thoughts we can also embrace their humanity.
@johannageisel5390
Жыл бұрын
Just imagine the disappointment of archeologists in 3000 years who manage to decipher internet memes.
Extraordinary lecture. Thank you so much!
Irving Finkel is an international treasure! So informative and also so fun to listen to!
I could listen to this fellow all day - and thank God for the passion he has for his studies
he is such a wonderful person, and absolutely, perfectly, and so highly intelligent. best of all, he is so great at conveying to those of us who just have a smidgen of his intelligent information that is so fascinating. thanks so much.
This is fantastic, hope that Irving Finkel comes back for another lecture soon!
OMGOSH, I really like this guy. This is easily worth multiple watches/listens.
Thank you. Watching from Alaska. In the presence of greatness. Blessings.
Irving Finkel, what a man, what a joy, so dry, so wise.
Fab lecture and a little nugget of magical light in these dark days.
I agree that it is so moving that a particular scribe’s writing can be recognized. Great questions and what an amazing presentation. I am enthralled.
Even if you are not interested in the subject, Irving Finkle is so interesting as a lecturer, that he draws you into the subject. I watch for anything with his name on it.
Love listening to this man. Wish he had been my dad
Wonderful information! Thank you so much Prof. Finkel! Entertaining, as would be expected, and illuminating as well! There's no way to thank you for something so far beyond History's piss-poor version of education. Only now is Humanity breaking out of some kind of prison cell it has been held within. We can't thank you enough for this meaningful life you have lived, and for generously sharing it with us....the intellectually downtrodden, who have stared at clouds for decades trying to find greater meaning in a world, so full of confusion and contradiction.. You have helped us to redefine ourselves and our place in the world! Bravo!
I absolutely love this man! I could listen to him talk/teach about, literally, ANYTHING!!
"It was a bit distracting", Bless English understatement. Just bless it with gold. This is why we love Irving Finkel.
Thank you for uploading this. Wonderfully explained.
Irving is a rock star! 😉😉😉😉
Thank you Irving, all the way from Chile, mind you...😉
This fellow is a piece of human treasure. His knowledge of ancient language is so deep, rare and also unique because everyone uses language differently and interprets it differently. He will have built up an understanding of nuance, cultural and historical context over years of study. It's a privilege to be able to listen to him through YT. Years ago it would have been much less likely for non-students to get a chance like this. I love the way he speaks so clearly and simply about a complex subject and has the comic touch of mimicking Ashurbanipal's voice as a boy. Thank you for uploading!
I love you, Irving Finkel. I'm a Finkel-Fan.
I love a guy who's totally into his subject. I don't know which is more interesting, the tablets or Dr. Finkel.
This is a wonderful presentation by leaned men. What a treat indeed. Thank you!
Doc, its not a waste, history will always cherish you and your hard done work!!!
Any story or information can sound more interesting if you have Irving Finkel to tell them.
@jwshepard6
3 жыл бұрын
Agreed. It would be a World treasure to have him narrate from yet older materials. If enough recordings were gathered they could be put up to A.I. and his voice could be immortal...Books on Tape would flourish!
I loved this. Thank you for uploading!