louisehourcade Chapter 379 1 shot!
Chapter 379 1 shot!
Chapter 379 Hit the nail on the head!
"But Enki still knew about it, and arranged for Utana Pizm to take refuge in a boat in advance. Later, he gave Utana Pizm the ability to live forever and asked him to live in seclusion in the mountains."
"This is the earliest version of a similar story about Noah's Ark."
"You mean, the Sumerian mythology also has the Great Flood and Noah's Ark?" 007 suddenly exchanged his left and right legs, which were slightly numb after sitting for a long time, leaned on the back of the metal chair, crossed his arms, and became interested Eyes turned to Rand.
Rand stared solemnly, pursed his lips, and said, "Exactly, myths and legends have amazing consistency."
"As more and more clay tablets were interpreted by people later, scholars gradually discovered that the Jewish "Bible and Old Testament" can find prototypes in many Sumerian myths."
"For example, God is the only one, the Garden of Eden, the snake tempted Adam and Eve to eat the apple of wisdom, Adam's rib made Eve, Noah's Ark and the great flood, Abraham led his family to move westward, etc."
007 suddenly spoke, interrupted Rand's narration, and expressed his doubts in due course.
"As far as I know, ancient civilizations generally arose in large river basins, such as Sumer and Babylon in the two river basins, ancient Egypt in the Nile basin, and Chinese civilization in the Yangtze and Yellow River basins. Although civilization has abundant water resources and rich silted land, flooding is an unavoidable phenomenon for a long time. With the level of science and technology of the ancients, it should not be able to resist floods, so it is not surprising that there are many large floods in mythology."
Rand agreed: "Your analysis is very good, but you also have to consider the fact that it is impossible to record every flood in such detail in areas like this where floods often occur. People take it for granted that there are too many lice and it is not annoying, which is the reason. Perhaps only those great floods that can truly exterminate human beings, or even once in ten thousand years, will be reflected in myths and legends."
"According to the myth, the Great Flood can exterminate human beings, which is by no means comparable to ordinary floods."
"The intensity of these floods has exceeded the limit that humans can withstand in flooded areas all year round."
Rand explained carefully.
007 nodded slightly, his eyes lost in thought.
After a while, 007 raised his head and pondered: "It is undeniable that your point of view is very reasonable, but I still have a second question."
"You should know that there are a lot of shameless people in the West who fake things to gain attention."
"How can you guarantee that those clay tablets placed in the museum were not dug by some guy in the deserted mounds of Iraq for more than ten years and finally found nothing."
"One day, I got very drunk, but I had a dream of being rich and honored in the wine country."
"After waking up from the dream, these guys had an idea. No one has seen these clay tablets anyway. As long as they hire some local people to burn the clay tablets, combine the legends of the locals, and forge some eye-catching legends, maybe they can attract people's attention. To receive widespread attention and acclaim."
"This can also explain why these myths have similarities, because human beings' memories of myths will unknowingly penetrate into the stories they create."
I have to say that 007's question is very tricky.
Even Xiao Yang, who had been thinking deeply beside him, couldn't help wanting to jump up and applaud him.
007 asked the question that Xiao Yang most wanted to ask, but couldn't ask in person.
How can we guarantee the authenticity of the clay tablet!
The phenomenon of falsification of history exists in any part of the world, and it is certain that a few people who hold the theory of racial superiority cannot be ruled out, hoping to push forward their own national history, and even bless some divinity.
The most typical is like some neighboring countries, the historical records are simply more outrageous than the myths.
There was a bright light in Rand's eyes, and he clapped his hands and said:
"Excellent question! Hit the nail on the head!"
"So, we men in black have dated all these clay tablets."
"It's a massive project."
"Ordinary clay tablets can be rented for some money and studied slowly."
"Precious clay tablets are often hidden in museums in various countries and cannot be obtained directly. For this reason, we dispatched agents to sneak in secretly, took some powder from the clay tablets, made scientific dating, and took photos of these clay tablets. Words and patterns."
"As for the determination method, thanks to the 1960 Nobel Prize winner, Willard Libby, a professor at the University of Chicago who invented the carbon 14 dating method, his innovative invention provides us with a scientific basis."
"After our determination, we will finally remove those counterfeit products that are less than 2000 years old, or even more recent, within a few hundred years."
When Rand said this, he didn't boast at all.
But 007 felt extremely shocked.
Cuneiform clay tablets around the world cost more than 10 yuan, and countries, individuals, and institutions all hold some of them.
The beautiful country actually carried out such a huge task secretly.
It can be seen that the intelligence agencies of the beautiful country are no less powerful than the suzerain country of the past.
Seeing 007's surprised gaze, Rand just smiled lightly, as if he was used to it.
The declining rotten people naturally don't understand the dream of the beautiful Chinese who want to become the hegemon of the world.
For every existence that has reached its peak, who doesn't want to be the number one forever?
To stay number one, of course get all the power!
Rand continued: "After the screening of carbon 14 dating technology, we found some ancient clay tablets with research value."
"Part of it, called the Enuma Elish, includes the Sumerian creation myth."
"These tablets were unearthed between 1848 and 1876 at the site of the library at Nineveh at Asnaba. The entire epic, about a thousand lines long, was written on seven tablets in Akkadian and Assyrian. "
"These clay tablets are part of Babylonian mythology."
"That's the Genesis seven stereotypes I mentioned just now."
"The ancient Babylonians used the original Sumerian code as a template to formulate the Hammurabi code and inherited the Sumerian civilization."
"These inheritances include laws, economics, customs, etc., and naturally also include the gods and creation legends of Sumerian civilization."
"Strangely enough, during the First Dynasty of Babylon, the main god changed from Enlil, the Sumerian god of storm, to Marduk, the god of thunderstorms."
"Marduk was the eldest son of Enki, the god of water."
"The ancient Babylonians believed in Marduk."
"In order to find out the reason, scholars have discovered after years of research that the main reason is that Enlil is not friendly to human beings in the legend, and even wants to exterminate human beings."
"And Enki, the creator of mankind, has great sympathy for mankind."
"And as the son of Enki, Marduk was worshiped by the Babylonians and was the god of the city-state of Babylon."
When Rand said this, he opened the paper notebook he had been scratching in his hand.
This notebook is extremely well-made, with a soft calfskin cover, and beautiful cursive characters written on the palm-sized paper.
Rand opened the notebook.
The eyes of 007 and Xiao Yang were instantly attracted by the notebook.
(End of this chapter)