louisehourcade Chapter 374 Sumerian Divine Chapter!
Chapter 374 Sumerian Divine Chapter!
Chapter 374 Sumerian Mythology!
"It can be said that it was basically impossible to observe distant planets with the naked eye or low-powered telescopes 200 years ago."
"Uranus was first observed in 1781 by the astronomer William Herschel using a self-made telescope."
"Prior to this, humans have only observed five planets in the solar system except the earth."
"These five planets are metal, wood, water, fire, and earth."
"After the discovery of Uranus, people used astronomical telescopes to observe the orbit of Uranus for decades."
"It was finally discovered that the orbit of Uranus is abnormal, obviously affected by other stars."
"Three astronomers deduced the existence of Neptune through mathematical models."
"In 1846, humans finally discovered Neptune through astronomical telescopes."
"When humans discovered Neptune, they were surprised to find that Neptune's orbit was abnormal, and it was obviously also affected by unknown gravity."
"Similar discoveries are like pushing dominoes, or playing with dolls in Xiongguo."
"It wasn't until 1930, when Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto."
"But Pluto is so far away that its orbit is in the Kuiper belt, so some scientists think that Pluto doesn't belong to the solar system."
When he said this, Rand paused slightly, and he saw the puzzlement in 007's eyes.
Rand understood that 007 was wondering, wondering why when he mentioned Sumerian mythology, he went around such a big circle to talk about astronomers' research on the planets in the solar system.
007 obviously also saw that Rand wanted to connect the whole thing together, so he would tell some stories about the discovery of planets as preliminary knowledge, so that he could better understand the amazing content behind.
So 007 didn't interrupt the other party. Although he couldn't hide the doubt in his eyes, he still listened humbly.
Rand showed a satisfied expression, feeling very comfortable with 007's high EQ, a mature agent who can control his emotions.
Rand continued:
"The amazing thing is that the knowledge of these planets has long been known to the ancients!"
"The Sumerians who lived more than 6000 years ago, the Mayans who lived more than 5000 years ago, and the ancient Hopi people all talked about these planets that can only be observed with the most advanced technology today."
"These primitive people before the epoch in our eyes knew Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto earlier than us, and even knew their orbits and periods precisely."
"Isn't this interesting?"
There was a certain light in Rand's eyes, 007 frowned, and asked:
"Aren't these all the research of those folk scholars? At least I haven't seen similar records in an official astronomy book."
Rand smiled slightly, "It's not that there is no record, but it is simply incomprehensible."
"Humans always have some kind of fear from the depths of their genes for unknown things, and they will reject them from the bottom of their hearts."
"We don't know where this fear originates and where it ultimately leads us."
"So more often than not, we choose to be like ostriches, bury our heads in the sand and pretend we don't see the threat."
"But I can infer that our ancestors must have had some kind of awe and engraved everything in their genes."
"And this fear is some kind of revelation!"
007 agreed with Rand's words, and affirmed: "I have to say, your view of awe of mysterious and unknown existence is much more reliable than the hype of those civil science scholars."
Rand resumed his narration.
"Let's go back to the study of Sumerian mythology."
"Since the fifteenth century, people have discovered some ancient ruins, some clay tablets, and of course some kind of mysterious writing in the Euphrates and Tigris river basins!"
"Cuneiform!"
"Around the 15th century AD, the Italian Pablo came to Persia and found a large number of strange patterns carved on the cliffs while visiting the ancient sites in the Mesopotamia."
"Over the next 300 years, more strange characters were discovered, and the locals took it for granted, but the colonists were shocked by the contents of the ruins."
"The colonists studied local historical legends and believed that these writings were written by the ancient Sumerians and were one of the earliest writings in human history."
"Because the strokes resembled wooden wedges, it was called 'cuneiform'"
"Unfortunately, deciphering these long-lost characters has stumped countless scholars."
"It was thought that the truth of Sumerian civilization would be buried in the endless yellow sand. However, history is always full of accidents."
"In 1802, Olge Friedrich Grotifend, a 27-year-old middle school teacher in Göttingen, Hansland, boasted while drinking with his friends that he bet that he could decipher this cuneiform script."
"Later, his bragging really came true."
"Grotifend guessed that the three cuneiform characters in the capital of ancient Persia tell the same thing, a legendary story of a king."
"With a translation, it's much easier to crack."
"By 1835, Henry Rawlinson, an officer of the East India Company, had found the Iranian Behestown inscription."
"These inscriptions are historical records carved on the Ming Cliff of Behestown during the reign of Emperor Darius the Great."
"Based on Grotifend's thinking, Rawlinson analyzed that the three inscriptions actually include ancient Persian, Akkadian and Aramaic."
"After two years of deciphering, he successfully deciphered the ancient Persian text of the first two paragraphs of the inscription, and handed over the title and the genealogy of Darius the Great to the Royal Asiatic Society."
"Since then, many scholars from all over the world have begun to decipher this kind of writing."
"In 1842, Emir Botha discovered Nineveh, the capital of the Assyrian Empire, near Mosul in northern Iraq. As a result, the great library of Asbanipal was excavated, and tens of thousands of wedge-shaped The rediscovery of the writing clay tablet has provided great help in deciphering the cuneiform writing."
"Finally, in 1857, four people including Rawlinson, who devoted himself to the study of Sumerian civilization, gathered in the Fog City and exchanged results. They were surprised to find that their research led to the same goal, and the results were highly consistent. The four immediately announced that they had cracked the cuneiform script!"
"At this point, the content on the slate is gradually revealed to the world."
"A civilization that has passed away for thousands of years has finally revealed its true side."
"That's Sumerian mythology!"
When Rand said this, his emotions had gradually risen, and he was obviously inexplicably excited that this extinct civilization could be displayed in front of mankind again.
007 heard the unconcealable excitement in Rand's words, he smiled and said:
"What kind of myth is that?"
At this time, Xiao Yang, who was hiding in the dark, was also attracted by the other party's conversation.
He originally regarded Rand's story as the ramblings of a folk admirer who was deeply involved in occultism and conspiracy theories.
However, after listening for a while, Xiao Yang gradually discovered that things were not simple.
"What kind of myth is that?"
(End of this chapter)