Greg Jenner

Which is the year Vesuvius erupted.

Coincidence. I was going to say, maybe the volcano erupted in one night. I feel like this is a sign. Let's just put down the G'day everyone.

Coincidence. I was going to say, maybe the volcano erupted in one night. I feel like this is a sign. Let's just put down the G'day everyone.

Okay, so that's amazing. So it's a stable technology. It changes a little bit over the time in terms of the font, in terms of how it's written, but you can still read it through that time.

Okay, so that's amazing. So it's a stable technology. It changes a little bit over the time in terms of the font, in terms of how it's written, but you can still read it through that time.

And so Akkadian then is followed by Aramaic, followed by Persian, followed by other languages, and off we go. There's one more thing to mention. Phil, as our expert philologist here, what do you think the cruciform monument of Manish Tushu was? Oh, no. I was just reading about this. You're sick of hearing, aren't you?

And so Akkadian then is followed by Aramaic, followed by Persian, followed by other languages, and off we go. There's one more thing to mention. Phil, as our expert philologist here, what do you think the cruciform monument of Manish Tushu was? Oh, no. I was just reading about this. You're sick of hearing, aren't you?

The reason I've asked is because it's a forgery? Yeah. It sort of gets to the heart of what's quite interesting about cuneiform, it's that this is a deliberately new thing that's meant to look old.

The reason I've asked is because it's a forgery? Yeah. It sort of gets to the heart of what's quite interesting about cuneiform, it's that this is a deliberately new thing that's meant to look old.

It's a forgery. It's basically saying we've always been here. So it's a Christian cross.

It's a forgery. It's basically saying we've always been here. So it's a Christian cross.

It's sort of the era of kind of the Persian, it's the 6th century B.C. So it's in the 500s B.C. And it's them claiming Fake ancestry saying, no, no, we've been here for like 1,800 years. And it's a brand new... It's like dipping it in like when you were a kid and you had to make an old document and you dipped it in tea to make it look old. It's that.

It's sort of the era of kind of the Persian, it's the 6th century B.C. So it's in the 500s B.C. And it's them claiming Fake ancestry saying, no, no, we've been here for like 1,800 years. And it's a brand new... It's like dipping it in like when you were a kid and you had to make an old document and you dipped it in tea to make it look old. It's that.

Fantastic. So there you go, Phil. 3,500 years of technology, of script, a very impressive history. You had to impress it. Yeah, it was really good. I got it. Yeah, so you now know about cuneiform. Yeah, I can speak cuneiform. No, no, you can't speak it.

Fantastic. So there you go, Phil. 3,500 years of technology, of script, a very impressive history. You had to impress it. Yeah, it was really good. I got it. Yeah, so you now know about cuneiform. Yeah, I can speak cuneiform. No, no, you can't speak it.

Oh, never mind.

Oh, never mind.

This is where Phil and I sit quietly in the classroom and we carve our clay tablets for two minutes while Dr. Moody tells us something we need to know about cuneiform's history. Take it away, Dr. Moody.

This is where Phil and I sit quietly in the classroom and we carve our clay tablets for two minutes while Dr. Moody tells us something we need to know about cuneiform's history. Take it away, Dr. Moody.

Beautiful. Thanks so much.