#487 – Irving Finkel: Deciphering Secrets of Ancient Civilizations & Flood Myths

Lex Fridman PodcastDecember 12, 2025

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  • Older flood stories complicate simple claims about Noah

    Posted by seed08 on October 18, 2026 at 7:01 am

    The show notes identify a Mesopotamian flood tablet predating the biblical Noah narrative, and the outline discusses both. Similarity supports a historical relationship among storytelling traditions, but it doesn't by itself prove one literal flood or a single path of transmission. The details and dates need more work than the resemblance alone.

    After Poddy editorial starter Based on the episode chapter notes.

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