Mesopotamian Flood Story (Atrahasis), Tablets I and II
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Why it's on BrighterTube
Hand-picked by a BrighterTube curator · found via Reddit r/Archaeology thread: Looking for Reputable YouTube Channels About Archaeology · 84% confidenceWorks directly through the translated text with scholarly commentary. Digital Hammurabi is run by Joshua and Megan Bowen, both PhDs in Near Eastern studies, who teach from the primary texts.
What you'll learn
A guided reading of the Old Babylonian Atrahasis epic, tablets I–II: the creation of humans and the flood myth.
Video by Digital Hammurabi, played through YouTube's embedded player.