{"id":227664,"date":"2025-12-23T06:23:59","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T12:23:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/controversial-theory-about-gobekli-tepe-irving-finkel-and-lex-fridman"},"modified":"2025-12-23T06:23:59","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T12:23:59","slug":"controversial-theory-about-gobekli-tepe-irving-finkel-and-lex-fridman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/controversial-theory-about-gobekli-tepe-irving-finkel-and-lex-fridman","title":{"rendered":"Controversial theory about G\u00f6bekli Tepe | Irving Finkel and Lex Fridman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/X0BcGMaEV8o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Lex Fridman Podcast full episode: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_bBRVNkAfkQ\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_bBRVNkAfkQ<\/a><br \/> Thank you for listening \u2764 Check out our sponsors: <a href=\"https:\/\/lexfridman.com\/sponsors\/cv9505-sb\">https:\/\/lexfridman.com\/sponsors\/cv9505-sb<\/a>.<br \/> See below for guest bio, links, and to give feedback, submit questions, contact Lex, etc.<\/p>\n<p>*GUEST BIO:*<br \/> Irving Finkel is a scholar of ancient languages and a longtime curator at the British Museum, renowned for his expertise in Mesopotamian history and cuneiform writing. He specializes in reading and interpreting cuneiform inscriptions, including tablets from Sumerian, Akkadian, Babylonian, and Assyrian contexts. He became widely known for studying a tablet with a Mesopotamian flood story that predates the biblical Noah narrative, which he presented in his book \u201cThe Ark Before Noah\u201d and in a documentary that involved building a circular ark based on the tablet\u2019s technical instructions.<\/p>\n<p>*CONTACT LEX:*<br \/> *Feedback* \u2014 give feedback to Lex: <a href=\"https:\/\/lexfridman.com\/survey\">https:\/\/lexfridman.com\/survey<\/a>.<br \/> *AMA* \u2014 submit questions, videos or call-in: <a href=\"https:\/\/lexfridman.com\/ama\">https:\/\/lexfridman.com\/ama<\/a>.<br \/> *Hiring* \u2014 join our team: <a href=\"https:\/\/lexfridman.com\/hiring\">https:\/\/lexfridman.com\/hiring<\/a>.<br \/> *Other* \u2014 other ways to get in touch: <a href=\"https:\/\/lexfridman.com\/contact\">https:\/\/lexfridman.com\/contact<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>*EPISODE LINKS:*<br \/> Irving\u2019s Instagram: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/drirvingfinkel\/\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/drirvingfinkel\/<\/a><br \/> The Ark Before Noah (book): <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4j2U0DW\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/4j2U0DW<\/a><br \/> Irving Lectures Playlist: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLYXwZvOwHjVcFUi9iEqirkXRaCUJdXGha\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLYXwZvOwHjVcFUi9iEqirkXRaCUJdXGha<\/a>.<br \/> British Museum Video Playlist: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PL0LQM0SAx603A6p5EJ9DVcESqQReT7QyK\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PL0LQM0SAx603A6p5EJ9DVcESqQReT7QyK<\/a><br \/> British Museum Website: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishmuseum.org\/\">https:\/\/www.britishmuseum.org\/<\/a><br \/> The Great Diary Project: <a href=\"https:\/\/thegreatdiaryproject.co.uk\/\">https:\/\/thegreatdiaryproject.co.uk\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>*SPONSORS:*<br \/> To support this podcast, check out our sponsors &amp; get discounts:<br \/> *Shopify:* Sell stuff online.<br \/> Go to <a href=\"https:\/\/lexfridman.com\/s\/shopify-cv9505-sb\">https:\/\/lexfridman.com\/s\/shopify-cv9505-sb<\/a>.<br \/> *Miro:* Online collaborative whiteboard platform.<br \/> Go to <a href=\"https:\/\/lexfridman.com\/s\/miro-cv9505-sb\">https:\/\/lexfridman.com\/s\/miro-cv9505-sb<\/a>.<br \/> *Chevron:* Reliable energy for data centers.<br \/> Go to <a href=\"https:\/\/lexfridman.com\/s\/chevron-cv9505-sb\">https:\/\/lexfridman.com\/s\/chevron-cv9505-sb<\/a>.<br \/> *LMNT:* Zero-sugar electrolyte drink mix.<br \/> Go to <a href=\"https:\/\/lexfridman.com\/s\/lmnt-cv9505-sb\">https:\/\/lexfridman.com\/s\/lmnt-cv9505-sb<\/a>.<br \/> *AG1:* All-in-one daily nutrition drink.<br \/> Go to <a href=\"https:\/\/lexfridman.com\/s\/ag1-cv9505-sb\">https:\/\/lexfridman.com\/s\/ag1-cv9505-sb<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>*PODCAST LINKS:*<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/controversial-theory-about-gobekli-tepe-irving-finkel-and-lex-fridman\">Continue reading \u201cControversial theory about G\u00f6bekli Tepe | Irving Finkel and Lex Fridman\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lex Fridman Podcast full episode: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_bBRVNkAfkQ Thank you for listening \u2764 Check out our sponsors: https:\/\/lexfridman.com\/sponsors\/cv9505-sb. See below for guest bio, links, and to give feedback, submit questions, contact Lex, etc. *GUEST BIO:* Irving Finkel is a scholar of ancient languages and a longtime curator at the British Museum, renowned for his expertise in Mesopotamian [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1523,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-227664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computing","category-education"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227664"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227664\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}