In 2009, Douglas Simmonds, son of RAF pilot, Leonard Simmonds, who’d acquire a small cuneiform tablet while serving in the Middle East in the 1940s, took his father’s tablet to Dr. Irving Finkel, one of the world’s leading Assyriologist, a curator at the British Museum. Dr. Finkel translated the tablet and discovered that it contained a remarkable account of the Mesopotamian Flood story, where Atrahasis, the Mesopotamian Noah, was commanded by Enki, the son of the High God An, to construct a cir...
Mar 22, 2025•21 min
In 1900, Depot Charlie, Chief of the Tituni-Joshua people—whose ancestral lands are situated in southern Oregon—narrated the creation story of his people to an anthropologist, who subsequently documented it in Volume 28 of the Journal of American Folklore . The Tituni-Joshua people had significant interactions with European settlers in the late 1700s, though the extent to which these encounters shaped Chief Charlie's account remains unknown. The Tituni-Joshua creation narrative is particularly s...
Sep 27, 2024•24 min
In the early 1900s, the creation account of the Native American Maidu people, whose ancestral lands are located in northern California in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains, was documented in Volume 17 of the Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History . During the mid-19th century, amid the Gold Rush, the Maidu people had significant encounters with European settlers. The extent to which these interactions influenced their creation narrative is unclear. The Maidu account is not...
Sep 24, 2024•33 min
The Esira Temple Text, known as Weld-Blundell 161, or "A Hymn of Eridu", is hailed by the distinguished British Assyriologist Stephen Langdon as a document of exceptional "theological, epigraphical, and philological" significance. Discovered in the spring of 1922 by Weld Blundell of Queen's College, this cuneiform prism details the grandeur of a temple dedicated to the Sumerian god Enki, situated in Eridu, one of the oldest cities in the ancient world (c. 5400 B.C.). The Esira Temple, also refer...
Aug 25, 2024•22 min
The Kesh Temple Hymn stands as one of humanity's oldest preserved literary treasures, originating in the city of Nippur nestled in ancient Mesopotamia, present-day Iraq. Unearthed by archaeologists from the University of Pennsylvania during excavations in the 19th century, the hymn, inscribed on clay tablets, dates to the Early Dynastic IIIa period, circa 2600-2500 BCE. The hymn's significance lies not only in its antiquity, but in the elaborate description it provides of the temple's pivotal ro...
May 08, 2024•18 min
In this episode, Dr. Logan delves into the treasures concealed within the Epistle to the Hebrews, Chapter 1, uncovering remarkable textual evidence of The Ancient Tradition . Join us for this episode and visit us on the web at theancienttradition.com and www.youtube.com/@theancienttradition for more amazing comparative religion.
Mar 11, 2024•28 min
Join us for this episode and visit us on the web at theancienttradition.com and www.youtube.com/@theancienttradition for more amazing comparative religion.
Jan 27, 2024•26 min
Join us for this episode and visit us on the web at theancienttradition.com and www.youtube.com/@theancienttradition for more amazing comparative religion.
Dec 16, 2023•43 min
The Osiris myth was one of the most prominent and influential myths in ancient Egypt; it permeated virtually every aspect of ancient Egyptian life. While a singular manuscript of the myth remains elusive, allusions to the myth are abundant in a number of ancient Egyptian sources including the Pyramid Texts , the Coffin Texts , and the Book of the Dead . In the early 1900s, Scottish journalist and folklorist, Donald Alexander McKenzie, compiled the scattered elements of the myth into a unified hi...
Dec 14, 2023•22 min
In the Babylonian rendition of the Epic of Anzu , known as the Anzu Myth , drawn from tablets unearthed in the ancient Assyrian cities Nineveh, Tabisu, and Sultantepe, dating to the 7th century BC, the tale recounts the exploits of Anzu, a fearsome creature with the body of a lion and the wings of an eagle. Driven by a thirst for supremacy, the monster Anzu brazenly steals the Tablet of Destinies, the sacred emblem of kingship, from Enlil, the chief god of the Sumerian pantheon. Confronted with ...
Nov 14, 2023•32 min
In 1805, the British Museum acquired one of its first…and most important, ancient Egyptian artifacts, the Shabaka Stone , an unassuming green breccia millstone. The inscription on the stone sat untranslated in the museum for nearly 100 years before American Egyptologist James Henry Breasted translated it into English in 1901. It was only then that Egyptologists realized the profound significance of what they had in their possession- a copy of the world's earliest (arguably) surviving creation st...
Jun 06, 2023•16 min
The Enuma Elish , also known as The Seven Tablets of Creation , is one of the oldest stories in the world. Dated to between 1800 and 1600 B.C., this Babylonian creation myth gives an account of the creation of the world and the rise of the Babylonian gods. The epic is included here for its rich symbolism, description of the pre-creative state of the universe, its portrayal of the cosmic battle between order and disorder, and its emphasis on kingship. In this audio recording of the Enuma Elish , ...
May 10, 2023•14 min
The Enuma Elish , also known as The Seven Tablets of Creation , is one of the oldest stories in the world. Dated to between 1800 and 1600 B.C., this Babylonian creation myth gives an account of the creation of the world and the rise of the Babylonian gods. The epic is included here for its rich symbolism, description of the pre-creative state of the universe, its portrayal of the cosmic battle between order and disorder, and its emphasis on kingship. In this audio recording of the Enuma Elish , ...
May 09, 2023•33 min
The Book of the Holy Secrets of Enoch , a Jewish apocalyptic writing, is one of the most compelling ancient texts to survive to the present day. Although knowledge of the book was unknown in the West until 1892, Slavonic manuscripts of the book survived in Russia for more than 1200 years. Although not part of the Biblical canon today, R.H. Charles, editor of the first English translation (1896), noted that it was "much used...by Christian[s]...in the early centuries". Considering its status as a...
Mar 27, 2023•32 min
The Book of the Holy Secrets of Enoch , a Jewish apocalyptic writing, is one of the most compelling ancient texts to survive to the present day. Although knowledge of the book was unknown in the West until 1892, Slavonic manuscripts of the book survived in Russia for more than 1200 years. Although not part of the Biblical canon today, R.H. Charles, editor of the first English translation (1896), noted that it was "much used...by Christian[s]...in the early centuries". Considering its status as a...
Mar 20, 2023•22 min
The Book of the Holy Secrets of Enoch , a Jewish apocalyptic writing, is one of the most compelling ancient texts to survive to the present day. Although knowledge of the book was unknown in the West until 1892, Slavonic manuscripts of the book survived in Russia for more than 1200 years. Although not part of the Biblical canon today, R.H. Charles, editor of the first English translation (1896), noted that it was "much used...by Christian[s]...in the early centuries". Considering its status as a...
Mar 13, 2023•31 min
The Book of the Holy Secrets of Enoch , a Jewish apocalyptic writing, is one of the most compelling ancient texts to survive to the present day. Although knowledge of the book was unknown in the West until 1892, Slavonic manuscripts of the book survived in Russia for more than 1200 years. Although not part of the Biblical canon today, R.H. Charles, editor of the first English translation (1896), noted that it was "much used...by Christian[s]...in the early centuries". Considering its status as a...
Mar 01, 2023•22 min
Hidden within the poetic verses of the Epic of Gilgamesh , one of the world's oldest religious texts, are indispensable clues to the nature and origin of the world's earliest religious tradition- The Ancient Tradition . Once you've given Tablet XI a listen, turn your ear to our sister podcast, The Ancient Tradition , where we reveal striking similarities in the ancient record- myths, cosmologies, theologies, and sacred writings- which point to an original, pure religion in deep antiquity. Is it ...
Feb 27, 2023•21 min
Hidden within the poetic verses of the Epic of Gilgamesh , one of the world's oldest religious texts, are indispensable clues to the nature and origin of the world's earliest religious tradition- The Ancient Tradition . Once you've given Tablet X a listen, turn your ear to our sister podcast, The Ancient Tradition , where we reveal striking similarities in the ancient record- myths, cosmologies, theologies, and sacred writings- which point to an original, pure religion in deep antiquity. Is it t...
Feb 27, 2023•20 min
Hidden within the poetic verses of the Epic of Gilgamesh , one of the world's oldest religious texts, are indispensable clues to the nature and origin of the world's earliest religious tradition- The Ancient Tradition . Once you've given Tablet IX a listen, turn your ear to our sister podcast, The Ancient Tradition , where we reveal striking similarities in the ancient record- myths, cosmologies, theologies, and sacred writings- which point to an original, pure religion in deep antiquity. Is it ...
Feb 22, 2023•9 min
Hidden within the poetic verses of the Epic of Gilgamesh , one of the world's oldest religious texts, are indispensable clues to the nature and origin of the world's earliest religious tradition- The Ancient Tradition . Once you've given Tablet VIII a listen, turn your ear to our sister podcast, The Ancient Tradition, where we reveal striking similarities in the ancient record- myths, cosmologies, theologies, and sacred writings- which point to an original, pure religion in deep antiquity. Is it...
Feb 21, 2023•13 min
Hidden within the poetic verses of the Epic of Gilgamesh , one of the world's oldest religious texts, are indispensable clues to the nature and origin of the world's earliest religious tradition- The Ancient Tradition . Once you've given Tablet VII a listen, turn your ear to our sister podcast, The Ancient Tradition , where we reveal striking similarities in the ancient record- myths, cosmologies, theologies, and sacred writings- which point to an original, pure religion in deep antiquity. Is it...
Feb 14, 2023•14 min
Hidden within the poetic verses of the Epic of Gilgamesh , one of the world's oldest religious texts, are indispensable clues to the nature and origin of the world's earliest religious tradition- The Ancient Tradition . Once you've given Tablet VI a listen, turn your ear to our sister podcast, The Ancient Tradition , where we reveal striking similarities in the ancient record- myths, cosmologies, theologies, and sacred writings- which point to an original, pure religion in deep antiquity. Is it ...
Feb 13, 2023•12 min
Hidden within the poetic verses of the Epic of Gilgamesh , one of the world's oldest religious texts, are indispensable clues to the nature and origin of the world's earliest religious tradition- The Ancient Tradition . Once you've given Tablet V a listen, turn your ear to our sister podcast, The Ancient Tradition , where we reveal striking similarities in the ancient record- myths, cosmologies, theologies, and sacred writings- which point to an original, pure religion in deep antiquity. Is it t...
Feb 04, 2023•12 min
Hidden within the poetic verses of the Epic of Gilgamesh , one of the world's oldest religious texts, are indispensable clues to the nature and origin of the world's earliest religious tradition- The Ancient Tradition . Once you've given Tablet IV a listen, turn your ear to our sister podcast, The Ancient Tradition , where we reveal striking similarities in the ancient record- myths, cosmologies, theologies, and sacred writings- which point to an original, pure religion in deep antiquity. Is it ...
Feb 02, 2023•14 min
Hidden within the poetic verses of the Epic of Gilgamesh , one of the world's oldest religious texts, are indispensable clues to the nature and origin of the world's earliest religious tradition- The Ancient Tradition . Once you've given Tablet III a listen, turn your ear to our sister podcast, The Ancient Tradition , where we reveal striking similarities in the ancient record- myths, cosmologies, theologies, and sacred writings- which point to an original, pure religion in deep antiquity. Is it...
Feb 01, 2023•11 min
Hidden within the poetic verses of the Epic of Gilgamesh , one of the world's oldest religious texts, are indispensable clues to the nature and origin of the world's earliest religious tradition- The Ancient Tradition . Once you've given Tablet II a listen, turn your ear to our sister podcast, The Ancient Tradition , where we reveal striking similarities in the ancient record- myths, cosmologies, theologies, and sacred writings- which point to an original, pure religion in deep antiquity. Is it ...
Jan 31, 2023•15 min
Hidden within the poetic verses of the Epic of Gilgamesh , one of the world's oldest religious texts, are indispensable clues to the nature and origin of the world's earliest religious tradition- The Ancient Tradition . Once you've given Tablet I a listen, turn your ear to our sister podcast, The Ancient Tradition , where we reveal striking similarities in the ancient record- myths, cosmologies, theologies, and sacred writings- which point to an original, pure religion in deep antiquity. Is it t...
Jan 19, 2023•19 min
