@tristanancients: The Library of Ashurbanipal, 'King of the World, King of Assyria'. It's this ancient Assyrian ruler that's the subject of our newest episode of #theancients with Dr Selena Wisnom. Listen wherever you get your podcasts! Clay tablet images © The Trustees of the British Museum and Wikimeda Commons. #ashurbanipal #assyria #nineveh #archaeology

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lostinthebigcity
Caroline :
they really should be wondering why it's in London, since it doesn't seem British at all
2025-08-21 03:58:13
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huidrogo
carlsjr :
y'all complaining that the british stole this, stole that, it's LITERALLY for preserving history for our next generations, it's amazing
2025-08-22 08:24:20
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burnzohh
bzo :
Why is it in the British museum?
2025-08-22 07:41:18
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snarf.tackleflarg
Snarf Tackleflarg :
why can't they study them entirely and find out the whole story?
2025-08-21 03:05:10
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thedeathheadart
TheDeathHead :
No, the reson it survived was because the British museum took it. 😒
2025-08-21 12:54:23
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tyari.warchief
Tyaraya shidana :
I'm assyrian assyria will rise
2025-08-21 17:23:44
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vulgarbutfluent
VulgarButFluent :
what can it tell me of the quality of copper in local shops? 👀
2025-08-21 03:54:18
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vondoom4
Matej :
I think the problem is that Ashurbanipal's library was just for a king , for his personal usage how to rule which I can imagine often include boring texts while Alexandria library was much broader institution purely focused on knowledge and learning so I can imagine it included more interesting texts .
2025-08-22 10:14:08
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atomxyz88
Atommota :
What language are they written in?
2025-08-21 09:15:16
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yuh.roon
Yuh-Roon (Jeroen) :
but the books in the library of Alexandria were all copied, the originals were burned, but where are the copies?
2025-08-27 21:31:14
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illrailyourmother
Ahbirami :
This is mentioned in Elif shafak’s book there are rivers in the sky!
2025-08-23 07:18:52
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funbobby777
🥳🥳Bobby🥳🥳 :
But Alexandra literature was so 🔥 though
2025-08-22 13:51:10
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garyharrisss
gary :
Had a professor say this to me word for word yesterday I stg
2025-08-21 12:33:55
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benjamuniverse
benjamuniverse :
I wanna stay on their side of tiktok
2025-08-22 06:15:07
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nyunyo35
nyunyo :
I am grateful to the British Museum! Because I was able to attend I am Ashurbanipal exhibition maybe in 2018.
2025-08-21 15:33:17
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martinvanstein.com
martinvanstein :
why is no one bothering to read and catalog the text ... surely more data is better?... or is it because some researchers book will become obsolete with new data?
2025-08-22 18:02:58
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clonerluke
Clonerluke :
No one ever bothers reading? I’m sorry? Were we all born with the ability to read CUNEIFORME? Furthermore, how could anyone study these tablets if it’s under the (probably unethical) possession of the UK government?
2025-08-21 03:45:48
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frankie7628
Frankie :
@fwils__08
2025-08-22 09:56:01
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zeusrunstheworld
user2257960214629 :
💙💙💙
2025-08-21 02:11:56
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churchofthesubgenius
Church of the SubGenius :
most of it is romance fiction anyway, boring
2025-08-21 06:15:30
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maximpact1
max1904 :
Thank you british museum👍
2025-08-22 08:22:47
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mickthetwit
MickTheTwit :
Natives try to destroy something. British preserve it. Native descendants outraged. The cycle continues 😂
2025-08-22 07:12:14
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