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  "title": "A nice podcast with Lex Fridman related to Cuneiforms",
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  "post_date": "2025-12-21T11:07:55.244510600Z",
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  "content": "<p>Title: Deciphering Secrets of Ancient Civilizations, Noah's Ark, and Flood Myths | Lex Fridman Podcast #487 with Irving Finkle.</p>\n<p>\"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.\"</p>\n<p>The podcast can be found here: <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bBRVNkAfkQ\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bBRVNkAfkQ</a></p>\n<p>It's an intresting chat about deciphering ancient ceneiforms, and lots of other topics too, enjoy!</p>",
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      "postDate": "12/21/2025 11:07:55",
      "content": "<p>Title: Deciphering Secrets of Ancient Civilizations, Noah's Ark, and Flood Myths | Lex Fridman Podcast #487 with Irving Finkle.</p>\n<p>\"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.\"</p>\n<p>The podcast can be found here: <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bBRVNkAfkQ\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bBRVNkAfkQ</a></p>\n<p>It's an intresting chat about deciphering ancient ceneiforms, and lots of other topics too, enjoy!</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Title: Deciphering Secrets of Ancient Civilizations, Noah's Ark, and Flood Myths | Lex Fridman Podcast #487 with Irving Finkle.\n\n\"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.\"\n\nThe podcast can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bBRVNkAfkQ\n\nIt's an intresting chat about deciphering ancient ceneiforms, and lots of other topics too, enjoy!",
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      "postDate": "12/23/2025 16:09:58",
      "content": "<p>I saw that too, it is always fun to watch Dr. Irving Finkel speak. In more formal settings, he tends to share his insights without making as many provocative claims, so that is unique. And of course, it is funny how his language gets more and more colorful as the interview progresses. </p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I saw that too, it is always fun to watch Dr. Irving Finkel speak. In more formal settings, he tends to share his insights without making as many provocative claims, so that is unique. And of course, it is funny how his language gets more and more colorful as the interview progresses.",
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      "id": 3381037,
      "author_name": "deeppast",
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      "post_date": "12/23/2025 16:09:58",
      "content": "<p>I saw that too, it is always fun to watch Dr. Irving Finkel speak. In more formal settings, he tends to share his insights without making as many provocative claims, so that is unique. And of course, it is funny how his language gets more and more colorful as the interview progresses. </p>",
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    "3379982": "Title: Deciphering Secrets of Ancient Civilizations, Noah's Ark, and Flood Myths | Lex Fridman Podcast #487 with Irving Finkle.\n\n\"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.\"\n\nThe podcast can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bBRVNkAfkQ\n\nIt's an intresting chat about deciphering ancient ceneiforms, and lots of other topics too, enjoy!",
    "3381037": "I saw that too, it is always fun to watch Dr. Irving Finkel speak. In more formal settings, he tends to share his insights without making as many provocative claims, so that is unique. And of course, it is funny how his language gets more and more colorful as the interview progresses."
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