The Ancient Sumerian King List & The Biblical Genesis Story: Ancient History: Part V

An image of a supposed Sumerian stargate

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It’s a 4,000 year old cuneiform tablet found in modern day Iraq

The Sumerian King List is one of the most puzzling artifacts that we know about. This list of rulers blends prehistorical kings which had seemingly impossibly long reigns with more recent kings who are known to have existed historically. The list tells of 8 kings descendant from heaven who ruled Earth before the great flood for 241,000 years.

There are at least 18 copies of the kings that have been found, none of them are identical although there is enough common ground to make it clear that they are derived from a single, "ideal" account of Sumerian history.

The Sumerian King List written in cuneiform
The list starts like so,

"After the kingship descended from heaven, the kingship was in Eridug[city]. In Eridug[city], Alulim[ruler] became king; he ruled for 28800 years."

These Antediluvian (before the great flood) rulers my have been historical kings; later mythicised, with their "reign" exaggerated in proportion to their competence as ruler.

I am not sure what to make of all this. Why include supposedly mythical and historical kings in the same text? Perhaps these Antediluvian (before the great flood) rulers my have been historical kings; later mythicised, with their "reign" exaggerated in proportion to their competence as ruler.

These weren't stupid people either, we use their inventions every single day. They were responsible for the invention of;

the wheel, cuneiform script, arithmetic and geometry, irrigation systems, Sumerian boats, lunisolar calendar, bronze, leather, saws, chisels, hammers, braces, bits, nails, pins, rings, hoes, axes, knives, lancepoints, arrowheads, swords, glue, daggers, waterskins, bags, harnesses, armor, quivers, war chariots, scabbards, boots, sandals, harpoons and beer.

Maybe these people are to be trusted, but who knows.

Parallel To Biblical Genesis Story

In genesis 5, the generations from creation to the flood are recorded. There are 8 generations of man in the Bible and 8 divine heavenly rulers according to the Sumerians before the flood. In the Bible the general trend is that longevity decreases over the course of the book, similarly this is the case in the king list.

What do you think of all this? Would love to get some opinions on this document.

Thanks for reading!

The Previous posts in this series are:

Part IV - The Great Pyramid & The Cardinal Dimensions Of Our Planet: Ancient Egypt

Part III - Ancient Egyptian Mathematics Was Identical To Computer Code

Part II - Is the Sphinx actually 36,000 Years Old?

Part I Does Old Kingdom Egypt date back 36,000 Years