How Do We Decipher Forgotten Languages?
Be one of the first 1,000 people to get a free trial of Skillshare Premium here! https://skl.sh/khanubis03211 Writing is awesome, but it's only really useful while we still know how to read a particular writing system, so when we forget how to read a script, how do we re-learn with no one to teach us? MUSIC: “Black Sea Fog” by Sight of Wonders* “In the Trenches” by Jon Sumner* “Unchartered” by Taomito* “The Search for Self” by Jon Björk* “In the Horizon” by Taomito* “When I Do This” by Esme Cruz* "An Ordinary Day" by Deskant* "Golden Sea" by Jon Sumner* "Working It" by Jingle Punks "Swinging with the Sultan" by Doug Maxwell (*via EpidemicSound) 👕 MERCH! https://crowdmade.com/collections/kha... 📖 SOURCES: Persepolis: Discovery and Afterlife of a World Wonder, by Ali Mousavi - https://books.google.com/books?id=Kor... https://omniglot.com/writing/cuneifor... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuneifo... CONTACT: [email protected] SPONSORSHIP INQUIRIES: [email protected] 👥 JOIN THE DISCORD SERVER! / discord THANK YOU, BRONZE AGE+ PATRONS! Adri Cortesia, Anonymous Freak, Nif Lindsay, Rebanics, Larry Burch, Tobi Burch-Rates, Up and Atom / khanubis Or make one-time payments at paypal.me/khanubis http://www.khanubis.tv

History of the Latin Alphabet

Tracing English as far back as possible

The Sumerian Tablet That Describes the Last Thing Enki Said to Humans — Before He Sealed the Door

Irving Finkel Teaches Us Cuneiform

Hieroglyphs are easier than they look

What Did the World Look Like 5,000 Years Ago?

The origin of every European country's name

Irving Finkel Writes In Ancient Cuneiform

The Babylonian Map of the World with Irving Finkel | Curator’s Corner S9 Ep5

Cracking Ancient Codes: Cuneiform Writing - with Irving Finkel

What Happened to the Ancient Egyptian Language?

How Do We Know the Indo-European Languages Are Related?

The Origins of Hebrew

Ancient Human Species We Once Co-Existed With

Learn Akkadian Episode 1: Cuneiform 101: How to Read Cuneiform!

What Etruscan Sounded Like - and how we know

The Biggest Secrets Of Sayburc Just Uncovered - It’s Different from Göbekli Tepe

What Ancient Egyptian Sounded Like - and how we know

Evolution of the Alphabet

