Hidden Double Message Discovered On Ancient Clay Tablet Gives A Disturbing Account Of The Great Flood

Jan Bartek -  AncientPages.com - Almost everyone is familiar with the Biblical story of how Noah managed to survive the Great Flood. The story of an ancient catastrophe that nearly wiped out our entire world is familiar in different parts of the world.

In ancient myths and legends, Noah appears under a different name. In the Babylonian Flood story, he is called Utnapishtim and one can read about his struggles in the Epic of Gilgamesh. There are striking similarities between the Babylonian and Biblical flood story. In fact, one can say these two accounts are almost identical.

Utnapishtim And the Babylonian Flood Story. Credit: Public Domain

Dr. Martin Worthington, an academic from Cambridge has stepped forward claiming that the Babylonian account of the story, preserved on a 3,000-year-old clay tablet, represents the first example of “fake news.”

This ancient clay tablet, currently held in the British Museum has, according to Dr. Worthington a hidden double meaning that offers another version of the Great Flood story.

In the Babylonian version of the Flood story, God is known as Ea, and it would seem he was not completely honest if Dr. Worthington is correct in his assumption.

Dr. Worthington said God Ea tricked humanity by spreading fake news. Ea told humans that food will rain from the sky if they built the Ark.

“What the people don’t realize is that Ea’s nine-line message is a trick: it is a sequence of sounds that can be understood in radically different ways, like English ‘ice cream’ and ‘I scream’.

Left: Epic of Gilgamesh, Tablet 11: Story of the Flood. Known as the "Flood Tablet" From the Library of Ashurbanipal, 7th century BC. Credit: Public Domain. Right: Building the Ark. Painting 1896–1902 by James Tissot. Credit: Public Domain

With this early episode, set in mythological time, the manipulation of information and language has begun. It may be the earliest ever example of fake news,” Dr. Worthington said, adding there are several other examples of God Ea’s deception.

God Ea who was known in Sumer as Enki who was the god of wisdom, creator, protector of humanity and the patron of craftsmen and artisans. Why would he want to deceive humans?

According to Dr. Worthington’s theory, the god had no other choice as it was a matter of survival.

“Babylonian gods only survive because people feed them. If humanity had been wiped out, the gods would have starved. The god Ea manipulates language and misleads people into doing his will because it serves his self-interest,” Dr. Worthington said.

See also:

Legend Of Fintan Mac Bochra Who Escaped The Great Flood And Became The First Man In Ireland

The Great Flood And Noah’s Ark Were Real Events – Scientist Says

Eridu: Pre-Flood City That Belonged To Enki, God Of Creation, Intelligence, Wisdom And Magic

Dr. Worthington likens God Ea to some modern politicians who often deceive the public in order to pursue their own hidden personal agenda.

Whether Dr. Worthington’s interpretation of the ancient inscription is correct or not is difficult to say since no other researchers have made comment on his theory yet.

Written by Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com Staff Writer