The Sumerian Kings List: When Gods Ruled Earth for 241,200 Years

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The Sumerian Kings List: When Gods Ruled Earth for 241,200 Years

Once upon a time, the gods were said to rule the Earth, not from the heavens above, but here among us. The Sumerian King List, carved into the ancient Weld-Blundell Prism, records rulers whose reigns stretched for tens of thousands of years. Alulim ruled for 28,800 years, Alalgar for 36,000, and others for even longer. Together, the first eight kings are said to have governed for an astonishing 241,200 years before the Great Flood reshaped the world.

Are these numbers symbolic, or evidence of divine or even extraterrestrial rulers? The mystery deepens when the list shifts seamlessly from these impossible spans of time to kings like Gilgamesh, whose existence history can verify. If the later names are real, what do we make of the earlier ones?

In this episode of Secret Origins, we explore the origins of the Sumerian King List, the cities of Eridu, Bad-Tibira, Sippar, and Shuruppak, and the extraordinary figures who reigned before the flood. We connect these stories to myths across the world, from Mesopotamia to the Bible, from Enoch to Osiris, and discuss what they might reveal about the forgotten past of humanity.
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