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<p>Irving Finkel is an expert on cuneiform — the oldest known writing system. He tells Steve the amazing story of how an ancient clay tablet unlocked the truth about Noah’s ark (and got Finkel in trouble with some Christians).</p><p> </p><ul><li><strong>SOURCES:</strong><ul><li><a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG132564">Irving Finkel</a>, curator in the department of the Middle East at the British Museum.</li></ul></li></ul><p> </p><ul><li><strong>RESOURCES:</strong><ul><li>"<a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/blog/how-write-cuneiform">How to write cuneiform</a>," by Irving Finkel <i>(The British Museum,</i> 2021).</li><li>"<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCxI-YrwfL4">PBS Nova: Secrets of Noah's Ark</a>," (2015).</li><li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Ark-Before-Noah-Decoding-Story/dp/1444757059"><i>The Ark Before Noah: Decoding the Story of the Flood</i></a><i>, </i>by Irving Finkel (2014).</li><li>"<a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/e...