PREVIEW: GUEST: Moudhy al-Rashid SUMMARY: Moudhy al-Rashid discusses her book, Between Two Rivers, focusing on stamped bricks found in Mesopotamian ziggurats (like Ur). These 4,000-5,000-year-old stamps, deemed the earliest printing press, recorded the ki
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🗓️ 22 September 2025
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SUMMARY: Moudhy al-Rashid discusses her book, Between Two Rivers, focusing on stamped bricks found in Mesopotamian ziggurats (like Ur). These 4,000-5,000-year-old stamps, deemed the earliest printing press, recorded the king's name (like Ur-Nammu, c. 2000 BCE) and the god to whom the building was dedicated. Stamping bypassed the need for scribes.
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| 0:24.5 | Moody Al-Rashid, her new book, |
| 0:26.3 | Between Two Rivers, |
| 0:27.3 | The Story of Mesopotamia, |
| 0:29.4 | the ancient cities of Mesopotamia. |
| 0:32.4 | And here, |
| 0:34.0 | Moody addresses Ur, |
| 0:35.8 | and the discovery that the bricks that built the ziggurates and the walls were messages from 2000, 2,000, 3,000 years before the building of the wall. |
| 0:47.3 | They were also messages from the men and women who built the wall in the ziggurates. |
| 0:52.8 | Stamped messages. |
| 0:58.0 | As if every element of building was important to leave behind, we were here. Here's the ziggaret of oar. These are ancient |
| 1:06.2 | towns dating to 4,000, 5,000 years ago. |
| 1:11.7 | Much more of this coming up later in the month. |
| 1:16.4 | Mudia al-Rashid, between two rivers. |
| 1:20.1 | Yeah, great question. |
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