Sumerian Tablets REVEAL What Happened DURING The Anunnaki's 241,200 Year Rule | History For Sleep

Close your eyes and travel back to the very beginning of recorded time.

In this "History For Sleep" episode, we explore what ancient Sumerian tablets claim happened during the 241,200 years of rule before the great flood—a period described in the Sumerian King List, one of the most puzzling documents ever discovered.

At the center of this mystery is a small clay artifact known as the Weld-Blundell Prism, housed today in the Ashmolean Museum. Inscribed in cuneiform, it lists eight rulers who governed five cities for a combined total of 241,200 years, before a single line divides myth from history:

“Then the flood swept over.”

This episode does not attempt to prove whether the Anunnaki were gods, extraterrestrials, or symbolic figures. Instead, it carefully examines what the Sumerians themselves believed happened during these impossibly long ages—how kingship was thought to descend from heaven, how the first cities emerged, and why the world before the flood was remembered as fundamentally different from the world that came after.

We explore:

The Sumerian King List and its precise numerical records
The founding of Eridu, the first city, and the rise of early civilization
Why pre-flood kings ruled for tens of thousands of years
The transition from divine rule to human kingship
The flood as a dividing line between myth and history
Competing interpretations from mainstream scholarship and alternative theories

Along the way, we visit the ancient cities of Eridu, Bad-tibira, Larak, Sippar, and Shuruppak, tracing how temples, writing, mathematics, astronomy, and bureaucracy appeared with astonishing speed in southern Mesopotamia.

This is a slow, immersive narrative designed to help you relax while gently engaging with one of history’s deepest unanswered questions:
What really happened during those 241,200 years?

As always, the visuals are only atmosphere. You don’t need to watch.
Let the words guide you as the ancient world unfolds like a half-remembered dream.

Tell us where you’re listening from and what time it is there.
Settle in… and let the past carry you into sleep.

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