What an amazing class project! Claiming to be the world’s first film in ancient Babylonian, it was made by members of an Assyriology class at Cambridge (not our Cambridge: the other one) along with some local residents. Their pronunciation is presumably perfect — but who am I to judge?

The film is surprisingly well done. (The modern setting is jarring at times, but what can you do in a low-budget production?) I recommend turning on subtitles, unless you happen to be fluent in Babylonian:

Categories: Linguistics, Movies & (occasionally) TV