David, and your children's here.

Very excited to spread the truth of ancient astronaut theory.

David, get out of here.

I haven't started the show yet.

Oh, okay, yeah, no, that's no problem at all.

Today's suck was voted into existence by time sucks mighty Patreon space lizards, which

is so fitting because a particular translation of the writings of the ancient Sumerians by

a man named Zechariah Sichen then reinterpreted by another man named David Ike, brought us

the very concept of space lizards.

Will today show be a space lizard origin story?

Kind of.

Today's suck will take us way back before the common era to examine the first legitimate

civilization on earth known in Mesopotamia as the Sumerians.

To explore the culture of the ancient Sumerians means we'll be celebrating some amazing human

history first, things we now can't imagine living without, like the wheel, the first written

language.

This society came up with hundreds of concepts and systems we use today, everything from

government taxes, land and sea vehicles to literature, agriculture and beer.

Today's tale is an origin story tale, the origin of human civilization.

And that origin story will also lead us to the origins of the now popular ancient aliens

belief system.

Did ancient astronauts give the Sumerians an other initial civilizations extra terrestrial

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