Thin End of the Wedge
En podkast av Jon Taylor
79 Episoder
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57. Looking forward to Leiden
Publisert: 15.7.2023 -
56. Nicholas Reid: The Big House
Publisert: 29.6.2023 -
55. Agnès Garcia-Ventura: The historiography of assyriology
Publisert: 29.5.2023 -
54. Eckart Frahm: A new history of Assyria, the world's first empire
Publisert: 26.4.2023 -
53. Parsa Daneshmand: Consensus decision-making in divination
Publisert: 30.3.2023 -
52. Birgül Öğüt: phytoliths in west Asian archaeology
Publisert: 1.3.2023 -
51. Ali al-Juboori: Reflections
Publisert: 2.2.2023 -
50. Dr Basima Jalil Abed
Publisert: 21.12.2022 -
49. George Smith: the man behind the headlines
Publisert: 9.11.2022 -
49. George Smith: the man behind the headlines SHORT VERSION
Publisert: 9.11.2022 -
48. Amanda Podany: A New History of the Ancient Near East
Publisert: 5.10.2022 -
47. Louise Quillien: Textiles from Babylonia
Publisert: 7.9.2022 -
46. Laerke Recht: The agency of animals
Publisert: 3.8.2022 -
45. Victor Klinkenberg: An archaeological approach to tablets
Publisert: 4.7.2022 -
44. Sophie Cluzan: Votive statues from Mari
Publisert: 25.5.2022 -
43. Nadia Ait Said-Ghanem: Iraqi antiquities dealers of 19th century
Publisert: 20.4.2022 -
42. Julian Edgeworth Reade: Reflections
Publisert: 22.3.2022 -
41. Farouk al-Rawi: reflections
Publisert: 9.2.2022 -
40. Davide Nadali: Excavating Tell Surghul
Publisert: 15.12.2021 -
39. Saana Svärd: Digital Assyriology in Helsinki
Publisert: 1.12.2021
Thin End of the Wedge explores life in the ancient Middle East. There are many wonderful stories we can tell about those people, their communities, the gritty reality of their lives, their hopes, fears and beliefs. We can do that through the objects they left behind and the cities where they once lived. Our focus is on the cultures that used cuneiform (“wedge-shaped”) writing, so mostly on ancient Iraq and nearby regions from about 3000 BC to about 100 AD. Thin End of the Wedge brings you expert insights and the latest research in clear and simple language. What do we know? How do we know anything? And why is what we know always changing? Why is any of this important today? We won’t talk to you like you’re stupid. But you won’t need any special training to understand what we’re talking about. This is an independent production by me as an individual. It is not supported by my employer or any other organisation I am involved with, and the views expressed here do not necessarily reflect theirs.
