Thin End of the Wedge
A podcast by Jon Taylor
79 Episoade
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77. Augusta McMahon: Excavations at Nippur
Publicat: 14.06.2025 -
76. Tina Greenfield: Zooarchaeology in Mesopotamia
Publicat: 14.05.2025 -
75. Moudhy Al-Rashid: Engaging interest in Mesopotamia
Publicat: 30.03.2025 -
74. Michael Danti and John MacGinnis. Nimrud: post-conflict archaeology in the heartland of Assyria
Publicat: 21.02.2025 -
73. Zoltán Niederreiter, Erika Roboz: Kingdom of Gods and Demons
Publicat: 24.01.2025 -
72. Christopher Jones: Court politics in the Neo-Assyrian empire
Publicat: 23.12.2024 -
71. 2024 IAA Prize winners
Publicat: 21.11.2024 -
70. Simo Parpola and the State Archives of Assyria project
Publicat: 11.10.2024 -
69. Carolyne Douché: Carpology in the archaeology of ancient western Asia
Publicat: 11.09.2024 -
68. Witold Tyborowski: Finding a job during Hammurabi's reign
Publicat: 02.08.2024 -
67. Amy Gansell: Dressing Assyria's queens
Publicat: 05.06.2024 -
66. Rune Rattenborg, Seraina Nett, Gustav Ryberg Smidt: Geomapping Cuneiform
Publicat: 10.05.2024 -
65. Omar N'Shea: Masculinities in Mesopotamia
Publicat: 03.04.2024 -
64. Ali Kadhem Ghanem: Managing the site of Ur
Publicat: 06.03.2024 -
63: Enrique Jiménez: the electronic Babylonian Library
Publicat: 03.02.2024 -
62. Prize-winning assyriology
Publicat: 19.12.2023 -
61. Shigeo Yamada: Yasin Tepe: on the margins of empire
Publicat: 17.11.2023 -
60. Susanne Paulus: Back to School in Babylonia
Publicat: 13.10.2023 -
59. Louise Pryke: Ishtar then and now
Publicat: 07.09.2023 -
58. Looking back at RAI Leiden: on conferences, and catching up with guests
Publicat: 10.08.2023
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.
