Thin End of the Wedge
A podcast by Jon Taylor
79 Episoade
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57. Looking forward to Leiden
Publicat: 15.07.2023 -
56. Nicholas Reid: The Big House
Publicat: 29.06.2023 -
55. Agnès Garcia-Ventura: The historiography of assyriology
Publicat: 29.05.2023 -
54. Eckart Frahm: A new history of Assyria, the world's first empire
Publicat: 26.04.2023 -
53. Parsa Daneshmand: Consensus decision-making in divination
Publicat: 30.03.2023 -
52. Birgül Öğüt: phytoliths in west Asian archaeology
Publicat: 01.03.2023 -
51. Ali al-Juboori: Reflections
Publicat: 02.02.2023 -
50. Dr Basima Jalil Abed
Publicat: 21.12.2022 -
49. George Smith: the man behind the headlines
Publicat: 09.11.2022 -
49. George Smith: the man behind the headlines SHORT VERSION
Publicat: 09.11.2022 -
48. Amanda Podany: A New History of the Ancient Near East
Publicat: 05.10.2022 -
47. Louise Quillien: Textiles from Babylonia
Publicat: 07.09.2022 -
46. Laerke Recht: The agency of animals
Publicat: 03.08.2022 -
45. Victor Klinkenberg: An archaeological approach to tablets
Publicat: 04.07.2022 -
44. Sophie Cluzan: Votive statues from Mari
Publicat: 25.05.2022 -
43. Nadia Ait Said-Ghanem: Iraqi antiquities dealers of 19th century
Publicat: 20.04.2022 -
42. Julian Edgeworth Reade: Reflections
Publicat: 22.03.2022 -
41. Farouk al-Rawi: reflections
Publicat: 09.02.2022 -
40. Davide Nadali: Excavating Tell Surghul
Publicat: 15.12.2021 -
39. Saana Svärd: Digital Assyriology in Helsinki
Publicat: 01.12.2021
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.
