Thin End of the Wedge

A podcast by Jon Taylor

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77 Episodes

  1. 55. Agnès Garcia-Ventura: The historiography of assyriology

    Published: 29/05/2023

  2. 54. Eckart Frahm: A new history of Assyria, the world's first empire

    Published: 26/04/2023

  3. 53. Parsa Daneshmand: Consensus decision-making in divination

    Published: 30/03/2023

  4. 52. Birgül Öğüt: phytoliths in west Asian archaeology

    Published: 01/03/2023

  5. 51. Ali al-Juboori: Reflections

    Published: 02/02/2023

  6. 50. Dr Basima Jalil Abed

    Published: 21/12/2022

  7. 49. George Smith: the man behind the headlines SHORT VERSION

    Published: 09/11/2022

  8. 49. George Smith: the man behind the headlines

    Published: 09/11/2022

  9. 48. Amanda Podany: A New History of the Ancient Near East

    Published: 05/10/2022

  10. 47. Louise Quillien: Textiles from Babylonia

    Published: 07/09/2022

  11. 46. Laerke Recht: The agency of animals

    Published: 03/08/2022

  12. 45. Victor Klinkenberg: An archaeological approach to tablets

    Published: 04/07/2022

  13. 44. Sophie Cluzan: Votive statues from Mari

    Published: 25/05/2022

  14. 43. Nadia Ait Said-Ghanem: Iraqi antiquities dealers of 19th century

    Published: 20/04/2022

  15. 42. Julian Edgeworth Reade: Reflections

    Published: 22/03/2022

  16. 41. Farouk al-Rawi: reflections

    Published: 09/02/2022

  17. 40. Davide Nadali: Excavating Tell Surghul

    Published: 15/12/2021

  18. 39. Saana Svärd: Digital Assyriology in Helsinki

    Published: 01/12/2021

  19. 38. Tonia Sharlach: The power behind the throne

    Published: 17/11/2021

  20. 37. Tim Clayden: The Kassites

    Published: 03/11/2021

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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.