Thin End of the Wedge

A podcast by Jon Taylor

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72 Episodes

  1. 31. Stefania Ermidoro: Revisiting a Victorian explorer: Layard in the archives

    Published: 21/07/2021

  2. 30. Elynn Gorris: Locating the Neo-Elamite kingdom

    Published: 07/07/2021

  3. 29. Elena Devecchi, Stefano de Martino, Walther Sallaberger. Virtual assyriology: RAI 67,Turin

    Published: 23/06/2021

  4. 28. Sophus Helle: 150 years of Gilgamesh

    Published: 09/06/2021

  5. 27. Reinhard Pirngruber: Babylonian astronomical diaries

    Published: 26/05/2021

  6. 26. Müge Durusu-Tanrıöver: Hittite art

    Published: 12/05/2021

  7. 25. Adelheid Otto, Nicolò Marchetti, Ingolf Thuesen: ICAANE: archaeology coming together

    Published: 28/04/2021

  8. 24. Ariane Thomas: a curator’s life at the Louvre

    Published: 13/04/2021

  9. 23. Heather Baker: Babylonian houses and housing

    Published: 24/03/2021

  10. 22. Jaafar Jotheri: Wonderful waterways: the geo-archaeology of southern Iraq

    Published: 17/03/2021

  11. 21. Fabienne Huber Vuillet: Meanings from the mundane

    Published: 17/02/2021

  12. 20. Xiaoli Ouyang: Silver in Sumer: money in Mesopotamia?

    Published: 10/02/2021

  13. 19. Shiyanthi Thavapalan: Colour in Mesopotamia

    Published: 03/02/2021

  14. 18. Carmen Gütschow: Archaeological conservation

    Published: 26/01/2021

  15. 17. Strahil Panayotov: Assyrian eye medicine

    Published: 20/01/2021

  16. 16. Ilgi Gerçek and Selim Adalı: The Istanbul Sippar Project

    Published: 07/01/2021

  17. 15. Daniel Nicky: Teaching Mesopotamia through music

    Published: 30/12/2020

  18. 14. Aaron Tugendhaft: Images, idols and iconoclasm

    Published: 23/12/2020

  19. 13. Nicolò Marchetti: Nineveh 2020. How and why archaeology?

    Published: 16/12/2020

  20. 12. Gojko Barjamovic: International trade

    Published: 09/12/2020

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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.