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Achilles, Gilgamesh, and Epic Poetry: Interview with Professor Michael Clarke
Season 4 Episode 40
What do Achilles and Gilgamesh, two of the most renowned literary figures of the ancient world, have in common? A great deal more than you might expect. I talked to Professor Michael Clarke of the Na…
Published on 4 years, 7 months ago
The Indus Valley Civilization
Season 4 Episode 39
Egypt and Mesopotamia are the most famous civilizations of the ancient world, but at the same time in South Asia - today's Pakistan and India - an even larger and more populous society came into bein…
Published on 4 years, 7 months ago
Ancient South Asia
Season 4 Episode 38
South Asia - encompassing Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan - is one of the cradles of human civilization, and today it's home to one in every four people in the world. But who were the early inhabitan…
Published on 4 years, 8 months ago
Bananas, Civilization, and Ancient Farming in New Guinea: Interview with Professor Tim Denham
Season 4 Episode 37
Professor Tim Denham is one of the world's leading experts on Kuk Swamp, the most important archaeological site for understanding the origins of agriculture in New Guinea. He explains how we can use …
Published on 4 years, 8 months ago
The Invention of Agriculture in New Guinea
Season 4 Episode 36
The Highlands of New Guinea are one of the most remote places on the planet, a maze of crosscutting valleys and enormous mountains that weren't reached by outsiders until the 1930s. Yet they're also …
Published on 4 years, 8 months ago
Ancient Egypt in Context: Interview with Professor David Wengrow
Season 4 Episode 35
Professor David Wengrow is one of the world's leading experts on Egypt before the pharaohs. He's also one of the most creative and wide-ranging archaeologists working right now, and he has fascinatin…
Published on 4 years, 8 months ago
Ancient Tattooing: Interview with Aaron Deter-Wolf
Season 4 Episode 34
Tattoos, and other forms of body decoration, are as old as humanity itself. But what can we know about the skin of long-past people that no longer exists? I talk to Aaron Deter-Wolf, Prehistoric Arch…
Published on 4 years, 9 months ago
North America After the Ice Age: Interview with Professor Shane Miller
Season 4 Episode 33
Understanding the first migrants to the Americas more than 13,000 years ago is a big task. So is figuring out how the ancestors of indigenous peoples transformed themselves from hunters of mammoth an…
Published on 4 years, 9 months ago
Languages of the World in 3000 BC
Season 4 Episode 32
Language is one of the foundational pieces of being human, but in the absence of writing, what can we know about it in the deep past? Historical linguistics and the comparative method shed valuable l…
Published on 4 years, 9 months ago
Understanding Prehistory Through Ethnography
Season 4 Episode 31
There are still people living now who make their living by foraging, and understanding them is an essential component of grasping the breadth of human experience. Today's hunter-gatherers aren't livi…
Published on 4 years, 9 months ago