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The Bell Beaker Phenomenon and the Rise of the Bronze Age
Season 4 Episode 44
Around 4,500 years ago, bell-shaped ceramic drinking vessels called "beakers" begin showing up with the dead in tombs all over western Europe. Everyw…
5 years, 4 months ago
Indo-European, Migration, and the Corded Ware Culture
Season 4 Episode 43
Five thousand years ago, small groups of herders began making their way from the open grasslands of the Eurasian steppe into the hills and forests of…
5 years, 4 months ago
Cuneiform Literature, Medicine, and Mental Health: Interview with Dr. Moudhy Al-Rashid
Season 4 Episode 42
At the heart of the ancient Middle East, a sophisticated, urbanized, and long-lived world, was a writing system: cuneiform, used for everything from …
5 years, 4 months ago
The Yamnaya Culture and the Proto-Indo-European Migrations
Season 4 Episode 41
More than 5,000 years ago, a group of wandering herders on the Eurasian steppes - the original speakers of Proto-Indo-European - began to move outwar…
5 years, 5 months ago
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 expe…
5 years, 5 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 ev…
5 years, 5 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 peo…
5 years, 5 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 agri…
5 years, 5 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 reach…
5 years, 6 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 archa…
5 years, 6 months ago