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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 ex…
5 years, 6 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…
5 years, 6 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 ling…
5 years, 7 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 huma…
5 years, 7 months ago
Egypt and the Rise of the Pharaohs
Season 4 Episode 30
Kings are practically synonymous with ancient Egypt, and it's not just because their monuments - like the pyramids - still tower above the desert and…
5 years, 7 months ago
Hunter-Gatherers, Archaeology, and Prehistory: Interview with Professor Robert Kelly
Season 4 Episode 29
What can we learn about the deep human past by studying present-day hunter-gatherers? I asked that question to Professor Robert Kelly of the Universi…
5 years, 7 months ago
Uruk and the Rise of Civilization
Season 4 Episode 28
More than 5,000 years ago, the city of Uruk in what's now Iraq was the heart of a new civilization. Cities, kings, armies, monumental temples, and wr…
5 years, 8 months ago
Egypt Before the Pharaohs
Season 4 Episode 27
Pyramids, mummies, and pharaohs define our understanding of ancient Egypt, a timeless and eternal land. But the Nile wasn't always ruled by god-like …
5 years, 8 months ago
Classic Tides | Boxing, Race, and the Gilded Age: An Interview with Professor Louis Moore
Season 3 Episode 62
Boxing has a long past, one deeply connected to race, labor, and broader developments in American history. Professor Louis Moore joins me to talk abo…
5 years, 8 months ago
Mesopotamia at the Dawn of History
Season 4 Episode 26
Civilization first emerged in the fertile floodplains of Mesopotamia - present-day Iraq - with priest-kings and cities full of temples and ziggurats,…
5 years, 8 months ago