The Academic Archaeologist
Aiming to unpack and make ancient Mesopotamia and archaeology accessible to everyone!
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 55 | Founded | 2 years ago | Last Issue | 5 days ago |
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Mesopotamia: What Happened Here?
Here is what archaeologists found:
In 1931, the archaeologists R. Campbell Thompson and R.W. Hamilton, excavating at Kuyunjiq (Quyunjiq), the mound covering ancient Nineveh in what is now northern Iraq, uncovered a life-sized bronze he...
Evidence for Solar Eclipses in Ancient Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia possesses one of the longest continuous records of celestial observation in human history, preserved on the cuneiform clay tablets of Sumerian, Babylonian and Assyrian scribes. Among the astronomical phenomena they recorded, sol...
The Kings who Escaped the Bible...
Most figures named in the Hebrew Bible left no trace outside it.
Most figures named in the Hebrew Bible left no trace outside it. They exist only in scripture, unconfirmed and unconfirmable, which is simply the ordinary condition of ancien...
Mesopotamia: What Happened Here?
Welcome to Mesopotamia: What Happened Here?
Most of what gets written about ancient Mesopotamia falls into one of two camps: either it treats every museum label as settled fact, or it drowns you in academic hedging until nothing feels...
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon: A Wonder That Might Be in the Wrong City
Of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the Hanging Gardens are the only one whose location has never been archaeologically confirmed.
Of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the Hanging Gardens are the only one whose location has ne...
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A PhD research Archaeologist, with a background in museology, specialising in the Near East. Aiming to make ancient Mesopotamia accessible to everyone!
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