# This Week in the Ancient Near East

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Author: thisweekintheancientneareast
Episodes: 142

## Resource

The podcast that takes archaeology precisely as seriously as it deserves. Two real professors of archaeology and one guy from a fake institution discuss cutting edge archaeological discoveries at a high professional level using technical knowledge and stuff. A scholarly podcast for the discerning listener, it’s handmade, artisanal, and bespoke! Critics say, “A cheeky and irreverent take,” and “the good kind of shenanigans.” Other critics say, “damaging to archaeology,” and “deeply discreditable.” High-level discourse informed by neo-Brechtian, Deleuzian, or post-post processual theory, or just more BS from a couple of bored, middle aged hacks? You be the judge! Why not check out this index of our back episodes? You can search by topic! https://airtable.com/app4eECJAuksSYpBP/shr7BSxqWQSYLmMnE/tblXQSGflnYHvVgcE/viwtg2OTzwxogcQ7G Who are the Panelists? JP Dessel is the Steinfeld Associate Professor of Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology and History at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. He is the author of Lahav I. Pottery and Politics The Halif Terrace Site 101 and Egypt in the Fourth Millennium B.C.E. (2009). Rachel Hallote is Professor of History and coordinator of the Jewish S…

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## Episodes
- [The Roman Mummy Who Swallowed the Iliad, or, Take 1186 Ships and Call Me in the Morning](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-the-ancient-near-east-3467259/the-roman-mummy-who-swallowed-the-iliad-or-take-1186-ships-and-call-me-in-the-morning) — 2026-07-21T11:12:54+00:00
- [Home on the Range at Iron Age Hazor, Isotope Edition, Or, The Cows Come Home Regardless of Your So-Called Borders, Humans](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-the-ancient-near-east-3467259/home-on-the-range-at-iron-age-hazor-isotope-edition-or-the-cows-come-home-regardless-of-your-so-called-borders-humans) — 2026-06-30T12:00:22+00:00
- [Sennacherib’s Throne Room of Doom, or Hezekiah Can See His House from Here](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-the-ancient-near-east-3467259/sennacherib-s-throne-room-of-doom-or-hezekiah-can-see-his-house-from-here) — 2026-06-09T14:55:24+00:00
- [Seeing the Writing on the Wall at Pompeii (Thanks to New Photographic Techniques), or, More Graffiti about Sex and Gladiators](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-the-ancient-near-east-3467259/seeing-the-writing-on-the-wall-at-pompeii-thanks-to-new-photographic-techniques-or-more-graffiti-about-sex-and-gladiators) — 2026-05-18T11:24:47+00:00
- [The Archaeology of Grumpy Old Men (and Women) in the Judean Iron Age, or, Grandpa, That’s a Cooking Pot Not a...](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-the-ancient-near-east-3467259/the-archaeology-of-grumpy-old-men-and-women-in-the-judean-iron-age-or-grandpa-that-s-a-cooking-pot-not-a) — 2026-04-20T10:58:50+00:00
- [The Case of the Elephant Bone in Third Century BCE Spain, or, Babar Says, You Wouldn’t Like Me When I’m Angry](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-the-ancient-near-east-3467259/the-case-of-the-elephant-bone-in-third-century-bce-spain-or-babar-says-you-wouldn-t-like-me-when-i-m-angry) — 2026-04-06T11:24:20+00:00
- [Please Don’t Eat the Halafian Daisies, or Plant Based Mathematics in Prehistory?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-the-ancient-near-east-3467259/please-don-t-eat-the-halafian-daisies-or-plant-based-mathematics-in-prehistory) — 2026-03-23T11:29:33+00:00
- [For Quick Energy, Mamluks Choose Sugar! or, The Archaeology of 13-16th Century CE Sugar Mills in Israel](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-the-ancient-near-east-3467259/for-quick-energy-mamluks-choose-sugar-or-the-archaeology-of-13-16th-century-ce-sugar-mills-in-israel) — 2026-03-09T11:58:09+00:00
- [The Opium Trail from Egypt to Persia, or Putting Your Hope in Dope, Ancient Edition](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-the-ancient-near-east-3467259/the-opium-trail-from-egypt-to-persia-or-putting-your-hope-in-dope-ancient-edition) — 2026-02-23T13:00:55+00:00
- [The Case of the Very Different Iron Age Shipwrecks at Dor, or, Underwater Insurance Adjusters, Assemble!](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-the-ancient-near-east-3467259/the-case-of-the-very-different-iron-age-shipwrecks-at-dor-or-underwater-insurance-adjusters-assemble) — 2026-02-09T12:57:36+00:00
- [A Prehistoric Figurine of Problematic Possibilities, or Or, Mythogram for Mother Goose](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-the-ancient-near-east-3467259/a-prehistoric-figurine-of-problematic-possibilities-or-or-mythogram-for-mother-goose) — 2026-01-26T13:35:19+00:00
- [Dear Judah, This is Not a Bill, Except It Really Is, Signed, Assyria; or, The Iron Age Tax Man Cometh](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-the-ancient-near-east-3467259/dear-judah-this-is-not-a-bill-except-it-really-is-signed-assyria-or-the-iron-age-tax-man-cometh) — 2026-01-12T12:52:34+00:00
- [The Great Nubian Gold Rush (of the Second Millennium BCE?), or, Gold Bugs of the Bronze Age](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-the-ancient-near-east-3467259/the-great-nubian-gold-rush-of-the-second-millennium-bce-or-gold-bugs-of-the-bronze-age) — 2025-12-29T12:58:47+00:00
- [All I Want for Chanukah is a New Hasmonean Wall in Jerusalem, or, Shameless Holiday Tie In Edition](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-the-ancient-near-east-3467259/all-i-want-for-chanukah-is-a-new-hasmonean-wall-in-jerusalem-or-shameless-holiday-tie-in-edition) — 2025-12-15T12:29:18+00:00
- [Does Anybody at Iron Age Arad Really Know What Time It Is? Or, If You Can Write the Weekly Invoices, Can You Write the Bible?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-the-ancient-near-east-3467259/does-anybody-at-iron-age-arad-really-know-what-time-it-is-or-if-you-can-write-the-weekly-invoices-can-you-write-the-bible) — 2025-12-01T12:44:59+00:00
- [To Live and Die at Late Bronze Age Yavne Yam, or, I Dream of a Gini with a Jar Full of Opium](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-the-ancient-near-east-3467259/to-live-and-die-at-late-bronze-age-yavne-yam-or-i-dream-of-a-gini-with-a-jar-full-of-opium) — 2025-11-17T12:17:22+00:00
- [A Dam Grows in Iron Age Jerusalem, Or, When the Levites Break](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-the-ancient-near-east-3467259/a-dam-grows-in-iron-age-jerusalem-or-when-the-levites-break) — 2025-11-03T12:32:02+00:00
- [The Puzzling Case of Children’s Rattles in Early Bronze Age Syria, or, Here Kid, Shake This, Mom and Dad are Working](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-the-ancient-near-east-3467259/the-puzzling-case-of-children-s-rattles-in-early-bronze-age-syria-or-here-kid-shake-this-mom-and-dad-are-working) — 2025-10-20T11:26:57+00:00
- [Banking on Silver Hoards in the Bronze Age Levant, or “Baby You are So Money You Don't Even Know it.”](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-the-ancient-near-east-3467259/banking-on-silver-hoards-in-the-bronze-age-levant-or-baby-you-are-so-money-you-don-t-even-know-it) — 2025-10-06T11:17:28+00:00
- [Does a Tiny Find Sort of Illuminate a Biblical Figure and Judean Bureacracy? or, Yedayahu, We Hardly Knew You](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-the-ancient-near-east-3467259/does-a-tiny-find-sort-of-illuminate-a-biblical-figure-and-judean-bureacracy-or-yedayahu-we-hardly-knew-you) — 2025-09-22T11:17:22+00:00
- [The Tales Ancient Scripts Can Tell, If We could Only Decipher Them, Like the South Arabian Script a Guy Actually Did Decipher Recently, or, Love Languages Lost (and Found)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-the-ancient-near-east-3467259/the-tales-ancient-scripts-can-tell-if-we-could-only-decipher-them-like-the-south-arabian-script-a-guy-actually-did-decipher-recently-or-love-languages-lost-and-found) — 2025-09-08T11:24:15+00:00
- [The Two Faces of Hatshepsut’s Statues, or, Studies in the Archaeology of Iconoclasm and Pothole Repair](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-the-ancient-near-east-3467259/the-two-faces-of-hatshepsut-s-statues-or-studies-in-the-archaeology-of-iconoclasm-and-pothole-repair) — 2025-08-25T10:41:03+00:00
- [Roman Pigs in Judea, or Close Encounters of the Swinish Kind](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-the-ancient-near-east-3467259/roman-pigs-in-judea-or-close-encounters-of-the-swinish-kind) — 2025-08-11T11:37:11+00:00
- [How Phoenicians Turned Into Carthaginians But Forgot Their Genes, or, The Other Phoenician Scheme](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-the-ancient-near-east-3467259/how-phoenicians-turned-into-carthaginians-but-forgot-their-genes-or-the-other-phoenician-scheme) — 2025-07-21T11:19:38+00:00
- [Bronze Age Tin From Cornwall to the Carmel, or How Tinny was My Valley](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-the-ancient-near-east-3467259/bronze-age-tin-from-cornwall-to-the-carmel-or-how-tinny-was-my-valley) — 2025-07-07T11:05:55+00:00

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