*NEW EPISODE!* 53. Fragments of Faience, Glints of Gold: Cyprus and Egypt in Contact with Louise Steel
Dr. Louise Steel is an archaeologist whose work focuses on challenging colonial interpretations of Cypriot history by emphasizing the agency of the local population. Through postcolonial theory, she e...
2 Aug 49min
Primary Source LIII. The Misfortunes of Wen-Amun
In the early 11th century BCE, the Egyptian official Wen-Amun was dispatched on a diplomatic mission to Byblos to acquire timber for the sacred barque of Amun-Ra. His journey quickly unraveled -- purs...
15 Jul 2min
*BONUS!* "Enemy Ships Have Been Sighted at Sea:" The Final Letters from Ugarit
Lately I've been seeing a growing number of memes pointing out the "blink-and-you'll-miss-it" references to the Sea Peoples in Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey. It's encouraging to see one of the ancie...
11 Jul 3min
52. When Kinship Failed: Cyprus & The Black Death with Tassos Papacostas
"Out of necessary cruelty, fathers abandoned their sons, and sons fled from their fathers, as the evident danger overcame all the rules of kinship, love, and nature." - Francesco Loredano AKA Henry G...
2 Jul 1h
*BONUS!* Building and Living an Archaeological Fieldwork Project with Luca Bombardieri
Luca Bombardieri, Associate Professor in Aegean and Cypriot Archaeology at the University of Siena in Italy and the scientific director at the Erimi Archaeological Project in Cyprus, explores what it ...
20 Jun 18min
Primary Source LII: Loredano & The Black Death
The Black Death swept across Europe in the mid-14th century, killing millions and leaving entire regions devastated. No corner of the continent was spared, and Cyprus too fell victim to the deadly pan...
15 Jun 2min
51. Out of the Frying Pan and into the Fire: Cyprus Between Athens & Persia with Christian Körner
After the failed revolt against Persian rule, Cyprus experienced a brief and uneasy calm. But that peace quickly unraveled, as the island was drawn into the heart of the renewed conflict between Athen...
2 Jun 42min
Primary Source LI: An Excerpt from Diodorus Siculus
Diodorus Siculus was a 1st-century BCE Greek historian from Agyrium in Sicily who wrote during the late Roman Republic. His most famous work, the Bibliotheca historica ("Historical Library"), is a mas...
15 Mai 1min
