55. Ubaid Prosper in South Mesopotamia while Halaf Spread in North. Part 4.
Preview of this post. In the last post, we saw 800 miles of Tigris-Euphrates Valley…
53. South Mesopotamia: Halaf, Ubaid, Uruk Periods & Susa, Ur, Eshnunna. Part 2.
Sumer and Akkad in Southern Mesopotamia. Credit © 2008 P L Kessler Preview of this Post.…
52. Southern Mesopotamia: Susa, Ur, and Eshnunna.
Civilization East of Mesopotamian Delta called Elam, Susiana, Susa, Persia in different eras. I am conflicted…
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49. Archaeological Hubris Can Lead To Fatuous Generalizations.
I said last week that I’d bought two books written by Dr. Breasted, and would…
48. James Henry Breasted, founder of the Oriental Institute
Dr. Breasted, shown on the left photographing King Thutmose inscriptions (1524 BC) during the 1906-7…
43. Reader’s Comment to Post 42 and Reply
Comment “This blog has been great up to this point. It has been a remarkable…
42. West making same mistake as Indus Valley Civilization 4,000 years ago.
The evidence we examined suggests that the Middle Indus Valley or Harappan Civilization was homegrown…
41. Religion was serious business in the ancient world—and still is today.
King Tutankhamen’s 3rd (innermost) of 3 nesting coffins There was a ton and a half of…
40. Different Paths to Different Outcomes.
Over the past year, I described the physical and cultural world 5,203 years ago in…
39. Epipaleolithic Hunter-Gatherers Form Experimental Towns
Post #1 started with a review of the cyclicality of freezing and melting about every…