First sharks and now pigs? What’s going on in Iron Age Jerusalem with all these non-kosher species? Were Judeans in the shadow of the Temple noshing on something naughty or are there other explanations? Are there ever! Our panelists' speculations are unbridled in this laughter filled episode.
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Iron Age Religion East of the Jordan, Or, Ammon, Moab, and Edom Have Entered the Chat.
The Little Tavern at Lagash, or, The Real Craft [and Beer] Revolution?
New Jerusalem Inscription Points to (Previously Known) Iron Age Spice Trade, Or, Solomon and Sheba Get Spicy?
The Book of the Dead Club, Or, If a Lion-Hippo-Crocodile Comes to the Door, Don’t Open It.
It’s This Week in the Ancient Near East at the Movies! The Special Inadvertent Pre-Holiday Biblical Epic Edition!
The Archaeology of Ancient Fingerprints, or Profiling Potters for Fun and Profit
A Mediterranean Metal Mystery, or, Those Tin Ingots from Uzbekistan? Yeah, Well, They’re at the Bottom of the Ocean
How I Made Your Mummy, Or, A Special Blend of Herbs and Spices with a Side Order of Sun Dried Crocodiles
Crime Grips Uruk, Sheep and Tunic Stolen!, Or, Law and Order: Neo-Babylonia
What’s Cooking in the Middle Paleolithic and Is It Toxic? Or, Soak, Pound and Char Your Way to Better Health!
New Inscriptions from Hezekiah’s Chunnel? Or, If An Inscription Drops in a Newspaper Does it Really Make a Sound?
Apocalypse When? A Very Special This Week in the Ancient Near East One Part Docu-Drama in Response to Something You Might Have Seen On Netflix
The Lice Combs of Lachish, Or, Bless This Beard and All Who Dwell Within It
Born on the (Mesopotamian) Bayou, or Welcome to Lagash; There is No Lifeguard on Duty, Swim at Your Own Risk
A 25th Dynasty Egyptian Cheese Fit for the Afterlife, or, Why Expiration Dates Matter
The Little Iron Age Papyrus That Could, Go from Jerusalem to Montana and Then Back to Jerusalem, or, Call Him Ishmael?
The Uncomfortable Ivory Decorated Chairs of Iron Age Jerusalem, or, Wait, There Were Elephants Wandering Around in the Iron Age?
The Archaeological Puzzle of Playing in the Past, Or, Bronze Age Barbie Bonanza?
Sticky Fingers in the Valley of the Kings, or Howard Carter and the Case of King Tut’s Tomb
Introducing Opium, the Late Bronze Age Miracle Cure! Or, Smacked into a Trance in the Second Millennium BCE
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