Like digging through archaeological layers, documenting the development of language and writing provides important clues about historical events. Recent …
Episode 72: Roundtable – Antiquities in Danger
Straight from the headlines: ISIS destroys the temple of Bal at Palmyra. Looters steal friezes from Greco-Roman sites in Ukraine under the cover of conflict. A …
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Episode 62: Sunni and Shi’a in Medieval Syria
After the decline of the Fatimids (episode 61), the medieval Middle East entered a period called the Sunni Revival, in which Shi'ism was officially discouraged …
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