The Study of Antiquity and the Middle Ages

The Story of Wenamun (alternately known as the Report of Wenamun, The Misadventures of Wenamun, Voyage of Unamūn, or [informally] as just Wenamun) is a literary text written in hieratic in the Late Egyptian language. It is only known from one incomplete copy discovered in 1890 at al-Hibah, Egypt and subsequently purchased in 1891 in Cairo by the Russian Egyptologist Vladimir Goleniščev.  We follow an Ancient Egyptian scribe as he interviews a prisoner of the Sea Peoples that the Egyptians had captured. The character tells him a long and brutal story involving the Hittites, piracy, strange lands, Gods, monsters, battles and peoples. Though believed to be fiction, this story is an important document when studying ancient history, the Late Bronze Age Collapse and the Sea Peoples. This work was made possible by these wonderful people and experts. https://web.archive.org/web/20040814180456/http://www.courses.psu.edu/cams/cams400w_aek11/www/index.htm

In this episode Dr. Maranci guides us through the history of the region of Armenia taking us back into human prehistory and into the Bronze Age, the transformation of the Iron Age and eventually into the Medieval World. Join us as we explore, art, architecture, cultures, empires and religion. Support Dr. Maranci at these sites below where you can enjoy so much more of her excellent works. Academia: https://tufts.academia.edu/ChristinaMaranci Wikipedia Page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christina_Maranci Her books: The Art of Armenia: An Introduction ISBN-13: 978-0190269005 A Survival Guide for Art History Students ISBN-13: 978-0131401976 Vigilant Powers: Three Churches of Early Medieval Armenia (Studies in the Visual Cultures of the Middle Ages) ISBN-13: 978-2503549002 Armenian Art https://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo-9780195396584/obo-9780195396584-0209.xml

In this interview I talk to Dr. Woudhuizen about the Sea Peoples from a brief summary of the Late Bronze Age collapse, to primary sources, archaeological findings and finally the ethnicity of the Sea Peoples themselves. We cover a variety of topics from Luwian studies to the views of modern academia and also take a look at the Doctors passion in history as well. Check out the links below to his works including his paper on the Ethnicity of the Sea Peoples to get a more thorough view of his work on this very complex subject. Dr. Woudhuizen and his Academia Page: https://independent.academia.edu/FredWoudhuizen Paper on The Ethnicity of the Sea Peoples: https://www.academia.edu/7287651/The_Ethnicity_of_the_Sea_Peoples_dissertation_

Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to the series NAUE II SWORDS, GERMS, & IRON brought to us by none other than Dr. Louise Hitchcock and this episode is going to be about plague and the Bronze Age collapse. This episode will also be drawing on modern parallels such as "What Covid-19 Can Tell Us About the Bronze Age (12th cent) Collapse?" It will dive into the Bronze Age and discuss was plague a contributing factor in decline of the Bronze Age and the birth of the Iron Age? How familiar were the ancient peoples with plague and epidemics and what do the ancient literary sources tell us? From discussing plague in ancient Mesopotamia to the Philistine Plague to a Hittite King who falls prey to a deadly disease we explore new thoughts, theories and research involving a period that we all love and a subject that could not be more relevant and that is plague.

In this episode with Dr. David Rohl, we ask how his New Chronology affects the Bronze Age Collapse and its chronology? Is the timeline for the Bronze Age Collapse wrong?  Did the Bronze Age Collapse happen and if so when?  What if the Greek Dark Age never happened? Support Dr. Rohl and his work at these links below! Blog : http://davidrohl.blogspot.com/2012/01/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/184188839207/ Academia: https://ucl.academia.edu/DavidRohl EXODUS – MYTH OR HISTORY? HARDCOVER BOOK https://store.patternsofevidence.com/collections/all/products/exodus-myth-or-history-hardcover-book Lecture DVD's: https://store.patternsofevidence.com/collections/all/products/the-david-rohl-lectures-2-dvd-set Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/s?i=stripbooks&rh=p_27%3ADavid+Rohl&s=relevancerank&text=David+Rohl&ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1

In this video we come to After 1177 BC, this will be the sequel to 1177 BC which focused on the collapse of the Late Bronze Age due to a combination of events and factors that created a perfect storm for collapse and transformation. In this we discuss what happened after the collapse as the world was transformed into the Iron Age.  What inspired him to write this second book? What can we expect to learn from his latest book? What peoples will be discussed? What myths will be debunked? What new discoveries will we explore? And much more will be covered in this video! Also, what do you want to read about in After 1177 BC? Give Dr. Cline your feed back! Support Dr. Eric Cline at the links below! Personal web page: https://ehcline.com Get all of his books here at his Amazon Author page: https://www.amazon.com/s?i=stripbooks&rh=p_27%3AEric+H.+Cline&s=relevancerank&text=Eric+H.+Cline&ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1 GW pages: https://cnelc.columbian.gwu.edu/eric-h-cline https://anthropology.columbian.gwu.edu/eric-h-cline https://gwu.academia.edu/EricCline Check out his lectures on the Great Courses! They are superb. https://www.thegreatcourses.com/professors/eric-cline/ Audio Book Formats of his work on audible. https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Eric+Cline&i=audible&ref=nb_sb_noss_2 Dr. Cline on the Modern Scholar: History of Ancient Greece https://www.amazon.com/Modern-Scholar-History-Ancient-Greece/dp/B001EI3IW4 Archaeology and the Iliad: The Trojan War in Homer and History  https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001EI3IVU?pLink=3b78743c-eb66-41&ref=adblp13nvvxx_0_1_ti The History of Ancient Israel: From the Patriarchs Through the Romans https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001JHT8CY?pLink=95b43e3f-f425-41&ref=adblp13nvvxx_0_1_ti

Ladies and Gentlemen we arrive finally to the part of our series that you have all been waiting for! And that is the Bronze Age Collapse and here to guide us through it is none other than Dr. Eric Cline, the rock star archaeologist, historian and author of none other than 1177 BC! He will give us an overview history of the collapse along with sharing his own personal views on the subject! Guiding us briefly through archaeology, trade, national politics, and contact in the ancient Mediterranean we will get a nice picture of the Bronze Age and how it all came crashing down in a perfect storm of events. But what is ever more awesome is he even gives us the inside scoop on why he wrote 1177 BC? And how he did it! But at the end of this episode we come to our modern world and Dr. Cline explains why the Bronze Age Collapse matters today? What we need to look at when comparing it to our modern world and the current events and impacts affecting our world?  Did the peoples living through the Bronze Age Collapse know they were living in a collapse? And he asks a delicate and intense question and that is if civilization collapsed today would we know? Check out our new store! https://teespring.com/stores/the-history-shop Get your Sea Peoples | Late Bronze Age Merch below! Mugs: https://teespring.com/new-sea-peoples-mediterranean?pid=658&cid=102950 Hoodies | Shirts | Tank Tops: https://teespring.com/get-sea-peoples-mediterranean?pid=212&cid=5819 Get your Hittite Merch below! Mugs: https://teespring.com/HittiteEmpireMug?pid=658&cid=102950&sid=front Shirts | Tank Tops | Hoodies: https://teespring.com/hittite-empire-shirt?pid=2&cid=2397 Trojan War Merch Below! Mugs: https://teespring.com/trojan-war-coffee-mug?pid=658&cid=102950 Tank Tops | Shirts | Hoodies: https://teespring.com/TrojanWarShirt?pid=2&cid=2397 Support Dr. Eric Cline at the links below! Personal web page: https://ehcline.com Get all of his books here at his Amazon Author page: https://www.amazon.com/s?i=stripbooks&rh=p_27%3AEric+H.+Cline&s=relevancerank&text=Eric+H.+Cline&ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1 GW pages: https://cnelc.columbian.gwu.edu/eric-h-cline https://anthropology.columbian.gwu.edu/eric-h-cline https://gwu.academia.edu/EricCline Check out his lectures on the Great Courses! They are superb. https://www.thegreatcourses.com/professors/eric-cline/ Audio Book Formats of his work on audible. https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Eric+Cline&i=audible&ref=nb_sb_noss_2 Dr. Cline on the Modern Scholar: History of Ancient Greece https://www.amazon.com/Modern-Scholar-History-Ancient-Greece/dp/B001EI3IW4 Archaeology and the Iliad: The Trojan War in Homer and History  https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001EI3IVU?pLink=3b78743c-eb66-41&ref=adblp13nvvxx_0_1_ti The History of Ancient Israel: From the Patriarchs Through the Romans https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001JHT8CY?pLink=95b43e3f-f425-41&ref=adblp13nvvxx_0_1_ti

In this episode we dive into the history of Megiddo which is a site that has seen the rise and fall of at least twenty cities. From the Neolithic to its final decline and depopulation we explore the history, archaeological discoveries and conflicts that have taken place there. We watch as Dr. Cline guides us through the clenched hands that have pushed and pulled for control of this location from the Canaanites to the Egyptians, from the Israelite's to the Greeks and the Romans and even into the modern world as the British and Ottoman Empire fought to control it. This site and its strategic placement has seen the rise and fall of Empires throughout history and it truly has been "Armageddon" for so many peoples. And as we stand on this Armageddon this valley of birth and death of so many empirical entities, we have to ask ourselves what are we standing on? And are the Battles for Megiddo truly over? Support Dr. Eric Cline at the links below! Personal web page: https://ehcline.com Get all of his books here at his Amazon Author page: https://www.amazon.com/s?i=stripbooks&rh=p_27%3AEric+H.+Cline&s=relevancerank&text=Eric+H.+Cline&ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1 GW pages: https://cnelc.columbian.gwu.edu/eric-h-cline https://anthropology.columbian.gwu.edu/eric-h-cline https://gwu.academia.edu/EricCline Check out his lectures on the Great Courses! They are superb. https://www.thegreatcourses.com/professors/eric-cline/ Audio Book Formats of his work on audible. https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Eric+Cline&i=audible&ref=nb_sb_noss_2 Dr. Cline on the Modern Scholar: History of Ancient Greece https://www.amazon.com/Modern-Scholar-History-Ancient-Greece/dp/B001EI3IW4 Archaeology and the Iliad: The Trojan War in Homer and History  https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001EI3IVU?pLink=3b78743c-eb66-41&ref=adblp13nvvxx_0_1_ti The History of Ancient Israel: From the Patriarchs Through the Romans https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001JHT8CY?pLink=95b43e3f-f425-41&ref=adblp13nvvxx_0_1_ti

In this episode we dive into the pages and story of Digging Up Armageddon: The Search for the Lost City of Solomon, by none other than Dr. Eric Cline! We discuss the Chicago Excavations, who was there first, the game of thrones style battle and intrigue between experts who attempted to control the dig site and all the while while under the strict hand of Dr. James Henry Breasted. We learn a little bit about Dr. Cline, his road to archaeology, his years of work spent at Megiddo and why he chose to write this book? Stay tuned because there will be so much more coming which include The History of Megiddo, questions about the Bronze Age Collapse and etc! Personal web page: https://ehcline.com Get all of his books here at his Amazon Author page: https://www.amazon.com/s?i=stripbooks&rh=p_27%3AEric+H.+Cline&s=relevancerank&text=Eric+H.+Cline&ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1 GW pages: https://cnelc.columbian.gwu.edu/eric-h-cline https://anthropology.columbian.gwu.edu/eric-h-cline https://gwu.academia.edu/EricCline Check out his lectures on the Great Courses! They are superb. https://www.thegreatcourses.com/professors/eric-cline/ Audio Book Formats of his work on audible. https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Eric+Cline&i=audible&ref=nb_sb_noss_2 Dr. Cline on the Modern Scholar: History of Ancient Greece https://www.amazon.com/Modern-Scholar-History-Ancient-Greece/dp/B001EI3IW4 Archaeology and the Iliad: The Trojan War in Homer and History  https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001EI3IVU?pLink=3b78743c-eb66-41&ref=adblp13nvvxx_0_1_ti The History of Ancient Israel: From the Patriarchs Through the Romans https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001JHT8CY?pLink=95b43e3f-f425-41&ref=adblp13nvvxx_0_1_ti

New Chronology is an alternative chronology of the ancient Near East developed by English Egyptologist David Rohl and other researchers beginning with A Test of Time: The Bible - from Myth to History in 1995.  It contradicts mainstream Egyptology by proposing a major revision of the established Egyptian chronology, in particular by re-dating Egyptian kings of the Nineteenth through Twenty-fifth Dynasties, bringing forward conventional dating by up to 350 years.  David Rohl's published works A Test of Time (1995), Legend (1998), The Lost Testament (2002), and The Lords of Avaris (2007) set forth Rohl's theories for re-dating the major civilizations of the ancient world. A Test of Time proposes a down-dating (bringing closer to the present), by several centuries, of the New Kingdom of Egypt, thus needing a major revision of the conventional chronology of ancient Egypt.  Rohl asserts that this would let scholars identify some of the major events in the Hebrew Bible with events in the archaeological record and identify some of the well-known biblical characters with historical figures who appear in contemporary ancient texts. Lowering the Egyptian dates also dramatically affects the dating of dependent chronologies, such as that currently used for the Greek Heroic Age of the Late Bronze Age, removing the Greek Dark Ages, and lowering the dates of the Trojan War to within two generations of a ninth-century-BC Homer and his most famous composition: the Iliad. The New Chronology, one of several proposed radical revisions of the conventional chronology, has not been accepted in academic Egyptology, where the conventional chronology or small variations of it remains standard. Support Dr. Rohl and his work at these links below! Blog : http://davidrohl.blogspot.com/2012/01/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/184188839207/ Academia: https://ucl.academia.edu/DavidRohl EXODUS – MYTH OR HISTORY? HARDCOVER BOOK https://store.patternsofevidence.com/collections/all/products/exodus-myth-or-history-hardcover-book Lecture DVD's: https://store.patternsofevidence.com/collections/all/products/the-david-rohl-lectures-2-dvd-set Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/s?i=stripbooks&rh=p_27%3ADavid+Rohl&s=relevancerank&text=David+Rohl&ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1