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In September 2025 the Dutch government announced that it would return to Indonesia the fossilized remains of the famous ‘Java Man’, the first known example of an early species of human, homo erectus. The remains had been uncovered by a Dutch archaeol... more

This important new work, Buddhist Landscapes: Art and Archaeology of the Khorat Plateau, 7th to 11th Centuries (NUS Press, 2023) by Stephen Murphy, build on extensive fieldwork and archaeological surveys to reveal the Khorat Plateau as having a disti... more

The Indigenous Paleolithic of the Western Hemisphere (U Nebraska Press, 2021) is a reclaimed history of the deep past of Indigenous people in North and South America during the Paleolithic. Paulette F. C. Steeves mines evidence from archaeology sites... more

The story of the lands between the Forth and Humber from the end of the Roman period to the Viking kingdom of York is one of the most richly fascinating in British history. This the age of Lindisfarne and of Bede; of the dramatic hills, valleys and a... more

From the acclaimed author of 1177 B.C., a spellbinding account of the archaeological find that opened a window onto the vibrant diplomatic world of the ancient Near East In 1887, an Egyptian woman made an astonishing discovery among the ruins of the ... more

In Resurrecting the Past: France's Forgotten Heritage Mandate (Cornell UP, 2025), Dr. Sarah Griswold shows how the Levant became a crucial front in a post-1918 fight over the French past—a contingent and contradictory but always hard-charging struggl... more

Killing the Dead: Vampire Epidemics from Mesopotamia to the New World (Princeton UP, 2025) by Professor John Blair provides the first in-depth, global account of one of the world’s most widespread yet misunderstood forms of mass hysteria—the vampire ... more

In Indigenizing Japan: Ainu Past, Present, and Future (University of Arizona Press, 2025), archaeologist Joe E. Watkins provides a comprehensive look at the rich history and cultural resilience of the Ainu, the Indigenous people of Hokkaido, Japan, t... more

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Max Adams
Co-author specializing in storytelling and archaeology
Episode: Max Adams and Colm O’Brien, "Northumbria AD 367-867: Earth Hall, Ring Gift and Heaven’s Field" (Birlinn, 2025)
Colm O'Brien
Co-author, archaeologist and classicist
Episode: Max Adams and Colm O’Brien, "Northumbria AD 367-867: Earth Hall, Ring Gift and Heaven’s Field" (Birlinn, 2025)
Eric H. Cline
Professor of Classics and Anthropology at George Washington University
George Washington University
Episode: Eric H. Cline, "Love, War, and Diplomacy: The Discovery of the Amarna Letters and the Bronze Age World They Revealed" (Princeton UP, 2025)
Dr. Sarah Griswold
European historian specializing in the 20th century and modern France with a focus on heritage and cultural politics.
Cornell University Press
Episode: Sarah Griswold, "Resurrecting the Past: France's Forgotten Heritage Mandate" (Cornell UP, 2025)
John Blair
Professor and medieval historian
Princeton University Press
Episode: John Blair, "Killing the Dead: Vampire Epidemics from Mesopotamia to the New World" (Princeton UP, 2025)
Joe Watkins
Senior Consultant for Archaeological and Cultural Education Consultants, affiliated faculty member in the School of Anthropology at the University of Arizona
University of Arizona
Episode: Joe Watkins, "Indigenizing Japan: Ainu Past, Present, and Future" (U Arizona Press, 2025)
Angelos Chaniotis
Professor of Ancient History and Classics at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton
Institute for Advanced Study
Episode: Angelos Chaniotis, "Age of Conquests: The Greek World from Alexander to Hadrian" (Harvard UP, 2018)
Moudhy Al-Rashid
Honorary fellow at the University of Oxford's Wolfson College and specialist in the language and history of Ancient Mesopotamia.
University of Oxford
Episode: Moudhy Al-Rashid, "Between Two Rivers: Ancient Mesopotamia and the Birth of History" (W.W. Norton, 2025)
Michelle Wang
Author and expert in early Chinese art and archaeology
University of Chicago Press
Episode: Michelle Wang, "The Art of Terrestrial Diagrams in Early China" (U Chicago Press, 2023)

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Max Adams and Colm O’Brien, "Northumbria AD 367-867: Earth Hall, Ring Gift and Heaven’s Field" (Birlinn, 2025)
Q: How did Bede conceptualize Northumbrian kingship?
Bede presents a view of kingship influenced by Old Testament narratives, which frames it in terms of a divine right and moral authority rather than just political power.
Max Adams and Colm O’Brien, "Northumbria AD 367-867: Earth Hall, Ring Gift and Heaven’s Field" (Birlinn, 2025)
Q: What is the significance of starting the book's timeline at AD 367?
It marks the end of centralized imperial control in Northumbria and signifies a turning point in local governance and military infrastructure.
Eric H. Cline, "Love, War, and Diplomacy: The Discovery of the Amarna Letters and the Bronze Age World They Revealed" (Princeton UP, 2025)
Q: What picture does it paint of the late Bronze Age period?
The letters provide insights into the political relationships, conflicts, and exchanges among various kings, depicting a world filled with both tumultuous diplomacy and intricate royal marriages.
Eric H. Cline, "Love, War, and Diplomacy: The Discovery of the Amarna Letters and the Bronze Age World They Revealed" (Princeton UP, 2025)
Q: What was it like for the various scholars trying to translate it?
The scholars faced significant challenges due to the newness of the cuneiform writing system and had to navigate complexities in language translation and interpretation, making their efforts both fascinating and difficult.
Sarah Griswold, "Resurrecting the Past: France's Forgotten Heritage Mandate" (Cornell UP, 2025)
Q: Could you please start us off by introducing yourself a little bit and tell us why you decided to write this book?
Dr. Griswold shares her background as a historian focusing on modern France and her interest in how cultural objects are mobilized for political ends.

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