ISAC Podcast

A New Irong Age Kingdom in Anatolia

James Osborne

Assistant Professor of Anatolian Archaeology

Michele Massa

British Institute at Ankara, Honorary Fellow

In 2019, discoveries made by the Konya Regional Archaeological Survey Project, directed by Michele Massa, and the Türkmen-Karahöyük Intensive Survey Project, directed by James Osborne, brought to light exciting new evidence for a hitherto unknown Iron Age kingdom in south-central Anatolia. The site of Türkmen-Karahöyük, newly recognized to be one of the largest Bronze and Iron Age sites in Turkey, is almost certainly the royal seat of King Hartapu, long a mysterious figure in Anatolian history and scholarship, but whose Hieroglyphic Luwian inscription just found at the site describes his exploits across the country. At the same time, archaeological data from the region indicates the likely extent of his kingdom and his extensive fortification system.

This audio recording was originally presented as an illustrated lecture on December 4, 2019. The video of this lecture is available on the OI YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/2p6ROIGt6_Q

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Braidwood Visiting Scholar Lecture

What we learned from 25 Years of Research at Catalhoyuk

by Ian Hodder

Stanford University, Director of the Catalhoyuk Archaeological Project

This audio recording was originally presented as an illustrated lecture on December 4, 2019. The video of this lecture is available on the OI YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/o70A1VqrxEQ

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Seven Brides with Seven Stingers: The Scorpion Wives of Horus

Presented by Robert Ritner, Professor of Egyptology, University of Chicago

A lectured delivered on October 9, 1996, in Breasted Hall of the Oriental Institute, introduced by William Sumner.

This audio recording was originally presented as an illustrated lecture on May 1, 2013. A video of this lecture with recreated slides is available on the OI YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/OyyOVI25OZk

It was originally recorded on audio-cassette tape, which has now been digitized. There are some audio imperfections already present in the original.

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The OI in Iraq

McGuire Gibson

Professor of Mesopotamian Archaeology

This lecture was live streamed on Wednesday, November 6, 2019 at 7 PM Central Time. This audio recording was originally presented as an illustrated lecture. The video of this lecture is available on the OI YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/83dfycHdDYA

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David A. Kipper Ancient Israel Lecture Series:

How Ancient Israel Began: A New Archaeological Perspective

David Ilan, Hebrew Union College; Director, Tel Dan

Over the last 100 years , a number of models have been proposed to explain the origins of ancient Israel. Join us as David Ilan examines a new proposal: that Egypt itself instigated Israelite settlement.

This lecture was live streamed on Wednesday, June 5 at 7 PM Central Time.

This audio recording was originally presented as an illustrated lecture on June 5, 2019. The video of this lecture is available on the OI YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/SSXmf0fnhMU

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Everything You've Always Wanted to Know about Sex in Babylonia . . .

Lecture by Jerry Cooper, W. W. Spence Professor of Semitic Languages Emeritus, The Johns Hopkins University

This breezy look at 3000 years of sex in ancient Mesopotamia will cover such fascinating topics as virginity, adultery, rape, prostitution, literary sex, gay sex, ritual sex, marital sex and sexual dysfunction.

This audio recording was originally presented as an illustrated lecture on May 1, 2013. The video of this lecture is available on the OI YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/l2iHAgPV-EQ

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Oriental Institute Oral History Project

Courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution for the Smithsonian Institution Archives

Part 2 of an interview with Robert McCormick Adams (1926–2018), former Director of the Oriental Institute and Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution

Interview conducted by Pamela H. Henson in the office of Robert McCormick Adams in the Smithsonian Institution building

May 31, 1994

Assyrian Imperial Power and How to Oppose It

by Karen Radner

Alexander von Humboldt-Professor for Ancient History of the Near and Middle East, LMU Munich

Honorary Professor of Ancient Near Eastern History, University College London

In the early first millennium BC, the ancient kingdom of Assyria became the dominant power of the Middle East. Attitudes and preferences of the imperial center shaped the lives and lifestyles between the Nile and the Caspian Sea. What made the Assyrian Empire so successful? And was it possible to oppose this exemplary lowland predatory state?

This audio recording was originally presented as an illustrated lecture on May 1, 2019. The video of this lecture is available on the OI YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/GnRNWyf1Rtw

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Uncovering History Episode 5

Traveling with Brian Muhs

In this episode Steven visits Dr. Brian Muhs, Professor of Egyptology, for a celebration of summer road trips and a conversation that takes us from travel in ancient Egypt to lion goddesses and ancient finances.

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Uncovering History Episode 4

In this episode, we wrap up our look at ancient influences on George R. R. Martin’s Game of Thrones. We head to Brian Muhs’ office for a conversation about the Ptolemaic Dynasty.

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