It Belongs in a Museum

Today, Rez talks about the Indus Civilization, seals, trade, and Indian-Pakistani relations. Briefly. 

We went long on this one. 

Rez, Seth and Emily discuss: 

-Insulting peter gabriel fans

-Iterative design elements

-How many mechanisms existed and why? 

-Where did the mechanism come from?

Hey all. Episode 5 has occurred, or shall we call it "Rez, Emily, and Seth Strike Back"? Yep, I've got superfriends to help me with this one, and it's a super episode. 

We talk about: 

• orreries and analog computers
• Emily and Seth's areas of expertise
• Shipwrecks
• Missing out on studying the mechanism is like not signing the Beatles.

Wordpress: 

https://itbelongsinamuseum347497171.wordpress.com/2018/11/05/it-belongs-in-a-museum-5-the-antikythera-mechanism-part-1

Today, we've reached Episode 4-Not a New Hope, but Olmec Heads! Wherein Rez explains what basalt is, what obsidian is...twice, and why the olmec are important. 

Link for pictures: 

https://itbelongsinamuseum347497171.wordpress.com/2018/10/29/episode-4-olmec-heads

Today we chat about bitumen, trade, war, and what is a standard. Get your listener questions in so I can answer them! 

For photos, visit IBIAM on wordpress. 

In this episode, we talk about a 17 foot tall wooden statue, one of a kind at this point, the origin of the term "shaman", and why wood doesn't decay in a peat bog. 

https://itbelongsinamuseum347497171.wordpress.com

The inaugural episode of this podcast discusses one of the best known "Venus" statues of the Neolithic era. 

EDIT: The Wordpress page has photos! Sorry I didn't add them initially. 

https://itbelongsinamuseum347497171.wordpress.com/2018/10/08/episode-1-the-woman-of-willendorf/