New looooong podcast interview (more of a conversation, actually) now available on DemystifySci; not just about the LBA Collapse and the aftermath, but wide-ranging. Spotify: spotifycreators-web.app.link/e/8bGhonmcs4b Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... Youtube: youtu.be/eYgtv_McmW4

Sunrise over the wine-dark sea…

Izmir sunrise — “rosy-fingered dawn”…

First Magnum bar of the trip…and not just any Magnum bar, but a double chocolate Magnum bar…!

A whole herd of Trojan Horses…you’d think the windows would have given the whole game away, wouldn’t you?

Gazing down Schliemann’s Great Trench at Troy…so good to be back!

That’s one big horse…

Truck stop kitty—somewhere between Iznik and Cannakale. Traffic is so bad that we might as well be riding inside a Trojan Horse at this rate…

First night dinner in Istanbul; so nice to be back!

And, that’s another one in the books for me. Number 25 here at GW (but who’s counting?)

Giving two final exams today, so it’s time for the tie and the socks…

Neo-Assyrians today in ANE/Egypt class…

New German translation of the revised edition of 1177 BC arrived this afternoon. Looks great. 👍😎

Heading to Dallas to give a lecture on the Amarna Letters tomorrow (Sat, March 28): arce.org/event/arce-n...

ARCE-NT: Speak to the King, my lord and my Sun god”: Love, War, and Diplomacy in Canaan during the Amarna Age by Eric Cline - ARCE

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The line for TSA at DCA this morning (6:45 am)? Nope; it’s the line for coffee at Dunkin Donuts. The TSA line was nothing in comparison…

Wonderful brunch this morning with Mary Beard. She’s got a new podcast, called “Instant Classics,” which is a must listen — great guests and topics already: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i.... You can also become a Member of the Instant Classics Book Club: instantclassics.supportingcast.fm

Next up: lecturing on the Late Bronze Age Collapse at an aerospace conference!

Doing the Assyrian and Babylonian Amarna Letters in class today. This is as close as I can get, in terms of a themed tie. Related good news— PUP told me yesterday that Love, War, and Diplomacy will be translated into both Spanish and German, in addition to Czech.

First exam of the semester today…

Finally enroute into school, after a week of teaching online. Today is Old Kingdom Egypt and the introduction of hieroglyphs, hence the tie for the occasion.

Morning has broken…

Teaching virtually via Zoom again today. Time for the second of my three Standard of Ur ties (each is a different color).

Discussing the Sumerians today in my History of the Ancient Near East and Egypt class, so it was obviously time for the Standard of Ur tie. However, teaching virtually via Zoom because of the snowstorm, so no jacket, but headphones instead…

Looking forward to hearing Steve Tuck here at GW next week...Those who cannot make it in person can attend via Zoom; register by scanning the QR code on the poster.

Cuneiform tie today, in honor of the first meeting of the Amarna Letters seminar.

Tried to pick a fairly bright and lively tie for the first day of the new semester! Welcome back everyone!

Giving a lecture locally tonight, as a favor to a friend. Time for my favorite Egyptian tie. Then home to watch the end of the Oregon – Indiana football game. Don’t nobody tell me who wins before I have a chance to watch it!

Lecturing tonight on the Amarna Letters at ISAC in Chicago. Decided to wear the “cats and ankhs” tie (from the British Museum) for the occasion.

Contemplating the New Year…

Happy New Year to everyone! Start your year off right, with a free lecture...I'll be giving a talk on the Amarna Letters at ISAC in Chicago next week (at 7 pm on 7 January): events.uchicago.edu/event/256680...