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Comments on MetaFilter post Videos about the Bronze Age and Iron AgeTue, 16 Sep 2025 10:10:19 -0800Tue, 16 Sep 2025 10:10:19 -0800en-ushttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss60Videos about the Bronze Age and Iron Age
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<a href="https://youtube.com/@dig.archaeology/videos">Dig. Archaeological Education</a> is a YouTube channel that focuses on the history of the Eastern Mediterranean in the Bronze and Iron Ages. Some are on well known topics, e.g. the Roman Emperors <a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=9m6NJAZ1qD8">Diocletian</a> and <a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=88J5jYfOWf0">Caracalla</a>, but they really shine on less well known topics, e.g. the <a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=TZPqRb8160w">Eblaite</a> kingdom's rise and fall, a <a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=6zL2e3hGK4c">love story</a> in the city of Ugarit, and who the heck the <a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=E-qQfT0D12M">Ahhiyawa</a> were. The videos are information rich, and they explain and cite their sources.post:www.metafilter.com,2025:site.210354Tue, 16 Sep 2025 09:57:57 -0800KattullusHistoryYouTubeBronzeAgeIronAgeMediterraneanDiocletianCaracallaEblaEblaitesUgaritBy: supermedusa
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oooh tasty!! thanks for this, Kattullus, I look forward to digging in!comment:www.metafilter.com,2025:site.210354-8766529Tue, 16 Sep 2025 10:10:19 -0800supermedusaBy: Rumple
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I watched the "love story" one (CW: sad ending) - very easy to understand and view account of a complicated story in a distant place and time - with citations to the original textual tablets!
Interesting to see the fuss in the comments about AI generated images of the characters - I can't speak to their contextual accuracy (costume, hairstyle, backdrop) but I don't see them as worse than even average archaeological dioramas which always have a lot of guesswork about them.comment:www.metafilter.com,2025:site.210354-8766563Tue, 16 Sep 2025 11:24:51 -0800RumpleBy: makoi
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I've recently gotten oddly interested in bronze age history, so this is perfect for me. Thank you!comment:www.metafilter.com,2025:site.210354-8766609Tue, 16 Sep 2025 12:44:02 -0800makoiBy: GenjiandProust
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Weirdly, I was just thinking of looking for more information on Ugarit.comment:www.metafilter.com,2025:site.210354-8766716Tue, 16 Sep 2025 18:15:17 -0800GenjiandProustBy: GenjiandProust
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After a bunch of watching, these are really fun and informative. I frequently wish they were longer, honestly, but I think they're aiming for a more "bite sized" approach. <em>However</em>, that love story from Ugarit is more like a Game of Thrones political machinations and murder story. Still fun, though.comment:www.metafilter.com,2025:site.210354-8767772Fri, 19 Sep 2025 15:25:32 -0800GenjiandProustBy: Kattullus
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I wish they were longer too, though when you watch a bunch of them, it does feel like looking at a fragments of a larger story that is slowly getting filled in, which feels appropriate for a video series about the archeology of the ancient past.
And yeah, some fantasy writer is going to yank the narrative of the love story from Ugarit, it's like a pre-fabricated plot for a novel.comment:www.metafilter.com,2025:site.210354-8767848Sat, 20 Sep 2025 01:42:30 -0800Kattullus
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