Thin End of the Wedge: Episode 11 - The human face of Mesopotamian maths [https://www.wedgepod.org/episode-list/]
Carlos Gonçalves introduces us to the social setting of Mesopotamian maths and explains how our understanding of Mesopotamian maths has changed over the years. Hosted by Jon Taylor. First broadcast on 02 December 2020.
Thin End of the Wedge: Episode 13 - Nineveh 2020. How and why archaeology? [https://www.wedgepod.org/episode-list/]
Nicolò Marchetti discusses the work of the Iraqi-Italian team at the site of Nineveh in 2019 and 2020. New research has revealed new information and insights about the site.
He discusses the forms that archaeology can take, and why it is done. Hosted by Jon Taylor. First broadcast on 16 December 2020.
Thin End of the Wedge: Episode 27 - Babylonian astronomical diaries [https://www.wedgepod.org/episode-list/]
Reinhard Pirngruber reveals the wealth of information recorded in the so-called "astronomical diaries". The diaries document fascinating historical details, help us understand the Babylonian economy, and offer remarkable details about the ancient environment. Hosted by Jon Taylor. First broadcast on 26 May 2021.
Thin End of the Wedge: Episode 28 - 150 years of Gilgamesh [https://www.wedgepod.org/episode-list/]
Sophus Helle explains the most famous piece of literature from ancient Iraq: the Epic of Gilgamesh. He discusses the meanings that have been found in it, from antiquity to the present day. Hosted by Jon Taylor. First broadcast on 09 June 2021.
Thin End of the Wedge: Episode 31 - Revisiting a Victorian explorer. Layard in the archives [https://www.wedgepod.org/episode-list/]
Stefania Ermidoro introduces us to one of the dominant figures of early assyriology: Austen Henry Layard. She guides us through the archival sources that put his famous publications in context, and reveal the man behind the legend. Hosted by Jon Taylor. First broadcast on 21 July 2021.
Thin End of the Wedge: Episode 53 - Consensus decision-making in divination [https://www.wedgepod.org/episode-list/]
Parsa Daneshmand explains how decision-making took place in ancient Iraq. Hosted by Jon Taylor. First broadcast on 30 March 2023.
Thin End of the Wedge: Episode 54 - A new history of Assyria, the world's first empire [https://www.wedgepod.org/episode-list/]
Eckart Frahm discusses what sources we can draw on to write Assyrian history and how reliable these sources are. He also talks about Assyria's remarkable royal women, Assyria's achievements and legacy. Hosted by Jon Taylor. First broadcast on 26 April 2023.
BBC Radio 4: In Our Time - The Calendar [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00548m9]
Discussion of the Roman, Babylonian, Egyptian and Jewish origins of the Gregorian calendar. Hosted by Melvyn Bragg and featuring Robert Poole, Kristen Lippincott, and Peter Watson. First broadcast on 19 December 2002.
BBC Radio 4: In Our Time - The Alphabet [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0054950]
Discussion of the development and spread of the Alphabet. Hosted by Melvyn Bragg and featuring Eleanor Robson, Alan Millard, and Rosalind Thomas. First broadcast on 18 December 2003.
BBC Radio 4: In Our Time - Babylon [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p004y25j]
Discussion of Babylon and its reputation in the classical and biblical tradition compared to Babylonian sources. Hosted by Melvyn Bragg and featuring Eleanor Robson, Irving Finkel, and Andrew George. First broadcast on 13 June 2004.
BBC Radio 4: In Our Time - Archaeology and Imperialism [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p003k9gt]
Discussion of the link between 19th century archaeology and imperialism in the Middle East and Egypt. Hosted by Melvyn Bragg and featuring Tim Champion, Richard Parkinson, and Eleanor Robson. First broadcast on 14 April 2005.
BBC Radio 4: In Our Time - The Library at Nineveh [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00b7r71]
Discussion of the Library at Niniveh, a collection of clay tablets which offers a window into Assyrian literature, politics, religion and medicine. Hosted by Melvyn Bragg and featuring Andrew George, Karen Radner, and Eleanor Robson. First broadcast on 15 May 2008.
BBC Radio 4: In Our Time - The Eunuch [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b053bsf9]
Discussion of the history and significance of eunuchs, castrated men who were a common feature of many civilizations for at least three thousand years. Hosted by Melvyn Bragg and featuring Karen Radner, Shaun Tougher, and Michael Hoeckelmann. First broadcast on 26 February 2015.
BBC Radio 4: In Our Time - Epic of Gilgamesh [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b080wbrq]
Discussion of the Epic of Gilgamesh, the great epic poem from ancient Mesopotamia. Hosted by Melvyn Bragg and featuring Andrew George, Frances Reynolds, and Martin Worthington. First broadcast on 03 November 2016.
ABZU [http://www.etana.org/abzubib]
A guide to information related to the study of the ancient Near East on the web, 1994-. A portal run by the University of Chicago. If it isn't on ABZU [http://www.etana.org/abzubib] it's probably crazy.
Livius: Mesopotamia [https://www.livius.org]
A collection of articles, images, and translations of ancient chronicles relating to ancient Mesopotamia, particularly Assyria and Babylonia in the first millennium BC. Created and maintained by Jona Lendering.
Google Earth [http://earth.google.com/]
An interactive satellite imagery application. Explore the locations of Assyrian cities using our content for Google Earth. To view Assyrian stars and constellations with our content for Google Sky you need Google Earth 4.2 or later. Follow these instructions to download Google Earth [https://www.google.com/earth/about/versions/] for your computer.
Your Sky [http://www.fourmilab.ch/yoursky/]
Created by J. Walker at Fourmilab, 2003. An interactive planetarium enabling you to plot the night sky from any point on the earth's surface at any time. The co-ordinates of Nineveh are: 36.3667 N, 43.14 E.
Assyrian Empire Builders: Governors, diplomats and soldiers in the service of Sargon II, king of Assyria [http://www.ucl.ac.uk/sargon/]
Directed by Karen Radner at University College London
The Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus Project (State Archives of Assyria) [https://assyriologia.fi/natcp/]
Directed by Simo Parpola at the University of Helsinki
The Royal Inscriptions of the Neo-Assyrian Period [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/rinap/]
Directed by Grant Frame at the University of Pennsylvania
The Geography of Knowledge in Assyria and Babylonia: a Diachronic Comparison of Four Scholarly Libraries [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/cams/gkab/]
Directed by Eleanor Robson at the University of Cambridge and Steve Tinney at the University of Pennsylvania
Oracc, the Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/]
Created by Steve Tinney at the University of Pennsylvania and steered by Eleanor Robson, Steve Tinney, and Niek Veldhuis of the University of California Berkeley
Assurbanipal Library Project [http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/research_projects/ashurbanipal_library_phase_1.aspx]
Directed by Jon Taylor at the Department of the Middle East of the British Museum
View the British Museum's Kuyunjik Collection [http://cdli.ucla.edu/collections/bm/bm.html], including tablets from Assurbanipal's Library, on CDLI [http://cdli.ucla.edu]
Ancient Near Eastern Art [https://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-met/collection-areas/ancient-near-eastern-art]
at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Including a large number of Neo-Assyrian [https://www.metmuseum.org/search-results?q=Neo-Assyrian] artefacts and features.
Atlas [http://tinyurl.com/2tws6f]
The Louvre's online image database, including several objects from Nineveh [https://collections.louvre.fr/en/recherche?advanced=1&placeStr%5B0%5D=Ninive].
British Museum Collection [https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/search.aspx]
The British Museum's online image database, including a substantial number of Neo-Assyrian artefacts.
Site Photographs of Nineveh [https://oi.uchicago.edu/gallery/archaeological-site-photographs-mesopotamia-ninevah#nineveh01.png]
By John Sandars at the University of Chicago, 2002.
The Babylonian Nineveh Texts [http://www.fincke-cuneiform.com/nineveh/babylonian/index.htm]
By Jeannette Fincke at the University of Heidelberg, 2003. A specialists' catalogue of the scholarly tablets from Nineveh that were written in Babylonian dialect, not Assyrian.
Cuneiform Digital Palaeography Project [http://www.cdp.bham.ac.uk/]
Directed by Alasdair Livingstone at the University of Birmingham, 1999-2007.
Research Sources for Astrology: Mesopotamian and Near Eastern Sources [http://www.smoe.org/arcana/astrol4.html]
By Lester Ness, 2002.
Bibliography of Mesopotamian Astronomy and Astrology [http://www.phys.uu.nl/~vgent/babylon/babybibl.htm]
By R. H. Van Gent at Utrecht University.
Content last modified: 16 Apr 2024.