Exploring History's Great Mysteries With Dr. Eric H. Cline | The Societal Collapse Of 1177 BCE
Finding Genius Podcast
Richard Jacobs
4.4 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 14 August 2024
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Archaeology offers profound insights into the history of our civilization. With each artifact uncovered, our understanding becomes clearer and more apparent. But what significance does the year 1177 BCE hold for human society and its collapse? Dr. Eric H. Cline joins the podcast to shed light on this pivotal moment…
Dr. Cline is a Professor of Classics, History, and Anthropology at George Washington University, a classical and biblical archaeologist, and an ancient historian. His research focuses on biblical archaeology, the military history of the Mediterranean world, the Bronze Age Aegean, and more.
Well-renowned in his field as a National Geographic Explorer, Fulbright scholar, NEH Public Scholar, Getty Scholar, and award-winning author, Dr. Cline is on a mission to uncover history's greatest mysteries. What can his work tell us about the distant past? Dive in now to find out!
In this episode, we discuss:
- What we can learn from the fall of human civilization.
- Common misconceptions about archeological fieldwork.
- The historical context of human civilization in 1177 BCE.
- The network of societies that existed in the Bronze Age.
To learn more about Dr. Cline's work with ancient history, click here.
Episode also available on Apple Podcasts: http://apple.co/30PvU9
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| 0:30.0 | This is the Finding Genius Podcast. |
| 0:33.0 | That is Richard Jacobs. |
| 0:35.0 | Hello, this is Richard Jacobs with the Finding Genius Podcast. |
| 0:41.0 | I have the very patient Eric Klein PhD |
| 0:44.0 | patient because our schedule changed quite a bit but he still made it to the podcast so I thank him for that. |
| 0:49.0 | He's a professor of Classics History and Anthropology at GW Capital Archaeological Institute part of George Washington University. |
| 0:55.2 | I'm going to talk about the year 1177 BC, the year civilization collapsed. |
| 0:59.7 | So I think this is going to be a very interesting podcast and welcome here. |
| 1:02.8 | Thanks, it's nice to be here. |
| 1:04.2 | Thank you for having me on. |
| 1:05.3 | Yes, you would. |
| 1:06.0 | You know, it seems like you have your finger on a lot of pie in terms of your background, |
| 1:09.9 | you know, your current position. |
| 1:11.2 | What got you into the study of, you ancient history and you know what's a little |
| 1:15.2 | about your background before we get started? Yeah so complicated and yet simple. I always wanted to be an |
| 1:21.1 | archaeologist since the age of seven when my mother gave me a book about ancient |
| 1:25.4 | Troy and the Trojan War and I announced I was going to be an archaeologist and lo and behold, you know, |
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