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Mesopotamia

2 arms outstretched chinking drinking vessels together, with the title of the podcast and an old fashioned microphone

Beer in Bronze Age Mesopotamia

Prof. Tate Paulette discusses ancient Mesopotamia, and Sumerian beer-making, bappir, and his own brewing experiments. From daily life to the Epic of Gilgamesh, discover how beer shaped culture in the cradle of civilisation.
Anthropology

The 'Unfortunate Mesopotamian Foetus'

Pregnancy loss and miscarriage in the ancient Near East - a Fertility and Reproduction Studies Group seminar, 30 November 2015 given by Marie-Françoise Besnier (University of Cambridge)
Oxford on Film: From Attic to Archive

Mesopotamia: An Oxford Archaeological Expedition

Film of the joint expedition to Kish, Mesopotamia, by Oxford University with the Field Museum of Natural History, of Chicago, Illinois, from 1920-29. The 16mm footage reveals the immense scale of the archaeological dig involving hundreds of people.

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