Eric H Cline
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Eric H Cline
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Archaeologist, ancient historian, author of 1177 BC, After 1177 BC, Three Stones Make a Wall, and other books

https://cnelc.columbian.gwu.edu/eric-h-cline

Eric H. Cline is an American author, historian, archaeologist, and professor of ancient history and archaeology at The George Washington University (GWU) in Washington, D.C., where he is Professor of Classics and Anthropology and the former Chair of the Department of Classical and Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, as well as Director of the GWU Capitol Archaeological Institute. He is also the advisor for the undergraduate archaeology majors, for which he was awarded the GWU Award for "Excellence in Undergraduate Departmental Advising" (2006). Cline served as co-editor of the Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research along with Christopher Rollston from 2014 to 2020. .. more

History 58%
Art 14%

The first two links are just audio, while the last link (on YouTube) has video, in which (spoiler alert) I am not wearing a tie...
Apple Podcast Link = podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id15...
Spotify Podcast Link = open.spotify.com/episode/7vgh... YouTube Link = www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNVB...
Ep 258: Eric Cline on the Collapse of Civilizations
Podcast Episode · School of War · 12/19/2025 · 52m
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A fun, informal interview has just dropped, in which I talk with @AaronBMacLean on the @schoolofwarpod podcast, revisiting 1177 BC ten years later plus After 1177 BC. Three possible ways to listen to it: 1/2

Final exam for Intro to Archaeology class has just ended. To quote from The Aristocats:

Lafayette: Hey, Napoleon. That sounds like the end.

Napoleon: Wait a minute. I'm the leader, I say when it's the end.

[the title "The End" bumps into Napoleon's head]

Napoleon: It's the end.

Finally exam day for both classes. Where did the semester go?

Happy Hanukkah to those who celebrate.

(IFKYK)

Can't do this (individual oral final exams) with a class of 140 students, but perhaps in my 19-person seminar next semester?

www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
Professors are turning to this old-school method to stop AI use on exams
A small but growing number of educators are experimenting with oral exams to circumvent the temptations presented by powerful AI platforms.
www.washingtonpost.com

Excerpt from the new book now available open access. Enjoy!

bibleinterp.arizona.edu/articles/ah-...
A.H. Sayce and His Search for Biblical Peoples and Places in the Amarna Letters | Bible Interp
bibleinterp.arizona.edu

Thanks! Glad that you liked it.

Update: identification complete. Byzantine mosaic from the palace of Beit ed-Dine in Lebanon. Many thanks everyone.

Yes, that’s it.

Last tie for the teaching semester. I still have no idea where this motif is from; I’m betting that it’s a small part of a Roman mosaic, repeated multiple times. If anybody recognizes it, let me know.

Don’t know why this is a relevant question. I’m not the one translating the book.

No.

Permit me to express mild skepticism concerning both aspects of your first sentence. I’ve never heard that anyone on either side of the aisle has read it or spoken about it. Supporting evidence for your statement?

See my reply to someone else earlier today. A foreign publisher cannot just translate any book if they feel like it; they need to sign a deal with the original publisher for permission to translate and sell.

That is correct.

Yes. An interesting book, but debatable hypothesis of course.

I like your reasoning. 😎😎

I know, right? Most unfortunate!