Eric H Cline
@digkabri.bsky.social
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
https://cnelc.columbian.gwu.edu/eric-h-cline
Very subtle “eye of horus” tie design today, from the Met.
(Note to self: I need to find a Dead Sea Scrolls-themed tie.)
(Note to self: I need to find a Dead Sea Scrolls-themed tie.)
November 5, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Very subtle “eye of horus” tie design today, from the Met.
(Note to self: I need to find a Dead Sea Scrolls-themed tie.)
(Note to self: I need to find a Dead Sea Scrolls-themed tie.)
Finishing up the Parthenon discussion today, so have gone with the appropriate tie. (I never cease to be amused by the mistaken date placed on the tie itself…). Also, now that the weather has changed, I have gone into full professorial mode and switched to my jacket with elbow patches…
November 3, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Finishing up the Parthenon discussion today, so have gone with the appropriate tie. (I never cease to be amused by the mistaken date placed on the tie itself…). Also, now that the weather has changed, I have gone into full professorial mode and switched to my jacket with elbow patches…
Enroute to Baylor for my lecture tomorrow (Thursday, 30 Oct); it’s the last in-person lecture that I’ll be giving this Fall, so please attend if you’re in the area!
October 29, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Enroute to Baylor for my lecture tomorrow (Thursday, 30 Oct); it’s the last in-person lecture that I’ll be giving this Fall, so please attend if you’re in the area!
Beautiful afternoon hike by the Potomac River today. Very low water levels!
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(Untouched/unfiltered photo)
October 27, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Beautiful afternoon hike by the Potomac River today. Very low water levels!
(Untouched/unfiltered photo)
(Untouched/unfiltered photo)
Two of my earliest “1177 BC” public lectures, which were posted on YouTube by the organizers, have now been seen a combined total of 11.1 million times, with more than 15,000 comments. Very pleased that the Late Bronze Age in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean is reaching such a wide audience.
October 26, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Two of my earliest “1177 BC” public lectures, which were posted on YouTube by the organizers, have now been seen a combined total of 11.1 million times, with more than 15,000 comments. Very pleased that the Late Bronze Age in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean is reaching such a wide audience.
DCA actually looking fairly photogenic…
October 24, 2025 at 2:21 AM
DCA actually looking fairly photogenic…
Today’s tie is brought to you courtesy of the Yale Peabody museum, where I was presented with it while giving a lecture there several months ago. I know that I don’t usually do dinosaurs, but I am close to becoming one myself, so…
October 22, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Today’s tie is brought to you courtesy of the Yale Peabody museum, where I was presented with it while giving a lecture there several months ago. I know that I don’t usually do dinosaurs, but I am close to becoming one myself, so…
Today’s tie, because we’re doing Knossos in the Intro to Archaeology class. It’s the Toreador Fresco, repeated as a motif; was a gift from a student.
October 20, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Today’s tie, because we’re doing Knossos in the Intro to Archaeology class. It’s the Toreador Fresco, repeated as a motif; was a gift from a student.
With Jimmy Hardin and Jeff Blakely at the Cobb Institute, Mississippi State University
October 17, 2025 at 12:30 PM
With Jimmy Hardin and Jeff Blakely at the Cobb Institute, Mississippi State University
Finishing up with the Persian Wars and heading into the discussions of the Delian League and then fifth century Athens, so I thought that it was time to wear this wonderful owl tie today.
October 15, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Finishing up with the Persian Wars and heading into the discussions of the Delian League and then fifth century Athens, so I thought that it was time to wear this wonderful owl tie today.
Lecturing tomorrow (Thursday, October 16) at Mississippi State University to help kick off the celebrations for the 50th anniversary of the Cobb Institute of Archaeology. Come join us!
October 15, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Lecturing tomorrow (Thursday, October 16) at Mississippi State University to help kick off the celebrations for the 50th anniversary of the Cobb Institute of Archaeology. Come join us!
Look what arrived in the mail today! Hooray and congrats to Ken Feder! "Insightful, respectful, important, and a pleasure to read. It belongs on the bookshelf of every American," according to one archaeologist who blurbed the book. Get your copy today!
October 10, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Look what arrived in the mail today! Hooray and congrats to Ken Feder! "Insightful, respectful, important, and a pleasure to read. It belongs on the bookshelf of every American," according to one archaeologist who blurbed the book. Get your copy today!
Today’s tie features ancient Egypt, for no particular reason (not linked to either of today’s lectures, but I like the tie)
October 8, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Today’s tie features ancient Egypt, for no particular reason (not linked to either of today’s lectures, but I like the tie)
It’s time for the tie with the miniature Lamassu(s)…
October 6, 2025 at 1:45 PM
It’s time for the tie with the miniature Lamassu(s)…
Bitty, caught in the act of checking his calendar…
October 1, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Bitty, caught in the act of checking his calendar…
Doing Archaic Greece today, including the first Olympics…
September 24, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Doing Archaic Greece today, including the first Olympics…
Happy New Year! An unexpected box full of Love War and Diplomacy was waiting on the doorstep when I got home today.
September 23, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Happy New Year! An unexpected box full of Love War and Diplomacy was waiting on the doorstep when I got home today.
So, most of you know by now what it means if I am wearing this tie…
September 22, 2025 at 1:30 PM
So, most of you know by now what it means if I am wearing this tie…
Great day-long symposium at OU, discussing Walter Scheidel’s new book “What is Ancient History?” Great to see old friends and to meet new ones. Too bad I’m leaving before tomorrow’s game against Auburn…
September 19, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Great day-long symposium at OU, discussing Walter Scheidel’s new book “What is Ancient History?” Great to see old friends and to meet new ones. Too bad I’m leaving before tomorrow’s game against Auburn…
Oklahoma and Vermont added to list of states where I have given lectures; now up to 35. South Carolina to be added in a few weeks; delayed because of last year’s hurricane (Alabama also canceled then). Seems to be a big swathe of the Northwest where I haven’t lectured…must rectify that.
September 17, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Oklahoma and Vermont added to list of states where I have given lectures; now up to 35. South Carolina to be added in a few weeks; delayed because of last year’s hurricane (Alabama also canceled then). Seems to be a big swathe of the Northwest where I haven’t lectured…must rectify that.
The second review of my forthcoming Amarna Letters book is out, from Publishers Weekly: "...a remarkable glimpse into deep history and a savvy examination of an academic discipline's evolution."
And just heard that 1177 BC will be translated into Indonesian -- that makes 21 foreign languages...
And just heard that 1177 BC will be translated into Indonesian -- that makes 21 foreign languages...
September 17, 2025 at 3:40 AM
The second review of my forthcoming Amarna Letters book is out, from Publishers Weekly: "...a remarkable glimpse into deep history and a savvy examination of an academic discipline's evolution."
And just heard that 1177 BC will be translated into Indonesian -- that makes 21 foreign languages...
And just heard that 1177 BC will be translated into Indonesian -- that makes 21 foreign languages...
Teaching the Iron Age in Greek history today, so I thought I would wear my “writing” tie. Ironically, however, unless I am missing something, it does not appear to have the Greek alphabet on it!
September 15, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Teaching the Iron Age in Greek history today, so I thought I would wear my “writing” tie. Ironically, however, unless I am missing something, it does not appear to have the Greek alphabet on it!
There are very few things quite like gazing upon your new book for the very first time. Years and years of studying and writing, of intensive toil, labor, and love, now brought to fruition with the help of a whole village. I am so pleased that this will be available exactly two months from today.
September 11, 2025 at 9:55 PM
There are very few things quite like gazing upon your new book for the very first time. Years and years of studying and writing, of intensive toil, labor, and love, now brought to fruition with the help of a whole village. I am so pleased that this will be available exactly two months from today.