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Jennifer Ward Oppenheimer Lecture 2024, University of Cambridge - Habiba Chirchir
“What we know and don't know yet about skeletal gracility in modern humans” Dr Habiba Chirchir, Marshall University.
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Skeletal gracility is the reduction in the strength and relative bone mass as inferred from bone tissue and overall bone size. In contrast to our hominin ancestors, the recent modern human skeleton is unusually gracile. In this lecture, I will examine the evidence supporting the recent emergence of gracile morphology, explore the variations in this morphology among recent human groups, and discuss the various hypotheses that have been proposed to explain this phenomenon through a comparative analysis of extinct and extant mammalian species including hominin ancestors from the deep past, reaching as far back as ~ 2 million years ago.
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Archaeology within a unified science of cultural evolution - Prof. Alex Mesoudi
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“Archaeology within a unified science of cultural evolution” by Prof. Alex Mesoudi, Professor of Cultural Evolution at the University of Exeter This talk was due to be given in November 2023 as part of the Garrod Research seminar series of the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge. Abstract: I will provide an overview of modern cultural evolution theory, and su...
How quantifying archaeological data can help us trace urban dynamics - Dr Izabela Romanowska
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Dr Izabela Romanowska, Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies | Graves, grains and grievances: How quantifying archaeological data can help us trace urban dynamics against their global context Abstract: In these times of fragile and moving borders, social and political shifts, and rapid climate change, looking into the past can bring much-needed insights into large-scale long-term dynamics of soc...
Food Globalization in prehistory: What kinds of globalization? - Prof. Martin Jones
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Prof. Martin Jones, University of Cambridge | Food Globalization in prehistory: What kinds of globalization? Abstract: Research findings over the last 15 years have brought to light a series of crop movements which, by the mid 2nd millennium BC formed an interweaving pattern spanning much of the Old World. Research on this topic to date has largely entailed the geographical definition of that i...
Crop Migrations as a Globalising Process - Dr. Sureshkumar Muhukumaran
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Crop Migrations as a Globalising Process: The Case of Tropical Asian Crops in Ancient East-West Networks | Dr. Sureshkumar Muhukumaran, National University of Singapore Abstract: This paper, using the case of tropical Asian crops in ancient east-west networks, contends that the creation of a common “ecolanguage”, that is coherence in crop and consumptive cultures, was the basis for further poli...
What Do We Mean by Globalisation in the Prehistoric Mediterranean? Prof. Susan Sherratt
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What Do We Mean by Globalisation in the Prehistoric and Early Historic Mediterranean? - Prof. Susan Sherratt, University of Sheffield Abstract: The term ‘globalisation’ was first coined roughly 40 years ago, and is usually thought of as characteristic of a world economy that has only recently come into existence, in which the exigencies of free-market capitalism, particularly in the form of mul...
Globalisation in Deep Time: Postdisciplinary Lessons from the Palaeolithic - Dr Inanna Hamati-Ataya
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Dr. Inanna Hamati-Ataya, University of Cambridge, Globalisation in Deep Time: Postdisciplinary Lessons from the Palaeolithic - Dr Inanna Hamati-Ataya Abstract: Historicising globalisation entails crossing chronological thresholds-‘the present’, ‘modernity’, ‘antiquity’, etc.-that often operate as conceptual or epistemological boundaries. The greatest and most enduring has been the threshold of ...
Globalisation and Historical Globalities - Prof. Barry Gills
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Globalisation and Historical Globalities | Prof. Barry Gills, University of Helsinki Abstract: The presentation will discuss a range of conceptualizations of "Globalization" and address multiple possibilities of how to define and use the concept to explore "Historical Globalities", and consider what may constitute globalization(s) in world history. Distinctions between Globalization(s) and Worl...
Globalisation and Wari State-making: Re-evaluating Middle Horizon Peru - Dr Justin Jennings
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Dr. Justin Jennings, Royal Ontario Museum | Globalisation and Wari State-making: Re-evaluating Middle Horizon Peru Abstract: Most conceptualizations of the state in archaeology remain rooted in Enlightenment ideas of interlocking institutions that existed external to individuals and their interactions. These static conceptualizations often run counter to the temporal and spatial variability oft...
Jennifer Ward Oppenheimer Inaugural Lecture 2022, University of Cambridge - Zerenesay Alemseged
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"The changing face of Australopithecus and human origins in Africa" Professor Zeresenay Alemseged, (University of Chicago) Abstract: One hundred fifty years ago, Darwin prophesied that our earliest ancestor would be found in Africa based on morphological and biogeographic argument and without the benefit of genetic and fossil evidence. Today, DNA studies show that the Homo/Pan lineages separate...
Prof Amy Bogaard - 34th McDonald Annual Lecture
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"Prehistoric farming futures? Recent insights from western Asia and Europe", presented by Professor Amy Bogaard (University of Oxford) at the McCrum Lecture Theatre, 16th November 2022 Abstract: In this talk I explore how the deep past of farming can shape more sustainable futures. The archaeology of early farmers offers opportunities to rediscover lost crops, ancient ecological knowledge and s...
The Unconventional Violence and Materiel of Modern Warfare
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Col. Hamish de Bretton-Gordon OBE VR, (Magdalene College, University of Cambridge), The Unconventional Violence and Materiel of Modern Warfare Abstract: The third most powerful conventional army on the planet, according to the head of GCHQ, is exhausted and nearly spent at the hands of one of the least powerful. The 20th Century ‘Soviet’ tactics and equipment of the Russian forces have been dec...
An Early Bronze Age Massacre at Shamanka II, Lake Baikal, Southern Siberia
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Prof. Rick Schulting (University of Oxford), Lethal violence among Late Holocene huntergatherers: an Early Bronze Age massacre at Shamanka II, Lake Baikal, southern Siberia Abstract: The importance of interpersonal violence among hunter-gatherers is much-debated. While there is no question that lethal violence does occur, its frequency and context are much less clear. Homicides are well documen...
Mediterranean Mountains in the Iron Age Between Violence and Identity
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Elena Scarsella (University of Cambridge), Mediterranean Mountains in the Iron Age Between Violence and Identity Abstract: The peculiar and fragmented human landscapes of the Mediterranean mountains are prone to a constant scarcity of resources and hence to a fierce competition over them. This forces the people inhabiting these landscapes to adapt constantly their social and economic strategies...
Surrogate beasts: Violence and the human body in Iron Age Europe
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Prof. Ian Armit (University of York), Surrogate beasts: Violence and the human body in Iron Age Europe Abstract: Evidence for inter-personal violence in Iron Age Europe comes in many forms, including elaborately provisioned warrior graves and heavily enclosed settlements and hillforts. In this paper, I focus on the evidence for ritualised violence seen in the treatment of human bodies found in ...
Ritual violence in the Classical World
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Ritual violence in the Classical World
Robert Capa, ʽBeni culturaliʼ and the Battle of Troina: Memorialising Violence
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Robert Capa, ʽBeni culturaliʼ and the Battle of Troina: Memorialising Violence
Heritage and violent conflict: Impacts and legacies of the 'Biafra war'
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Heritage and violent conflict: Impacts and legacies of the 'Biafra war'
Prof Theresa Singleton - "The worlds the enslaved created or forced to endure"
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Prof Theresa Singleton - "The worlds the enslaved created or forced to endure"
Dr Sjoerd Kluiving - TERRANOVA from the last and current Interglacial periods into the Anthropocene
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Dr Sjoerd Kluiving - TERRANOVA from the last and current Interglacial periods into the Anthropocene
Dr Chelsey Geralda Armstrong - Documenting land-use legacies in Pacific Northwest of North America
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Dr Chelsey Geralda Armstrong - Documenting land-use legacies in Pacific Northwest of North America
Prof Anneli Ekblom - Landscape history, archaeology and storytelling
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Prof Anneli Ekblom - Landscape history, archaeology and storytelling
Prof Junko Habu - Historical ecology and changes in Jomon landscape practice: examples from NE Japan
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Prof Junko Habu - Historical ecology and changes in Jomon landscape practice: examples from NE Japan
Dr John Murphy - Modeling ‘The Dawn of Everything’
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Dr John Murphy - Modeling ‘The Dawn of Everything’
Prof Roland Fletcher - Low-density urbanism, risk and climate instability
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Prof Roland Fletcher - Low-density urbanism, risk and climate instability
Prof Alison Wylie - 33rd McDonald Annual Lecture
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Prof Alison Wylie - 33rd McDonald Annual Lecture
Why move to a city in Ancient Sumer ?
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Why move to a city in Ancient Sumer ?
Living in a Sumerian city
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Living in a Sumerian city
First (mega) cities in the world
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First (mega) cities in the world
Explore a Sumerian city!
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Explore a Sumerian city!

Komentáře

  • @wedadschlotte2247
    @wedadschlotte2247 Před 10 dny

    I am from Iraq, Tikrit. I recognized several words. Thank you University of Trinity college, Cambridge, British museum and all the participants who produced this film about fulfilling Justice .

  • @AshurXXX
    @AshurXXX Před 10 dny

    what a crap doesn't even sound like ancient sounds like german speaking Italian in Chinese accent maaan thats why i dont believe in any of this translations of the archeology in any ancient Manuscripts

  • @adyhaus
    @adyhaus Před 26 dny

    nice video

  • @farmlyful
    @farmlyful Před 2 měsíci

    They meet with other countries to steal land. Thieves. How dare you integrate prayer into it. No knowledge has come to this group.

  • @farmlyful
    @farmlyful Před 2 měsíci

    They are a scam. I no longer support this fraudulent entity.

  • @Integrity_Knight_101
    @Integrity_Knight_101 Před 2 měsíci

    Очень круто, пришёл из Википедии

    • @DarkBlayDer321
      @DarkBlayDer321 Před 2 měsíci

      В половину 4 утра я из вики добрался до сюда. А начинал со Скифов)

    • @Integrity_Knight_101
      @Integrity_Knight_101 Před 2 měsíci

      @@DarkBlayDer321 а я начинал с семитских языков)

  • @civillady13
    @civillady13 Před 3 měsíci

    I loved the Gatekeeper!

  • @ScienceMagicStudios
    @ScienceMagicStudios Před 3 měsíci

    awesome!

  • @ASHORSHEMAYA
    @ASHORSHEMAYA Před 3 měsíci

    It would have been more interesting if the background music had been lower or completely non-existent. You say that it is the first film in the world in the Babylonian language... so it would have been better if the focus had been on speech instead of that accompanying auditory noise.

  • @parallelThreads
    @parallelThreads Před 4 měsíci

    Prof. Mesoudi, please repeat the sizing experiment with students formally trained in visual arts; especially sculpture students, but also including arts majors who have received a classical training in drawing and painting. When I was in middle school and again in high school, I attended magnet programs as an art student. I received approximately 3 hours a day in classical art instruction for approximately 6 years. I was jarred when you said that normal people cannot perceive size differences less than 3% as I could easily tell the difference in sizes between the examples shown. Perhaps, ancient knappers would have received equivalent training in size and shape perception from a young age and would consistently and significantly outperform average modern adults in this regard. This might explain the significant difference in observed variation noted at 27:00 in your lecture.

  • @chrismonroe4855
    @chrismonroe4855 Před 5 měsíci

    Two thumbs up!

  • @ROSCO608
    @ROSCO608 Před 7 měsíci

    I like the fact that there are no blacks in this film. That makes it more historicaly accurate than f*ckin Netflix

  • @claudiamanta1943
    @claudiamanta1943 Před 8 měsíci

    Congratulations! 👏

  • @Hits4you1
    @Hits4you1 Před 8 měsíci

    Interesting language. I have not found any word similar to Armenian)))

  • @samuelnakamoto
    @samuelnakamoto Před 11 měsíci

    Very nice! Saudações do Brasil

  • @CarterDavis-nu6ey
    @CarterDavis-nu6ey Před 11 měsíci

    This dude’s entire career is trying to spin chicken-shit into being chicken-salad, motivated by his racial insecurity. Afro-centric nonsense.

  • @longcastle4863
    @longcastle4863 Před 11 měsíci

    I was curious, but had no idea it would be this good. Kudos.

  • @BrianCLEVELAND1
    @BrianCLEVELAND1 Před rokem

    At least it's better than Ted Lasso.

  • @dimapuchkov4468
    @dimapuchkov4468 Před rokem

    Ниппурский бедняк «дочери которых плачут из-за гутиев». Нелюдей, несметные орды, Гутиев, что не знают запретов,
Поведением - люди, да разуменьем - собаки,
Обликом - сущие обезьяны, Их Энлиль из гор вывел! - «Проклятие Аккаде» Где хитрость , подлость, правит и обман, Завидующий нищий злату, Царь избран был Народом - кто бы знал, Что пришлый обречет царей на плаху! Урок и Ур и далее шомроним, Еще один, царем земли назвался , Переоделся , посох взял , вошел , Пока заветный , на престоле не проспался , За что им мстить ? За красочный дворец , умение добыть метал, Унизившись забрался во дворец, …………….И все вокруг внутри переломал … Аккадский “лев” Шумерского пленит, Под ту же стать , но языком различия Двойной язык двоится и шипит , Обида в чем? Не кто не разобрал , Коль силой с хитростью идиллию отнял. Унят быкующих стараются в миру, Где толи Тор а то ли , не могу….. Ниппур, внем “pure” сварлив и ядовит. Ложь сбросила одежды за “козу” Открыл ларец , им повод, бой сердец, Не кто не проронит теперь слезу, Положив камень в руку на конец! Кто был из них козлом рассудит миф, Козла к Козлу привел “благословив” Инлиль похоже снова виноват, Вести войну - оплеванный набат, Гиркан стоит у обновленных врат!

  • @dimapuchkov4468
    @dimapuchkov4468 Před rokem

    Где хитрость , подлость, правит и обман, Завидующий нищий злату, Царь избран был Народом - кто бы знал, Что пришлый обречет царей на плаху! Урок и Ур и далее шалом, Еще один, царем земли назвался , Переоделся , посох взял , вошел , Пока заветный , на престоле не проспался , За что им мстить ? За красочный дворец , умение добыть метал, Унизившись забрался во дворец, …………….И все вокруг внутри переломал …

  • @gabeyo5071
    @gabeyo5071 Před rokem

    🎉

  • @JJONNYREPP
    @JJONNYREPP Před rokem

    Globalisation and Wari State-making: Re-evaluating Middle Horizon Peru - Dr Justin Jennings 1206pm 25.6.23 the sound quality is worse than attempting to converse on my phone... p.s he has hit the proverbial nail on the head, so to speak... give me your definition of a term or the collective noun of a particular group or body and then i... or the scholarly meister can make some headway re: defining an historical narrative and comparing and contrasting historical events.

  • @edelgyn2699
    @edelgyn2699 Před rokem

    sound is awful - can't make out what is being said!

  • @AntzLoks1314
    @AntzLoks1314 Před rokem

    El-Choctaw-lord-De-CalifasMexicoAztlan Antz-that-crawls-on-the-ground MexiCali i

  • @samirafrench8546
    @samirafrench8546 Před rokem

    As an assyrian from Iraq, I would like to congratulate the students in this film, well done. Samira jindo Odisho

  • @THEBARINOV
    @THEBARINOV Před rokem

    Как много шипящих. 🙂

  • @JJONNYREPP
    @JJONNYREPP Před rokem

    The Poor Man of Nippur - World's first film in Babylonian `12.4.23 1128am seems the gingers got everywhere back in the day. at least i can say: i have engaged with the world's first (KNOWN) film which featured the Babylonian language.

  • @jackalschannel3557
    @jackalschannel3557 Před rokem

    At 2:53 when the guard says what sounds like "baali" - any linguistic relationship to the word "Ba'al" e.g. the semitic storm god?

  • @johnkelly3886
    @johnkelly3886 Před rokem

    Is Babylonian Akkadian?

  • @RamomarNY
    @RamomarNY Před rokem

    This was a breath of fresh air thank you for sharing.

  • @JC-ie3gj
    @JC-ie3gj Před rokem

    I was expecting to see arabs in the video not white people 😅

  • @stephenwilliams3388

    This was incredibly entertaining! I loved every minute of it. The actor playing Gimil-Ninurta should get an Oscar or BAFTA for his wink alone! The person playing the Mayor also had laughing, especially his drunken staggering in the field. It wish there were more modern works of creativity like this that connect us to the ancient world. Great job.

  • @gilgaflesh6978
    @gilgaflesh6978 Před rokem

    Finally! A movie I don't have to use subtitles for.

  • @omidfarhadi5541
    @omidfarhadi5541 Před rokem

    Don't think so that's babylonian accent language Bullshit

  • @LucyFre
    @LucyFre Před rokem

    I don't trust someone who claim he translated Sumerian Akkadian Babylonian language. My question is.. How? . I beg your pardon...:One of the Sumerians Akkadians resurrected? Materialised from grave like Zombie to explain letters in clay tablets or something..? B...ocks.

  • @_wxz0
    @_wxz0 Před rokem

    I live in Nippur😂❤️.iraq 🇮🇶

  • @alshukurh.a.m9794
    @alshukurh.a.m9794 Před rokem

    As a Mesopotamian from Iraq, I am telling you , THANK YOU !!

  • @Assyrian6752
    @Assyrian6752 Před rokem

    Call this Babylonian language (dialect) and using the Assyrian dialect is like using American English and calling it ancient language of Britain . You should call it first ancient assyrian movie. It is good to hear our ancient language.

  • @KrzysiuNet
    @KrzysiuNet Před rokem

    Sequel: mayor repays each insult by three, insulting mayor 9 times Second sequel: poor man repays 27 times Series becomes a fad: scientists, politicians and folk would think of new repays, forgetting their everyday obligations. Civilisation falls, Babylon is no more. 3k years later somebody unveils the old story and the great loop of destruction begins. We are all doomed q.e.d.

  • @Mohammed.kareem.official

    Greetings of love from Iraq to Great Britain

  • @pavelvaverka3972
    @pavelvaverka3972 Před rokem

    What an excellent storytelling!

  • @matixdegaulle8109
    @matixdegaulle8109 Před rokem

    That was a wonderful lecture, thank you

  • @betabeta6335
    @betabeta6335 Před rokem

    I found out about this story a week ago when reading on ancient mesopotamia, and it was hilarious to me. To my shock, there was a short film on it, which I liked. Given how utterly niche this legend is, I didn't expect to find much about it. What I found especially interesting was differing interpretations-was it serious, or comical?

  • @jeetenzhurlollz8387

    nice acting too

  • @user-ny9rr8kn7w
    @user-ny9rr8kn7w Před rokem

    Надо же, как красиво звучит язык...

  • @katathoombz
    @katathoombz Před rokem

    Well played, Dr. Whyte - quite literally.

  • @muralim8827
    @muralim8827 Před rokem

    Good

  • @TheKsk1997
    @TheKsk1997 Před rokem

    Some transliteration would be nice

  • @donaleigh2352
    @donaleigh2352 Před rokem

    This dosnt explain what happened to South American animals..all who died off at he same time.

  • @rogerfrench9344
    @rogerfrench9344 Před rokem

    My next door neighbour at the time, Keith Burton, worked on this project and took me along to the Ditton Walk research site to see a test model during an open day. More recently I took him to see RTV 31 at Peterborough which was wonderful, hearing about the project and their innovative spirit from him. I sometimes walk along the site of the test bed and imagine the excitement of those days .