Christopher Thornton | Reflections, 10 Years at Bat in the Sultanate of Oman
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- čas přidán 27. 12. 2017
- Presented by Christopher Thornton, Senior Director of Cultural Heritage at The National Geographic Society, Director of the Bat Archaeological project of the University of Pennsylvania Museum.
Reflections on 10 Years at the Bronze Age Site of Bat in the Sultanate of Oman: Southeast Arabia today is a center of global commerce due to the vast oil resources of the region, with monumental structures rising out of the deserts and mountainous valleys of the UAE and Oman. But, this is not the first time such social complexity has appeared in this arid region. A decade of research at the World Heritage Site of Bat has shed new light on this enigmatic society -- how it arose, why it persevered, and ultimately, why it collapsed.
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Makes me remember when my dad used to take us on weekend trips from Ras Al Khaimah to Oman across the mountain baths .An 18 km trip across wadi Al Seeq takes ~ 12 hours by 4x4 . A lot of ruins left untouched & unexcavated .I fear most will be lost before properly researched due to the torrential seasonal rains .
Thanks for the presentation
Hi, I'm planning a trip to Oman. By 'mountain baths' do you mean Nakhal Hot Springs? If it's something else could you provide a name or link? Thanks so much
This is very cool. I'm glad the gulf countries are getting into protecting and publishing their history.
That is awesome! Stuff like this makes me want to either apply for a job to do some of the manual work of excavating or pursue an archaelogical degree!
This is by far the best talk that I've seen thus far on this site.
Cracking lecture! And good to hear that it is a living thing too!
Danish archaeologist *Karen Frifelt* died in 2012, 87 years old. She would have been 92 at the time of the lecture if she had lived.
The guy is so into and enthusiastic about what he talks about...the contrast of silence in the crowd is somewhat strange.... probably they all ears
Wow, insightfull stuff!
me, i kinda wonder from which direction would the Egyptian seals come? did they get traded around through Mesopotamia; or did they come by ship from the Red Sea?
Perhaps the homogenous burials is a sign of general prosperity.
'Archaeological teams are made up of French, everybody on the team is French, or if its German, everyone on the team is German or if Polish everyone is etc., etc. EXCEPT the American Team which is made up of everyone from anywhere...!
Not true.. In Turkey, a German-led team includes several nationalities as well.
Their websites is called: luwianstudies.com
They are connecting Mesopotamia to Greece which is very fascinating
@@ahmedjabbar2820 he was saying probably of those working in Oman... Which was a British protectorate and fought off communists in the last century to remain self ruled and pretty free especially when compared to the states around them
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