New Books in Ancient History

634 Episodes

1. Carlos Fraenkel, “Teaching Plato in Palestine: Philosophy in a Divided World” (Princeton UP, 2015)

   Published: 12/1/2015
2. Eric H. Cline, “1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed” (Princeton University Press, 2014)

   Published: 10/7/2015
3. Michael L. Satlow, “How the Bible Became Holy” (Yale UP, 2014)

   Published: 9/17/2015
4. Bruce A. Bradley, et al., “Clovis Technology” (International Monographs in Prehistory, 2010)

   Published: 9/12/2015
5. Douglas B. Bamforth et al., “The Allen Site: A Paleoindian Camp in Southwestern Nebraska” (U of New Mexico Press, 2015)

   Published: 8/25/2015
6. James Turner, “Philology: The Forgotten Origins of the Modern Humanities” (Princeton University Press, 2014)

   Published: 8/10/2015
7. Asya Pereltsvaig and Martin Lewis, “The Indo-European Controversy: Facts and Fallacies in Historical Linguistics” (Cambridge UP, 2015)

   Published: 7/21/2015
8. Michael Nylan and Griet Vankeerberghen, “Chang’an 26 BCE: An Augustan Age in China” (U of Washington Press, 2015)

   Published: 5/5/2015
9. A. Mark Smith, “From Sight to Light: The Passage from Ancient to Modern Optics” (U of Chicago Press, 2015)

   Published: 3/21/2015
10. Agnieszka Helman-Wazny, “The Archaeology of Tibetan Books” (Brill, 2014)

    Published: 3/21/2015
11. Eugene N. Anderson, “Food and Environment in Early and Medieval China” (U of Pennsylvania Press, 2014)

    Published: 3/15/2015
12. Timothy Michael Law, “When God Spoke Greek: The Septuagint and the Making of the Christian Bible” (Oxford UP, 2013)

    Published: 12/10/2014
13. Mary-Jane Rubenstein, "Worlds Without End: The Many Lives of the Multiverse" (Columbia UP, 2014)

    Published: 9/29/2014
14. Daryn Lehoux, “What Did the Romans Know?: An Inquiry into Science and Worldmaking” (University of Chicago Press, 2012)

    Published: 8/16/2014
15. David Reimer, “Count Like an Egyptian: A Hands-on Introduction to Ancient Mathematics” (Princeton UP, 2014)

    Published: 6/9/2014
16. Sean Anthony, “Crucifixion and Death as Spectacle” (American Oriental Society, 2014)

    Published: 5/12/2014
17. Brent Nongbri, “Before Religion: A History of a Modern Concept” (Yale University Press, 2013)

    Published: 1/18/2014
18. Darrin M. McMahon, “Divine Fury: A History of Genius” (Basic Books, 2013)

    Published: 12/28/2013
19. Rowan K. Flad and Pochan Chen, “Ancient Central China” (Cambridge UP, 2013)

    Published: 10/19/2013
20. Reza Aslan, “Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth” (Random House, 2013)

    Published: 9/5/2013