<![CDATA[Digging Up The Past Podcast]]>
www.diggingupthepast.net]]>https://www.diggingupthepast.net/podcastSubstackSun, 11 Oct 2026 17:38:51 GMThttps://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/358194.rssPetros KoutoupisDigging Up The Past offers the latest historical news and research surrounding the ancient eastern Mediterranean and Near East.episodicPetros Koutoupisdiggingupthepast@substack.comNo<![CDATA[The Pharaoh's Inbox: Inside the Amarna Letters With Dr. Eric H. Cline]]>Petros Koutoupis sits down with Dr. Eric H. Cline to discuss his latest book, Love, War, and Diplomacy: The Discovery of the Amarna Letters & the Bronze Age World They Revealed.

Dr. Cline is a historian, archaeologist, and professor of ancient history and archaeology at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. Together, they explore how the Amarna Letters were discovered, the drama surrounding the race to acquire and translate these ancient tablets, and what the letters actually reveal about the Bronze Age world.

How were the letters discovered? Who fought to get their hands on them? What did they say? We dig into these questions and more.



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Be sure to visit Marc Hyden’s website: https://www.marchyden.com.



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Be sure to visit Katy Kostakis’s blog: https://www.katykostakis.com and her Substack: http://noquietontheset.substack.com



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See more of Alexis Prescott’s research on this topic:

* Pen & Sword: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/blog/the-romans-and-the-halloween-style-witch

* And YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7KYoMYP5q4 and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itzBwrR9xvg



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Be sure to check out their podcast here: https://www.lostromanheroes.com



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Dr. Drogula is the author of the wonderful Substack, A Life in the Classics. Be sure to subscribe!



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Learn more about Lindsay Powell at www.lindsay-powell.com.



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A Podcast of Biblical Proportions: www.podcastofbiblicalproportions.com



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