71. 2024 IAA Prize winners

Thin End of the Wedge

This is a special episode presenting the prize-winning research of three early career scholars: William McGrath, Alessia Pilloni, and Christopher Jones. What prizes did they win, and what was their research about? We hear about the latest news from Isin II period history, astrology in the Late Babylonian period, and a military coup in the Neo-Assyrian period.
1:24 William McGrath
2:10 dissertation
6:08 key conclusions
9:10 publication plans
10:48 what's next?

13:45 Alessia Pilloni
14:27 horoscopes
20:03 star signs
22:37 two technical terms identified
26:51 wider context

29:10 Christopher Jones
30:45 whodunnit
35:59 new evidence
41:54 purge
45:48 coup theory
Music by Ruba Hillawi
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פרקים

1. Alessia Pilloni (00:00:00)

2. William McGrath (00:01:24)

3. dissertation (00:02:10)

4. key conclusions (00:06:08)

5. publication plans (00:09:10)

6. what's next? (00:10:48)

7. Alessia Pilloni (00:13:45)

8. horoscopes (00:14:27)

9. star signs (00:20:03)

10. two technical terms identified (00:22:37)

11. wider context (00:26:51)

12. Christopher Jones (00:29:10)

13. whodunnit (00:30:45)

14. new evidence (00:35:59)

15. purge (00:41:54)

16. coup theory (00:45:48)