• The Other Ancient Civilisations: Interview with Raven Todd DaSilva

  • Oct 17 2024
  • Length: 44 mins
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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars (1 rating)

The Other Ancient Civilisations: Interview with Raven Todd DaSilva

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  • When we think of the ancient world, we tend to think of just a few societies: Egypt, Mesopotamia, and so on. But the more distant reaches of the past contained multitudes, and Raven Todd DaSilva has written a new book - The Other Ancient Civilisations - about some of them. I chat with her about her favorite lesser-known archaeological cultures and periods and what we can learn from a broader view of the past.


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This one was not great

This podcast sounded very interesting! Yes, absolutely tell me about lesser- known ancient civilizations! But... they never really did. The interviewer and the guest spent almost the first half of the podcast talking shop, and even after the guest's book was brought up, the civilizations in question were never really gotten into. I wanted to hear the nitty gritty about what we can know and how we can know it, regarding civilizations that haven't left written records, or been written about by others, but nothing substantial got discussed.

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