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Archaeology of the AlUla region of Saudi Arabia with Dr. Rebecca Foote - Ep 255

On today’s episode, we interview Dr. Rebecca Foote, the Director of Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Research for the Royal Commission for AlUla in Saudi Arabia (RCU). Rebecca’s current role focuses on executing in-depth archaeological study unique in both geographical size and scale, assessing the rich and complex past of the AlUla region of northwest Saudi Arabia. Dr Foote develops archaeological surveys, excavations and research projects with national and international expert teams to expand understanding of AlUla’s history and prehistory.

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Desert Kite Blueprints, Ancient Dysentery, and Stone Receipts - Ep 220

On today’s show we have 3 news stories from the Middle East. The first story is about rock art “blueprints” for desert kites in Jordan. Then we move over to Jerusalem where researchers have tested the microbes left behind in ancient toilets and a stone receipt was found on the pilgrimage road between the gates of the city and the temple. We finish up with a short update about the archaeology project in downtown Miami.

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Magnetometry on the Lagash Project (Archaeotech 191) - Ep 206

Chris is sick this week and needs to let his voice rest so we are playing a really awesome episode of Archaeotech with Chris and his co-host Paul Zimmerman. Recently an article came out in CNN featuring the work that the team Paul is part of is doing in Iraq, so it was the perfect opportunity to talk about that article and play the episode that they recorded a couple months ago about how they use Magnetometry at Lagash.

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Desert Kites, Miami Pre-History, and Illicit Antiquities - Ep 165

Under Jerusalem with Andrew Lawler - Ep 148

Andrew Lawler is a journalist and an author with an interest in history and archaeology. In his latest book he looks at the history of excavations in Jerusalem. Andrew starts at the beginning in the 1800s and looks at many of the characters and excavations that have helped define the city.

Andrew Lawler is author of the newly released Under Jerusalem: The Buried History of the World's Most Contested City. A long-time journalist, he has written about archaeology for more than two decades for a host of magazines. His most recent piece was the cover story for the November National Geographic on the 100 greatest archaeological discoveries.

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