Eric H Cline
@digkabri.bsky.social
Archaeologist, ancient historian, author of 1177 BC, After 1177 BC, Three Stones Make a Wall, and other books
https://cnelc.columbian.gwu.edu/eric-h-cline
https://cnelc.columbian.gwu.edu/eric-h-cline
The first two links are just audio, while the last link (on YouTube) has video, in which (spoiler alert) I am not wearing a tie...
Apple Podcast Link = podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id15...
Spotify Podcast Link = open.spotify.com/episode/7vgh... YouTube Link = www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNVB...
Apple Podcast Link = podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id15...
Spotify Podcast Link = open.spotify.com/episode/7vgh... YouTube Link = www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNVB...
Ep 258: Eric Cline on the Collapse of Civilizations
Podcast Episode · School of War · 12/19/2025 · 52m
podcasts.apple.com
December 19, 2025 at 8:26 PM
The first two links are just audio, while the last link (on YouTube) has video, in which (spoiler alert) I am not wearing a tie...
Apple Podcast Link = podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id15...
Spotify Podcast Link = open.spotify.com/episode/7vgh... YouTube Link = www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNVB...
Apple Podcast Link = podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id15...
Spotify Podcast Link = open.spotify.com/episode/7vgh... YouTube Link = www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNVB...
Thanks! Glad that you liked it.
December 11, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Thanks! Glad that you liked it.
Update: identification complete. Byzantine mosaic from the palace of Beit ed-Dine in Lebanon. Many thanks everyone.
December 8, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Update: identification complete. Byzantine mosaic from the palace of Beit ed-Dine in Lebanon. Many thanks everyone.
Don’t know why this is a relevant question. I’m not the one translating the book.
December 7, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Don’t know why this is a relevant question. I’m not the one translating the book.
Permit me to express mild skepticism concerning both aspects of your first sentence. I’ve never heard that anyone on either side of the aisle has read it or spoken about it. Supporting evidence for your statement?
December 7, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Permit me to express mild skepticism concerning both aspects of your first sentence. I’ve never heard that anyone on either side of the aisle has read it or spoken about it. Supporting evidence for your statement?
See my reply to someone else earlier today. A foreign publisher cannot just translate any book if they feel like it; they need to sign a deal with the original publisher for permission to translate and sell.
December 7, 2025 at 2:26 AM
See my reply to someone else earlier today. A foreign publisher cannot just translate any book if they feel like it; they need to sign a deal with the original publisher for permission to translate and sell.
Yes. An interesting book, but debatable hypothesis of course.
December 6, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Yes. An interesting book, but debatable hypothesis of course.
I like your reasoning. 😎😎
December 6, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I like your reasoning. 😎😎
I know, right? Most unfortunate!
December 6, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I know, right? Most unfortunate!
If you haven’t already read it previously, be sure to read the 2021 revised version.
December 6, 2025 at 4:47 PM
If you haven’t already read it previously, be sure to read the 2021 revised version.
Not sure what this has to do with what I posted. Pretty clear you’re talking about when the Hebrew Bible was written down, but that’s neither here nor there regarding my post.
December 6, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Not sure what this has to do with what I posted. Pretty clear you’re talking about when the Hebrew Bible was written down, but that’s neither here nor there regarding my post.
The Hungarian publisher paid Princeton University Press for the rights to translate the book. I don’t know where “service” comes into that.
December 6, 2025 at 4:40 PM
The Hungarian publisher paid Princeton University Press for the rights to translate the book. I don’t know where “service” comes into that.