77. Augusta McMahon: Excavations at Nippur

About this episode

Augusta McMahon discusses the new excavations at Nippur and their implications.

Augusta talks about the new excavations at Nippur. What are the goals of the new work, and how does she manage the long history of excavations at the site? What are the long term plans for the site? She reveals the first results, including news about the city walls, a huge Neo-Babylonian villa, and a Parthian cemetery. She reflects on how the archaeological situation has changed since she was a student. And she discusses plans for sharing the results of the work. 3:13 why Nippur? 5:26 project...

People in this episode

Host: Jon Taylor

Guest: Augusta McMahon

Topics covered

• archaeology
• excavations
• Nippur
• history
• city walls
• villa
• cemetery

Keywords

• Nippur
• excavations
• archaeology
• Neo-Babylonian
• Parthian
• city walls
• villa
• cemetery

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Nippur, Neo-Babylonian, Parthian

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