[sphinx]

Here is a lovely talk on the period by Dr. Eric Cline of George Washington University, who has spent a lot of his career in the field, digging. So: he is a working archeologist as well as a prominent academic. He is the author of 1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed.

Before anyone jumps in with the snark that the collapse of the Bronze Age civilizations took place over an extended period, know that Cline discusses that in his talk with some humorous asides about the arbitrariness of picking a title.

Cline went on the talk circuit after his talk was published. There are several versions of this talk on YouTube, with some of them being adjusted for various audiences. This was the first one I watched, and I still am partial to it. Cline teaches at GW and this was for a general audience in Bethesda, MD, so this is for a lay audience, not academic specialists.

1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed

[ameribbean expat]

Cline did a long Twitter thread yesterday on the significance of the Nature article:

https://twitter.com/digkabri/status/1623504832320442375?s=20&t=X67jvzvK1_7rwIlR4jgZ_Q

[wildbill]

I’ve seen various iterations of this talk and agree this one is pretty good summary and covers all the bases of his hypothesis.

[AdmSmith]

Yes, this is a very informative presentation.

[wafflehouse]

thanks for this post. the book was great and i didnt know this lecture was out there