Eric H. Cline @digkabri

Archaeologist and ancient historian. Professor at GWU. Co-director at Tel Kabri. Author of 1177 BC; After 1177 BC; Three Stones Make a Wall; and other books. cnelc.columbian.gwu.edu/eric-h-cline GWU Joined December 2008

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Eric H. Cline @digkabri

20 hours ago

One sign that the new semester has begun: when you answer one email and three more pop up as you are doing so.

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2 days ago

Today’s Intro class is on the Egyptians, so I had to choose between numerous possible ties and settled on this one. Spoiler alert; there may be a tie change in between classes, since we’re doing the Minoans in Greek history today. I have brought the dolphin tie with me as well.

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2 days ago

I learned to my horror that neither of my children have seen the original Blues Brothers movie. Ironically, they both know by heart the iconic lines “It’s 106 miles to Chicago, we got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it’s dark…and we’re wearing sunglasses. Hit it.”

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2 days ago

First review of my next book (due out in November) has just appeared, in Kirkus Reviews. Pretty happy, as the defining sentence reads “Impressive scholarship illuminates the Bronze Age”… Go here for the full review (it’s short): kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/e…

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Eric H. Cline @digkabri

a week ago

Very fun podcast episode has just dropped, with Tristan Hughes interviewing me about the Sea Peoples (and yes, I know that I mix up east and west in a few instances — Libya is to the west of Egypt, not the east — but mea culpa). :-) Give it a listen! open.spotify.com/episode/5EDFa6…

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a week ago

Touching on Ur, Max Mallowan, and Agatha Christie today in the Intro class so I broke out the Standard of Ur tie for today.

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2 weeks ago

First day of school, for the 26th time at GW, and the 60th straight year overall. Groundhog Day, anyone? Thanks for all the crowdsourcing; I went with the AIA owl tie and the Scream lapel pin. The other ties will be worn on the appropriate lecture days, so stay tuned.

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2 weeks ago

Major dilemma! Which tie should I wear for the first day of classes (tomorrow, 25 August)? Teaching Intro to Archaeology and History of Ancient Greece this semester….

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2 weeks ago

Had a great interview the other day with Dan Snow (@thehistoryguy), for a future episode about the Trojan War on the History Hit (@HistoryHit) podcast. Not sure when it will air, but stay tuned!

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2 weeks ago

This is awesome, but now we need a Late Bronze Age Collapse Scented Candle, right?? :- ) (check out their other candles too, including the War of 1812, the Boston Tea Party, etc: jdandkateindustries.com)

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a month ago

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a month ago

The new German translation of “After 1177 BC” has a nice review in “Damals”. Not sure if the first sentence is a reference to this book or to the original “1177 BC”, but the final sentence is clearly a reference to this new book: “absolutely worth reading”…

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2 months ago

It has been brought to my attention that a phishing scam is apparently using my name and career details. If you have received an email that looks like the following, rest assured that it is not from me and do not click on the link provided.

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3 months ago

Things that I did not know before today: an anagram for “Eric Cline” is “Nice Relic”… somehow that seems appropriate.

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3 months ago

Fun to see three foreign translations. On the left is the Chinese translation of Three Stones Make a Wall; in the middle is the German translation of the graphic version of 1177 BC by Glynnis Fawkes and myself; and on the right is the Turkish translation of After 1177 BC.