The Bronze Age Collapse

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A nice introductory lecture from Dr. Eric Cline on the mysterious Bronze Age civilisational collapse. Cline is a fairly well-known archeologist and author probably most famous for his excavations at Megiddo from 1994 to 2014.

The lecture briefly touches on the causes for the collapse of ~1186 BC, the elusive Sea Peoples, and the extensive trade network that connected many of the polities in the Eastern Mediterranean and Near East during the Late Bronze Age.

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Notice Pharaoh Akhenaton at 2:00. The elongated face can be indicative of Marfan Syndrome. Some people think Abe Lincoln had the same condition.

[Optatus]

Notice Pharaoh Akhenaton at 2:00. The elongated face can be indicative of Marfan Syndrome. Some people think Abe Lincoln had the same condition.

Hmm... interesting idea. Truth be told, I always just assumed the elongated face was a stylistic device, sort of like how the Romans always depicted their slaves as though they were 3 feet tall in mosaics and sculptures.