(January 7, 2016 at 2:41 am)Minimalist Wrote: The video below is a discussion by Dr. Eric Cline of his recent book 1177 BC - The Year Civilization Collapsed. The book is great but if you can spare 50 minutes Cline is an engaging speaker. This is an example of scholarship in action.
No dramatic pauses.....no worrisome jesus shit....no pensive looks or fancy graphics or dramatic music designed to blind the viewer with imagery instead of facts. It is not everyone's cup of tea and drippy, you would be way over your head. In fact, when he gets to the end you will lose your fucking mind...what little you have left of it.
But for the more intelligent posters around here, here it is:
BTW, I have an epub version of it if anyone wants to read it. Obviously in the book he spells out the evidence, much of it textual, for his conclusions. PM an email address if you want to read it.
Could you please tell me briefly what he talks about, at least? I might even read the book if I watch the video and I like it, but I want to have at least something to go with before I watch it.