A is for Archaeology: Alexander the Great & The Dead Sea Scrolls
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In this episode Casey and Karen head back to the olden days. Casey talks about Alexander the Great starting with a clumsy assassin and ending with a case of mistaken identity. Karen disparages the carelessness of men while she covers the Dead Sea Scrolls. Also lice, yuck.
Artwork: Jovana Stekovic
Logo: nydaaa
Music: Home Base Groove by Kevin MacLeod
Casey's Sources:
https://allthatsinteresting.com/alexander-the-great-tomb
https://www.history.com/news/alexander-the-great-death-cause-discovery
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_the_Great
Karen's Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Sea_Scrolls#Physical_publication_and_controversy
Swartz, Michael D. “The Dead Sea Scrolls and Later Jewish Magic and Mysticism.” Dead Sea Discoveries, vol. 8, no. 2, 2001, pp. 182–193. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/4193189. Accessed 9 Feb. 2021.
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/dead-sea-scrolls-debate-spurs-ny-criminal-trial/1864847/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/who-wrote-the-dead-sea-scrolls-11781900/
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/2020/03/museum-of-the-bible-dead-sea-scrolls-forgeries/
Enigma of the Dead Sea Scrolls documentary, available on Prime
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/2020/06/ancient-dna-offers-clues-physical-origins-dead-sea-scrolls/
Home Base Groove by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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