1800 BCE: True Crime Stories From Ancient Mesopotamia | After Dark
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Watch this full episode of After Dark with Anthony Delaney and Maddy Pelling, where they chat about the dark side of Ancient Mesopotamia, including true crime from 1800 BCE.
A four thousand(ish) year old murder trial. A procession of the dead. Kings who believed they could escape the gods by dressing gardeners in royal clothes...then killing them. Welcome to the Dark Side of Ancient Mesopotamia! Guiding Maddy and Anthony through this most ancient and most fascinating civilisation is the incredible Professor Amanda Podany, author of 'Weavers, Scribes and Kings: A New History of the Ancient Near East'.
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