In this episode, Megan Lewis (Digital Hammurabi) talks about ancient Mesopotamia and the Sumerian and Akkadian cultures and languages that dominated some of the earliest written history of the Near East region.

Megan talks about her journey towards becoming both an Assyriologist and digital communicator of ancient history. We speak about cuneiform, the interesting script used at the time by imprinting thin lines and wedge-shaped marks on clay tablets using reed styluses. Megan’s dissertation research concerns Sumerian and Akkadian royal inscriptions in particular, and the record they’ve left behind of past events of importance such as the building and renovation projects of Mesopotamian kings.

In 2019, Megan and her husband Josh have concentrated on doing lots of online outreach about the ancient Near East with their multimedia project Digital Hammurabi.

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If you want to get in touch with Megan to share questions or thoughts, you can find her on Twitter and Instagram. More information on Digital Hammurabi can be found on their website and YouTube channel.

Megan and her husband Josh are also organizing the H.A.P.S. Scholarship, which you can read about and consider supporting on the scholarship information page as well.

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