Eric H Cline
@digkabri.bsky.social
Archaeologist, ancient historian, author of 1177 BC, After 1177 BC, Three Stones Make a Wall, and other books
https://cnelc.columbian.gwu.edu/eric-h-cline
https://cnelc.columbian.gwu.edu/eric-h-cline
It’s the last week of class lectures for the semester and I’m finally beginning to run out of ties. With apologies for the repetition, I decided to go with my Greek capitals tie, since we are beginning the Hellenistic period n my History of Ancient Greece class.
December 1, 2025 at 2:15 PM
It’s the last week of class lectures for the semester and I’m finally beginning to run out of ties. With apologies for the repetition, I decided to go with my Greek capitals tie, since we are beginning the Hellenistic period n my History of Ancient Greece class.
Need a caption for this photo. Wrong answers only. I’ll go first: Calories don’t count on Thanksgiving, right? Also, there’s no such thing as too much pie. Ever.
November 27, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Need a caption for this photo. Wrong answers only. I’ll go first: Calories don’t count on Thanksgiving, right? Also, there’s no such thing as too much pie. Ever.
Happy Thanksgiving from our family to everyone! Enjoying brunch at our local Founding Farmers restaurant. Great food, lots of leftovers, and no dishes to do!
November 27, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Happy Thanksgiving from our family to everyone! Enjoying brunch at our local Founding Farmers restaurant. Great food, lots of leftovers, and no dishes to do!
I am ready for the ASOR Gala dinner tonight. (The invitation said “Black tie optional” but it didn’t say anything about Phoenician ties…)
#asor25
#asor25
November 22, 2025 at 8:52 PM
I am ready for the ASOR Gala dinner tonight. (The invitation said “Black tie optional” but it didn’t say anything about Phoenician ties…)
#asor25
#asor25
Translation update: just received word that “Love, War, and Diplomacy: The Discovery of the Amarna Letters…” will be translated into Czech; hopefully this will be the first of many such translations! 😎👍
November 21, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Translation update: just received word that “Love, War, and Diplomacy: The Discovery of the Amarna Letters…” will be translated into Czech; hopefully this will be the first of many such translations! 😎👍
Second full day of the ASOR meetings. Time for the cat tie!
November 21, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Second full day of the ASOR meetings. Time for the cat tie!
GWU is well represented at the 2025 ASOR meetings by faculty, current students, and alumni (missing a few others, but most are pictured here).
November 20, 2025 at 2:53 PM
GWU is well represented at the 2025 ASOR meetings by faculty, current students, and alumni (missing a few others, but most are pictured here).
Very pleased to learn that "After 1177 BC: The Survival of Civilizations" has been chosen to receive a Biblical Archaeology Society 2025 Publication Award for "Best Popular Book on Archaeology" (for books published during 2023 and 2024).
November 13, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Very pleased to learn that "After 1177 BC: The Survival of Civilizations" has been chosen to receive a Biblical Archaeology Society 2025 Publication Award for "Best Popular Book on Archaeology" (for books published during 2023 and 2024).
Today’s tie also has a subtle motif. This one is from the University Museum’s gift shop, at the University of Pennsylvania.
November 12, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Today’s tie also has a subtle motif. This one is from the University Museum’s gift shop, at the University of Pennsylvania.
Very subtle “eye of horus” tie design today, from the Met.
(Note to self: I need to find a Dead Sea Scrolls-themed tie.)
(Note to self: I need to find a Dead Sea Scrolls-themed tie.)
November 5, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Very subtle “eye of horus” tie design today, from the Met.
(Note to self: I need to find a Dead Sea Scrolls-themed tie.)
(Note to self: I need to find a Dead Sea Scrolls-themed tie.)
Finishing up the Parthenon discussion today, so have gone with the appropriate tie. (I never cease to be amused by the mistaken date placed on the tie itself…). Also, now that the weather has changed, I have gone into full professorial mode and switched to my jacket with elbow patches…
November 3, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Finishing up the Parthenon discussion today, so have gone with the appropriate tie. (I never cease to be amused by the mistaken date placed on the tie itself…). Also, now that the weather has changed, I have gone into full professorial mode and switched to my jacket with elbow patches…
Enroute to Baylor for my lecture tomorrow (Thursday, 30 Oct); it’s the last in-person lecture that I’ll be giving this Fall, so please attend if you’re in the area!
October 29, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Enroute to Baylor for my lecture tomorrow (Thursday, 30 Oct); it’s the last in-person lecture that I’ll be giving this Fall, so please attend if you’re in the area!
Beautiful afternoon hike by the Potomac River today. Very low water levels!
(Untouched/unfiltered photo)
(Untouched/unfiltered photo)
October 27, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Beautiful afternoon hike by the Potomac River today. Very low water levels!
(Untouched/unfiltered photo)
(Untouched/unfiltered photo)
Two of my earliest “1177 BC” public lectures, which were posted on YouTube by the organizers, have now been seen a combined total of 11.1 million times, with more than 15,000 comments. Very pleased that the Late Bronze Age in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean is reaching such a wide audience.
October 26, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Two of my earliest “1177 BC” public lectures, which were posted on YouTube by the organizers, have now been seen a combined total of 11.1 million times, with more than 15,000 comments. Very pleased that the Late Bronze Age in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean is reaching such a wide audience.
DCA actually looking fairly photogenic…
October 24, 2025 at 2:21 AM
DCA actually looking fairly photogenic…
Today’s tie is brought to you courtesy of the Yale Peabody museum, where I was presented with it while giving a lecture there several months ago. I know that I don’t usually do dinosaurs, but I am close to becoming one myself, so…
October 22, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Today’s tie is brought to you courtesy of the Yale Peabody museum, where I was presented with it while giving a lecture there several months ago. I know that I don’t usually do dinosaurs, but I am close to becoming one myself, so…
Today’s tie, because we’re doing Knossos in the Intro to Archaeology class. It’s the Toreador Fresco, repeated as a motif; was a gift from a student.
October 20, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Today’s tie, because we’re doing Knossos in the Intro to Archaeology class. It’s the Toreador Fresco, repeated as a motif; was a gift from a student.
With Jimmy Hardin and Jeff Blakely at the Cobb Institute, Mississippi State University
October 17, 2025 at 12:30 PM
With Jimmy Hardin and Jeff Blakely at the Cobb Institute, Mississippi State University
Finishing up with the Persian Wars and heading into the discussions of the Delian League and then fifth century Athens, so I thought that it was time to wear this wonderful owl tie today.
October 15, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Finishing up with the Persian Wars and heading into the discussions of the Delian League and then fifth century Athens, so I thought that it was time to wear this wonderful owl tie today.
Lecturing tomorrow (Thursday, October 16) at Mississippi State University to help kick off the celebrations for the 50th anniversary of the Cobb Institute of Archaeology. Come join us!
October 15, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Lecturing tomorrow (Thursday, October 16) at Mississippi State University to help kick off the celebrations for the 50th anniversary of the Cobb Institute of Archaeology. Come join us!
Look what arrived in the mail today! Hooray and congrats to Ken Feder! "Insightful, respectful, important, and a pleasure to read. It belongs on the bookshelf of every American," according to one archaeologist who blurbed the book. Get your copy today!
October 10, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Look what arrived in the mail today! Hooray and congrats to Ken Feder! "Insightful, respectful, important, and a pleasure to read. It belongs on the bookshelf of every American," according to one archaeologist who blurbed the book. Get your copy today!