Anita Arnand

You're just a little liar, pants on fire.

I mean,

I mean, he did the work.

He did the work, just not at candlelight and not immediately, you know, having a light bulb over his head.

Now, we should say, I mean, the reason these Amana tablets are so important is because they sort of turn upside down our understanding of the ancient world.

Tell us why they were so important and what they changed about our view.

But the thing that is, I suppose, revolutionary about them is that the way we understood the ancient world is that there were separate civilizations all doing their own thing, all speeding at their own pace.

But after these tablets were discovered, we see an interconnected world of communication, commerce, and, you know, quite sophisticated where things aren't separate at all.

Well, look, we're going to take a break.

Join us after the break when we talk about some of the authors of some of these letters.

And one particular favorite of mine, Rib Hadda of Byblos, who writes so much, he's told, please stop writing.

Enough already.

Join us after the break.

Emotionally incontinent scribes of ancient.

Yes, go on.

So tell us what the world was like, Willie.

I think maybe actually just reminding us of what we were looking at is good.

I'll take her.

You're a terrible father, but yes, post her immediately.

Oh, gosh, what?