67. Amy Gansell: Dressing Assyria's queens

Amy discusses the multi-sensory presence of the queens of Assyria. What was queenly dress and what meaning did each part of it convey? How does the evidence from art compare to what we learn from archaeology? Can we identify personal choice? She also talks about what it's like to wear queenly clothes, and what experimental archaeology can tell us.  2:45 sources for textiles5:13 experimental archaeology6:37 tombs of the queens8:35 art versus archaeology9:50 queenly dress14:28 symbolism17:03 individual choice20:58 burialwear21:54 craftsmen for the queen22:44 smell, sound, and other senses26:40 international dimension28:39 new book30:50 beauty standards34:55 posture37:41 coloursAmy’s university pageAmy’s Academia pageAmy’s personal websiteMusic by Ruba HillawiWebsite: http://wedgepod.orgYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSM7ZlAAgOXv4fbTDRyrWgwEmail: [email protected]: @wedge_podPatreon: http://Patreon.com/WedgePod