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EPISODE · Oct 4, 2022 · 49 MIN

The Archaeological Puzzle of Playing in the Past, Or, Bronze Age Barbie Bonanza?

from This Week in the Ancient Near East · host thisweekintheancientneareast

A recent article on a button-like toy has us wondering, what are toys anyway and what are they for? Were there actually children in the past? And what is playing, really? No, really, what is playing? And that’s where things started getting sticky for us.

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