Episode 35
A Crusader Mass Grave at Sidon, or Blunt Force Trauma Makes the Man
This Week in the Ancient Near East
February 17, 202251m 28s
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Show Notes
A mass grave of Crusaders at the Lebanese site of Sidon raises many questions about identity, mobility, and warfare in the 13th century. But it fits right in with our understanding of human cruelty, what with the beheadings and all, so at least there’s that.