Episode 84
Remember That Time When Alexander the Great Became Ningirsu? Or, Naming Rights in Mesopotamia
This Week in the Ancient Near East
March 18, 202443m 22s
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Show Notes
A temple dedicated to Alexander the Great at the Mesopotamian site of Girsu has us asking questions. Was this the meta-crossover event of the century or just some guys in an office making some plaques for a foreign chump passing through? Our contestants disagree but give a special shoutout to Molly Pitcher, heroine of the New Jersey Turnpike!