This week's BBC Podcast:
Tom Holland tells us about his new translation of Herodotus, the 'father of history' . Plus Ben Wilson and Margaret MacMillan reveal their favourite history books
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What is the American Historical Association reading this week?
Today’s What We’re Reading features a history of the wrecking ball, a look at the Smithsonian’s plans for digitizing its collections, advice on job hunting from a career headhunter, adjuncts vs. tenured professors, 19th-century man slang, and much more!
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''The excavation data and the deciphered texts of the tablets –which prove a very pedantic bureaucratic organization and a powerful administrative background– confirm the significance of the settlement in matters of administrative structures in Laconia of the Mycenaean era.''
For more information on Linear B, check out this link!
