
David Danzig
Ancient Near Eastern historian; founder and Executive Director of Save Ancient Studies Alliance (SASA); PhD from NYU's Institute for the Study of the Ancient World
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Jul 13, 2026
Save Ancient Studies Alliance - Ep 334
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David DanzigGUEST
And one of the keys is trying to choose a topic that's going to be interesting to the general public, but also that's sort of current within academic circles.

David DanzigGUEST
So for this year's theme, talking about fashion and clothing and dress and weaving and how we create the things that would cover us, and then body adornment, and which is also about representation and combines basic human needs with identity and how we show each other things about ourselves.

David DanzigGUEST
It seemed to be a really great idea, and there are a niche group of archaeologists and historians who, and art historians also, who work on this.

David DanzigGUEST
And it's actually interesting because some of the different artifacts that are preserved from the ancient past that are most connected to a person and how they existed and lived in their life are actually pieces of clothing.

David DanzigGUEST
So there are the high level royalty fancy clothing like of the Royal Cemetery of Ur, the burial there of Queen Puabi, and then there's the burial clothing and other [laughs] things that were with-
