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What’s an ancient Greek brick doing in a Sumerian city? An archeological investigation | Aeon Videos

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In this short, British Museum curator Sébastien Rey untangles an intricate archaeological puzzle some six millennia in the making.

Rey explains how only in 2022 were archeologists finally able to make sense, seemingly, of this mystery brick.

Hidden in the knotty details is a greater truth that making sense of archeological ruins can itself occasionally feel like finding a single brick in a massive dirt heap.