{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2Fa246c5d1-10b3-43d2-8059-d56ab1e095c2","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"<iframe style=\"width: 100%; height: 200px;\" title=\"The Plaster Skulls of Jericho - Ep 140\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"clipboard-write\" seamless src=\"http://player.captivate.fm/episode/a246c5d1-10b3-43d2-8059-d56ab1e095c2\"></iframe>","title":"The Plaster Skulls of Jericho - Ep 140","description":"In 1953, archaeologist Kathleen Kenyon and her team uncovered human skulls covered with plaster and decorated with shells to resemble human faces. These Neolithic artifacts may be one of the earliest known examples of human portraits. In this sponsored episode, we\u2019ll dig into the discovery, the site of Jericho itself, and the lives of the people who buried the skulls in the first place.\nLinks\n\nDame Kathleen Kenyon\u2019s Excavations (msu.edu)\n\nBiography of Dame Kathleen Kenyon (Archaeology Magazine)\n\nThe John Garstang Excavations (University of Liverpool)\n\nJericho (worldhistory.org)\n\nThe Jericho Skull (National Geographic)\n\nThe Jericho Skull reconstruction (The British Museum)\n\nEarly History of Jericho (Auja Ecological Center)\n\nWhy Walls? (Time Magazine)\n\nCanaanite and Lebanese DNA (The New Scientist)\n\nDNA study at Jericho (American Journal of Human Genetics)\n\nContact\nEmail the Dirt Podcast: thedirtpodcast@gmail.com\nAffiliates\n\nWildnote\n\nTeePublic\n\nTimeular","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/dddd1215-eeb0-4139-b885-732091a9088a/uploads-2f1612927465714-puvwh93kw2-3b3c967815ee02703f7cfe1c7eed.jpg"}