Julian looks back over his career. He explains how he developed his interests, and his unusual path into the field. He discusses some key moments: from the excavations at Nimrud, to discoveries in museum collections, and his own excavations at Tell Taya. Who influenced him? What does he think about how things are done? Plus news of his latest work.
3:03 approach to history
5:30 origins of interest
8:25 archaeological experience
13:58 community in Baghdad
17:44 PhD life
20:43 first job
26:26 on the Nimrud excavations
33:25 Tell Taya
37:12 museum discoveries
44:49 displaying Assyrian sculpture
Julian Edgeworth Reade with an Assyrian sculpture 
portrait of Julian Edgeworth Reade at Ras al-Hadd in 1988 
dig car stuck in the mud at Rimah, 1969 
glazed brick panel from Nimrud 
cover of Julian’s book about the Indian Ocean trade 
cover of Julian’s book about Mesopotamia 
cover of Julian’s book about Assyrian sculpture 
Julian Edgeworth Reade at Bavian,1973
Music by Ruba Hillawi
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