FIX.......THE.......AUDIO......THANK......YOU Despite this initial rant, I'm obliged to express my warmest gratitude for uploading this much appreciated lecture. You see, this is only the second time I've come across anyone touching the intriguing aspects of the time period when the inhabited landscape of the now known Persian Gulf became submerged by sea water from The Arabian Sea, all because of the ever ongoing rising sea level derived from the melting Ice Age caps. I can't help but attach some importance to this event, because we're in a timeframe where past happenings were remembered and passed on to younger generations in form of tales, songs and dances. The original perceptions during the initial influx of water and the ever ongoing floodings of larger and larger areas, forcing masses of tribes to migrate, surely wouldn't have been gone unnoticed. It has more likely been incorporated as a massive influence of their folklore, tales, songs, rituals etc for generations. It's the one event that turned most lives around for centuries. Therefore it seems quite logic to see this as the one and only source of the Epic of Gilgamesh and the pirate copy, tale of Noah. I mean, what on Planet Earth would the source of the poem honestly else be?

fascinating lecture but the audio is beyond pants :(

Thank you so much for making these lectures broadly available.

I am truly grateful for the uploads. But why is your audio always so feeble-sounding? Why not offer an engineering student an opportunity?

Audio is a problem, volume is too low. A shame since this seems like such an interesting lecture.

Thanks for the upload!

Superb

It is frustrating that the Penn Museum has yet to solve audio problems. It would seem that putting a mike on your presenter would be a simple solution.

It would also be helpful if you would connect your video to her computer so you can broadcast the videos directly. That would make it much easier to see online.

Record at a louder volume please. Can barley hear this without headphones.

I have the volume up full and cannot hear the lecture. I really wanted to!

You posit that the need for organization of manpower for irrigation drove urbanization. Where can I read/ watch about population estimates- those supported by tidal vs fluvial environments? It's exciting to see archaeological research coming out of Iraq again!

please fix the audio

I was there two weeks ago ❤

Do you expect us to hear this lecture??? Hellooo

Audio killed the video star

Marshland of Cities: Lagash and its Neighbors ca. 2500 BCE 1949pm 6.6.23 the ruination of those two nations in particular iran and iraq (as they are now deemed).

Return Delisha Africa already

Awful audio. Alas, I won't be watching.

Saddam Hussein invaded Iraq “at our encouragement” LMAO you thought you were clever trying to insert your politics into a lecture about Lagash? Disliked.

Sadly really bad audio, like many many of the penn videos. Why, people? You folks control millions in research funds, why cant you get functioning clip-on mics for your speaker like any stay-at-home KZfaqr? This channel has so much interesting stuff, and so much of it is not realy consumable because of bad recording. Much more folks see these vids than the physical talk, invest a little please.