An Egyptian, a Babylonian, and a Viking walk into a bar.

Egypt, Mesopotamia, Vikings. Three civilizations, three mythologies. All the archaeology and mythology of three important civilizations with their great and small stories, presented in the most enjoyable way.
Which Pharaoh abolished the ancient gods and the entire priesthood, creating a god of his own? Why did Egyptian workers go on mass strikes against the Pharaoh? How did Osiris become an ancient god of resurrection? How did the goddess Isis win a trial while she was banned from entering the courtroom? Which Babylonian princess is the first female writer in the world? Why is the Epic of Gilgamesh the first self-knowledge book in history? How was there Bluetooth in Viking Scandinavia? How did the Vikings reach America and what happened to those who arrived? Why did Thor dress as a bride and how did Odin lose his eye? The cultures and mythologies of the world unfold their most shocking stories.

[…] I walked into his first class, Friday morning I remember, and it was like stepping into a time capsule with an IMAX screen. The grim, mustachioed old professor in front of the blackboard in the classroom was transformed into something else. How he loved what he was teaching!
How he enjoyed sharing his science! I was mesmerized. His slides and the way he described what he was saying made us forget that we were in class and anxiously await the next sentence.

What is the deaf person?
Heinrich (yes, we called him by his middle name) was from Hamelin, Germany. From the same place as the Pied Piper of Hamelin. Do you remember him? He was the piper who drove the mice out of town with his magic pipe, and when they didn't pay him, he played his pipe again and got
The children of the town accompanied him. That's how Heinrich enchanted us too.
With him I discovered the magic of northern European heritage, that wherever there is humanity, there is archaeology and every little human story can become shocking, and I can boldly admit that since then he was the only one whose lecture I never missed and that two hours on Friday I was looking forward to it.

Thank you, Heinrich, for those trips.