The Baghdad Battery? Archaeologist Reacts!

In this special episode of Artifactually Speaking, archaeologist Dr. Brad Hafford (that's me) reacts to a video about the "Baghdad Battery" posted by Milo Rossi (@miniminuteman). Although the object is related to a conspiracy theory or two, it's an actual ancient Near Eastern object, so it's largely in my field. I talked about it on a podcast (Don't Wreck Yourself, hosted by Ryan Placchetti) and was interested to find out more. So, by reacting to what Milo has to say about it, I have the opportunity to also talk about what I've learned in my journey of deep research into this enigmatic object.
Be sure to check out all of Milo Rossi's videos:
/ @miniminuteman773
And check out Ryan Placchetti's podcast:
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A new project at the Penn Museum is looking into incantation bowls:
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and I've noticed two errors in the pop-up texts in my video:
at 17:12 Ctesiphon is misspelled as Cetesiphon
at 21:18 Seleukia should read Ctesiphon