Guy D. Middleton

Historian on ancient collapse and its myths

Based in Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

This is a discussion slot, not a performance. Middleton speaks from archaeology and historiography, with the festival framing him around the Late Bronze Age eastern Mediterranean and the question of how societies actually come apart.

More about Guy D. Middleton

He is a historian and author specialising in the ancient Mediterranean world, collapse and transformation, and the archaeology of death and burial. His book Understanding Collapse: Ancient History and Modern Myths came out with Cambridge University Press in 2017, and Unsound notes a 2025 BBC four-part series, Civilisations: Rise and Fall.

Playing

2026-10-03 · DISCUSSION: Double Bind · Museum of Modern Art

For fans of

Mary Beard, J. D. Evans, Eric Cline

Official links

Unsound Website

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