10 Fierce Debates Rocking Ancient History (2025)

Ten arguments that lit up ancient history this year. From an Old Kingdom genome to the Indo-European homeland, from Petra’s “Treasury tomb” controversy to AI re-dating the Dead Sea Scrolls—here are the 10 fiercest academic debates (2024–2025) with both sides presented. CONTENTS 00:00 Introduction 00:35 Ancient Egyptian genome 02:44 Repatriation vs. Universal Museums 04:31 Indo-European homeland 06:30 AI vs. human translators 08:03 Amazon “cities” 10:08 Celtic identity 11:42 Earliest writing in South India 14:00 Eurocentrism in Classics curricula 16:06 Petra’s Treasury tomb 18:13 Dead Sea Scrolls re-dated by AI? Wondering why I say "BCE" and "CE"? Find out here: https://youtu.be/s6Lv3KpphVg