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David Wengrow

David Wengrow is professor of comparative archaeology at University College London. He is the author of The Origins of Monsters (2013) and What Makes Civilization? (2nd ed, 2018).

concert in Palmyra

A history of true civilisation is not one of monuments

David Wengrow, Aeon

Civilisation is a way of talking about human history on the largest scale. From the cave paintings of Lascaux to the latest MoMA exhibition, it binds human history together.

September 9, 2020

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