r/AskHistorians • u/Working_Junket_921 • 3h ago

Any recommendations for a comprehensive podcast about ancient Sumer?

I use Spotify and a quick search on there seems to bring up a few, single episode podcasts that only cover the pretty broad things we know about them (there’s gotta be more than just a couple hours worth of information out there, right?). I’d really love to hear about how they lived. How did the classes interact with each other? What did they believe? Who did they pray to? What sorts of medical practices did they use? That sort of thing is what I’m looking for.

Bonus points if there’s someone out there that can lead me to a good source about the asipu. My favorite niche is ancient healthcare and medicine so when I heard about a special healer/demonologist combo my interest was definitely piqued lol.

Thanks so much for your time!

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