Antique Lands — short films from the ancient world
The strangest real jobs in history, lived first-person.
Thirty-second reconstructions of working life between 2500 BC and 1150 AD — the liver-reader, the tooth-jeweler, the oracle. Each one is built from the published archaeology, with sources on every page. New civilization every week.
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Greece · c. 500 BC
Day in the Life of the Oracle of Delphi
One day a month

Indus Valley · c. 2500 BC
Day in the Life of an Indus Valley Bead Driller
3 days a bead

Khmer · c. 1150 AD
Day in the Life of an Angkor Temple Dancer
For gods only

Nabataea · c. 50 AD
Day in the Life of a Petra Stonemason
He carved top-down

Carthage · c. 300 BC
Day in the Life of a Carthage Purple-Dyer
12,000 snails

Maya · c. 700 AD
Day in the Life of a Maya Tooth-Jeweler
Jade in live teeth

Babylonia · c. 600 BC
Day in the Life of a Babylonian bārû
He read sheep livers