Archeology fans may find this old hat or be delighted.
Here is a video lecture from here in town...
1177 BC global collapse (long version)

Other topics I find fascinating is the electrical grid of the ancient world and in certain ways how we are still in the semi dark ages, except we are digital in which someday will be harder to find and translate than hieroglyphs.


This is the typical web drivel that is nonetheless 10% true.(quick and dirty)