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[This is a guest post by Alexander Bazes] I was delighted to discover this well-researched (and very entertaining) YouTube video about the Baghdad Battery by Penn Museum archaeologist Dr. Brad Hafford (I have reached out to him with my recent article on Sino-Platonic Papers and welcome his criticism). "The Baghdad Battery? Archaeologist Reacts!" (33:02) Towards […]