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Professor Peter Mancall on Understanding Colonial America
Season 2 Episode 44
Professor Peter Mancall is one of the finest historians of colonial America working today, and he's written a banger of a book, the newest entry in t…
8 hours ago
Tollund Man
Season 2 Episode 42
More than 2,400 years ago, a man living in southern Denmark was hung from a plaited leather cord, then buried in a bog. There he stayed until 1950, w…
1 week ago
Bog Bodies
Season 2 Episode 40
Bog bodies - the age-old remains of people who were submerged in bogs - are an eerie sight. Soft tissue remains, often to an even greater extent than…
2 weeks ago
The Human Sacrifices of the Shang Dynasty
Season 2 Episode 38
Over more than two centuries, the rulers of Bronze Age China's Shang Dynasty sacrificed at least 13,000 people. Who were they? Where had they come fr…
3 weeks ago
Interview: James Romm - Since You’re Mortal: Life Lessons from the Lost Greek Plays
Season 2 Episode 36
What can we learn from the past? Professor James Romm, celebrated classicist and prolific author, joins me to discuss his new book Since You're Morta…
4 weeks ago
The Tomb of Fu Hao and the Rise of the Shang Dynasty
Season 2 Episode 34
More than 3,000 years ago, a queen was buried in the city of Anyang, China. Hundreds of bone, jade, and bronze artifacts were buried with her, and so…
1 month ago
Interview: Professor Thomas Asbridge on the Black Death
Season 2 Episode 32
I've been waiting for someone to write a comprehensive, up-to-date history of the Black Death for years, and if that were all Professor Thomas Asbrid…
1 month, 1 week ago
The Workers of Deir el-Medina
Season 2 Episode 30
Who built the extraordinary tombs for Egypt's rulers in the Valley of the Kings? The residents of the nearby village of Deir el-Medina, where for cen…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Ancient Egypt's Underclass
Season 2 Episode 28
Considering the richness of our evidence about ancient Egypt, for much of the country's long history we know surprisingly little about the lives of i…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Interview: Shannon Chakraborty and Historical Fantasy
Season 2 Episode 26
Shannon Chakraborty is a bestselling author of wonderful historical fantasy (Daevabad Trilogy, The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi, The Tapestry of Fat…
2 months ago