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Back to SearchS5 E1 Eds Origin Story at Copan
Season 5 Episode 1
Ever wonder how Ed became an archaeologist? Well here's the story. The year was 1990 and the place was Copan, Honduras. A field school experience …
3 years, 1 month ago
S4 E9 Early Peru
Season 4 Episode 9
Fact - Peru's first pyramids are earlier than Egypt's Not only did they start earlier, they were built for centuries longer. Join Ed as the explain…
3 years, 5 months ago
S4 E8 Poverty Point
Season 4 Episode 8
3500 years ago, Poverty Point was a thriving city of over 5000 people in the bayous of northern Louisiana. Despite not having agriculture or even ce…
3 years, 6 months ago
S4 E7 Mapping Palenque Part 3
Season 4 Episode 7
The final chapter of the Palenque Mapping Project, Season 1. More snakes, more temples, and a robbery at gun point! I got by with a little help fro…
3 years, 7 months ago
S4 E6 Mapping Palenque Part 2
Season 4 Episode 6
The continued story of how I mapped Palenque - still in 1998, field season 1 of 3. In this episode - forest fires, mangos, and skinny dipping.
Suppor…
3 years, 8 months ago
S4 E5 Mapping Palenque Part 1
Season 4 Episode 5
From 1998 to 2000, I led the Palenque Mapping Project. In this episode I'll share the behind the scenes story of how I got the job and the strange t…
3 years, 9 months ago
S4 E4 The Wari
Season 4 Episode 4
The Wari were a civilization of 100's of 1000's of people living in the Andes between 500 and 1000 CE. Never heard of them? You're not alone. In t…
3 years, 10 months ago
S4 E3 Mississippian Burial Patterns
Season 4 Episode 3
Mississippian civilization honored its dead by laying them to rest in pyramidal burial mounds. But why? What did it mean to them and where did they…
3 years, 11 months ago
S4 E2 Mississippian Religion
Season 4 Episode 2
In the centuries before Columbus, millions of people lived in what's now the eastern United States. Today, we call that Mississippian Civilization. …
4 years ago
S4 E1 Dr. Jones I Presume?
Season 4 Episode 1
For most people, Indiana Jones is the archetypal archaeologist. But is he? Indie is a lot of things, but a good archaeologist isn't one of them! J…
4 years, 1 month ago