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Become a Patron! Check out History is Sexy and Dr. Emma Southon’s website for more info about her books and work! Her most recent book, A Rome of One’s Own: the [...Read More...]

Become a Patron! Here are some documentaries we used to start off our research: Our ancient and modern sources include: HistoryExtra.com: The Truth about Viking Berserkers [...Read More...]

Become a Patron!   Pompeii: The Last Day (BBC Documentary) Real History – Vesuvius Reconstructed (Documentary)  Asolute History: What is was actually  like to [...Read More...]

Become a Patron! Some useful documentaries: Other useful sources include: This crowdsourced translation of Book 1 of the Records of the Grand Historian Ruth Mostern: The [...Read More...]

Become a Patron!   This episode wouldn’t be possible with out the following sources: Timeline – Atlit Yam (video) Ancient Origins – Atlit Yam  The New [...Read More...]

Become a Patron! Here is a helpful documentary: Other sources include: Pseudo-Dionysus of Tel Mahre: Chronicle. Translated by Witold Whitakowski “Yersinia pestis and [...Read More...]

Become a Patron! Here’s that documentary we mentioned in the episode: Other sources include: Victoria C. Smith. “The magnitude and impact of the 431 CE Tierra [...Read More...]

Become a Patron! Here are some very helpful documentaries: Our other sources include: Lorraine Boissoneault. “What Really Turned the Sahara Desert From a Green Oasis [...Read More...]

Become a Patron!   First, let’s share some images of this epic lake!   Look at that impossibly blue lake and Wizard Island!   Here is the Old Man – [...Read More...]

Become a Patron! The Economist: Mammoth society seems to have been like that of modern elephants CNET: Woolly mammoth extinction blamed on climate change, not human hunting. [...Read More...]