ancient natural disasters

Become a Patron!   This episode wouldn’t have been possible without the following sources: Britannica.com – Baia Atlas Obscura.com – The Sunken City of [...Read More...]

During the ancient Roman Republic and into the Empire, there was a place all the fabulously wealthy went. An escape from the real world. A place where they could unleash all [...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...]

You’ve been transported almost 2,000 years into the past, to the streets of Pompeii. It’s a brisk autumn morning, around, oh…10 AM…and all hell is about to break [...Read More...]

Cultures on every continent have flood myths, and China is no exception. One of China’s founding myths is one about a singular hero, Yu the Great, and his brilliant works [...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...]

Off the coast of Israel there is an underwater megalithic stone circle dating back to the 7000s BC – that is perfectly preserved, keeping its secrets from another time. [...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...]

This is an episode about a plague that killed up to 100 million people by the time it was done—as many as 60% of its victims. It’s the first documented occurrence of a [...Read More...]