Episodes

  • Drone Reveals Shockingly Huge Size of 3,000-Year-Old Caucasus Settlement | Ancient Origins

    Drone Reveals Shockingly Huge Size of 3,000-Year-Old Caucasus Settlement | Ancient Origins
    Jan 9 2025
    Drone surveys have revealed that the 3,000-year-old fortified settlement of Dmanisis Gore in the Caucasus Mountains was far more vast than previously realized.
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    6 mins
  • New Excavation of ‘Rings of Mystery’ in Australia Reveals Rich Aboriginal History | Ancient Origins

    New Excavation of ‘Rings of Mystery’ in Australia Reveals Rich Aboriginal History | Ancient Origins
    Jan 9 2025
    Australian archaeologists have completed excavations at an earth ring found in Victoria, learning valuable information about its ancient Aboriginal creators.
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    6 mins
  • Board Games Never Die: Part One, the Games of Ancient Times | Ancient Origins

    Board Games Never Die: Part One, the Games of Ancient Times | Ancient Origins
    Jan 8 2025
    Board games were wildly popular in the ancient cultures that arose in Egypt, China, Mesopotamia, and the Indus Valley more than 4,000 years ago.
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    6 mins
  • The Black Knight Satellite: A Perplexing Alien Visitor in Orbit - Part 1 | Ancient Origins

    The Black Knight Satellite: A Perplexing Alien Visitor in Orbit - Part 1 | Ancient Origins
    Jan 8 2025
    The Black Knight is a mysterious object that was seen orbiting the Earth in 1954 and again in 1998. Is it an artificial satellite, tiny moon, or alien probe?
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    16 mins
  • Archaeologists Discover 4,000-Year-Old Tomb of Egyptian Doctor and Magician | Ancient Origins

    Archaeologists Discover 4,000-Year-Old Tomb of Egyptian Doctor and Magician | Ancient Origins
    Jan 8 2025
    Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered the tomb of Teti Neb Fu, a colorful physician and magician who served the court of Pharaoh Pepi II 4,000 years ago.
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    5 mins
  • Ancient Paleo Diet Debunked: Human Ancestors Loved Their Carbs, Too | Ancient Origins

    Ancient Paleo Diet Debunked: Human Ancestors Loved Their Carbs, Too | Ancient Origins
    Jan 7 2025
    Archaeologists found plant traces on 780,000-year-old tools unearthed at Gesher Benot Ya’akov in Israel, proving that ancient diets were largely plant-based.
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    6 mins
  • What Caused Decline of Eastern Roman Empire? Not Disease or Climate Change | Ancient Origins

    What Caused Decline of Eastern Roman Empire? Not Disease or Climate Change | Ancient Origins
    Jan 7 2025
    The Eastern Roman Empire did not experience a decline in its fortunes in the 6th century as a result of climate change and disease, new research shows.
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    5 mins
  • The Forgotten Front: How the Wendish Crusade Redefined Power in the Baltic Region | Ancient Origins

    The Forgotten Front: How the Wendish Crusade Redefined Power in the Baltic Region | Ancient Origins
    Jan 6 2025
    The Wendish Crusade of 1147 changed the balance of power in the Baltic region, oppressing the pagan Slavs while favoring the Germans and the Holy Roman Empire.
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    3 mins