Who Were the Sea Peoples?

Did the Tartarian Empire really exist? We explore old maps, real history, and wild conspiracy theories—mud floods, giants, and architecture—to separate misunderstood cartography from internet myth, fact from fiction worldwide. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/ ...  Show more

Did warrior women inspire Greek myth? Explore Amazons, Scythian fighters, archaeology, and legend to uncover whether history hides real female warriors behind one of antiquity’s most powerful myths. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 

The popular BBC television series Villages by the Sea explores coastal life through the centuries. Its presenter Ben Robinson is an archaeologist with the fantastic job of exploring lost villages and uncovering their secrets, including those that give an insight into ...

Thousands of years ago, a group of people hid priceless religious texts in caves along the Dead Sea’s West Bank. But who wrote them? And what secrets are still waiting to be decoded? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 

When assigning blame for the Bronze Age Collapse, the most common culprits are said to be the Sea Peoples: nomadic raiders and sackers of cities who plied the sea-lanes of the late Bronze Age world and brought to an end centuries of flourishing trade and culture. Yet who were ...

Since it was created 900 years ago, the Bayeux Tapestry has survived war, revolution and the ravages of time. This fragile piece of linen, almost seventy metres long, depicts the events leading up to the Norman invasion of England. But who created it, and why? What do its graphic ...  Show more