A daily briefing of the archaeology and history of sites around the world.
Hochdorf Prince - Episode 18005
The Hochdorf Prince's grave site is a Celtic burial chamber dating from 530 BC and was adorned with massive riches.
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Newgrange - Episode 18004
Ireland's County Meath is home to Newgrange, a Neolithic mound with stone passageways and inner chambers.
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Battle of Visby - Episode 18003
The Battle of Visby was fought over 600 years ago on the island of Gotland. Today, it's an archaeological site that you can visit - and learn from.
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Must Farm - Episode 18002
A Bronze Age settlement in England, Must Farm is an extremely well-preserved settlement that has taught archaeologists a lot about that time and place.
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Series Introduction - Episode 18001
Welcome to the Arch365 Podcast - 2018 Edition - Prepare for another year of awesome archaeology.
A Look Back, And Forward - Episode 365
This is the final episode of 2017! It's been a long, difficult year but we did it! Thanks to all the people that helped make this happen. They're mentioned in the show. We're continuing this through 2018 with a new team of volunteers! Stay subscribed to get the new episodes. We're starting the numbering over at 1 with a numbering scheme of 18001. That's the year first, then, the episode number.
Thanks for listening and we'll see you in 2018 with more great archaeology daily bites!
Kokino - Episode 364
A Bronze Age site in the Republic of Macedonia, Kokino was discovered in just 2001, but, dates back to the 19th century BC.
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Leptis Magna - Episode 363
Some of the best-preserved Roman ruins on the Mediterranean, Leptis Magna was founded in the 7th century BC and was always a hot spot for activity and war.
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Baalbek - Episode 362
Still a thriving city in Lebanon, Baalbek has been inhabited for the last 8,000 to 9,000 years!
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Suyab - Episode 361
The Silk Road was an important trade route for many years. Suyab was an Asian city and important stop on that route.
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Necromanteion - Episode 360
Steeped in history and death, Necromanteion was a Greek temple devoted to Hades and Persephone.
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Turin - Episode 359
Turin is a city rich in history, each square, church and opera house could be an Arch365 episode by itself.
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Otrar - Episode 358
Otrar was a city in what is today Kazakhstan. Its place in central Asia along the fabled Silk Road made it a literal crossroads of ancient history.
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Nineveh - Episode 357
Nineveh was one of the greatest cities in the ancient world… for about fifty years before a coalition of rising powers in the ancient world allied together to raze it to the ground in 612 BC.
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Lindos - Episode 356
Lindos is an archaeological site on the east coast of the island of Rhodes. The city has seen its fair share of history dating from its founding in Classical times by the the same Dorian people mentioned in your high school english class (when you were assigned to read the “Odyssey”), to the Medieval period (when the Knights of St. John defended the island from the Ottomans).
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Petra - Episode 355
The Nabataean capital city of Petra is an archaeological site in southern Jordan. The city is most famous for temples and tombs cut into the rock walls that surround the city.
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Sannai-Maruyama Site - Episode 354
The Sannai-Maruyama Site is a prehistoric Japanese settlement that dates from the Jomon Period (14,000-300 BC), first being settled in 2900 BC and being abandoned in 2300 BC (although the dates of its exact occupation do appear to be in dispute).
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Zacpeten - Episode 353
Zacpeten is a Mayan city located on a peninsula on the shores of Lake Salpeten in the Peten Department (which are the equivalent US states) of northern Guatemala. The city went through several cycles of habitation and abandonment over its active lifespan.
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Shuqba Cave - Episode 352
Shuqba Cave is the site of two of the most important finds in ancient Middle Eastern archaeology. This included the discovery of a previously unknown culture that inhabited the Eastern Mediterranean during the Epipaleolithic era (which is the end of the Ice Age, approximately 12,500-9500 BC), which was named the Natufian Culture (in honor of the nearby valley, Wadi an-Natuf).
Pyramids of Argolis - Episode 351
The Pyramids of Argolis were a series of pyramid shaped structures located in Argolid, Greece. Of these, only two remain (one at Hellenikon and another at Ligourio).
