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Digging Up The Past

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A podcast and a site dedicated to the latest historical news and research surrounding the eastern Mediterranean and Near East. Visit: www.diggingupthepast.net and www.diggingupthebible.com

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Digging Up The Past @diggingupthepast.net · Jul 14

What are your thoughts? Has archaeology failed us?

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#archaeology #historyfacts #historylovers #historymatters #ancient #history #ancienthistory

Has Archaeology Failed Us?

Opinion

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Digging Up The Past @diggingupthepast.net · 2d

Check out our latest podcast episode as we sit down with MSU #Classics assistant professor and author Jeremy Swist to discuss Emperor Julian.

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@metalclassicist.bsky.social #history #historyfacts #historymatters #historical #byzantine #romanempire #roman

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Digging Up The Past @diggingupthepast.net · 3d

It was a lot of fun! Thank you for coming onto the program.

Digging Up The Past @diggingupthepast.net · 3d

Who was Julian, Rome’s last pagan emperor, and what was his legacy? I talk with MSU #Classics assistant professor and author Jeremy Swist about how history and early Christian writers shaped his story.

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#history #historyfacts #byzantine #romanempire #roman

The Last Pagan Emperor? Rethinking Julian’s Legacy

Listen now | Episode 30

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Digging Up The Past @diggingupthepast.net · 8d

Be sure to check out Leslie Ivings's latest article on the history of Iconoclasm: www.diggingupthepast.net/p/iconoclasm...

#History #historymatters #historyfacts #historylovers #AncientHistory #ancient #religion #religiousart #Crusaders

Iconoclasm: The Art of Destruction

Guest Article

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Digging Up The Past @diggingupthepast.net · Aug 11

Discussing Constantine V's religious reform with Leslie Ivings.

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#history #historyfacts #historymatters #historical #historylovers #ByzantineEmpire #byzantine #ByzantineHistory #constantine #romanempire #roman

Digging Up The Past @diggingupthepast.net · Aug 10

A new podcast episode available for listen... I sit down with Leslie Ivings to discuss his latest research on Constantine V.

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#history #historyfacts #historymatters #historical #historylovers #ByzantineEmpire #byzantine #constantine #romanempire #roman

The Dung Emperor: Constantine V

Listen now | Episode 28

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Digging Up The Past @diggingupthepast.net · Aug 2

Hard to believe that I have been doing this for 4 years now!

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#ancient #history #archaeology #mythology #myths #podcast #ancientcivilizations #substack

Reflecting on the last 4 years PLUS a new historical poll!

From the Editor

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Digging Up The Past @diggingupthepast.net · Aug 1

Discussing the appeal and what attracts us to these ancient tales with Jess Nadeau.

Digging Up The Past - Episode 26: Unraveling the Role of Mythology in the Ancient World

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#mythology #mythology #ancient #ancientgreece #ancientgreek #history #greekmythology #bizarre

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Digging Up The Past @diggingupthepast.net · Jul 30

Discussing the challenges of Biblical scholarship with Gil Kidron.

Digging Up The Past - Episode 25: How and Why was the Old Testament Bible Written?

#ancient #history #archaeology #bible #biblestudy #biblicalscholarship #oldtestament

Digging Up The Past @diggingupthepast.net · Jul 29

Talking to #Assyriologist Stephanie Dalley about discovering the #HangingGardens in #Assyrian reliefs.

Digging Up The Past - Episode 17: The Might and Influence of the Neo-Assyrians

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#ancient #history #archaeology #assyriology #stephaniedalley #mesopotamia #babylon

Digging Up The Past @diggingupthepast.net · Jul 29

The site is Troy always seems to find another way to surprise us: www.diggingupthepast.net/p/artifacts-...

#ancient #history #archaeology #myth #mythology #troy #trojan #greek #greece #hellas #anatolia #turkey

Artifacts of Trojan War revealed during excavations at Troy

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Digging Up The Past @diggingupthepast.net · Jul 28

Discussing the many challenges of sorting through mythological stories with Anthony Adolph.

#DiggingUpThePast - Episode 20: In Search of Aeneas Redux: Following the Trojan Refugee

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#greek #hellas #history #roman #myth #mythology #ancient

Digging Up The Past @diggingupthepast.net · Jul 27

Discussing the unfortunate fate of women in Greek myth with Mary Naples.

Digging Up The Past - Episode 24: The Unsung Heroines of the Ancient World

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#ancient #history #greek #hellas #myth #mythology #womeninhistory #historymatters

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Lindsay Powell FRHistS @lindsaypowell.bsky.social · Jul 26

A glimpse of two of the four pages of news stories I reported for fab issue 55 of @ancienthistory.bsky.social magazine, which has just been published. Grab your copy now! #AncientBluesky

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Digging Up The Past @diggingupthepast.net · Jul 25

Petros Koutoupis is talking spirit animals with Egyptologist, @chrisnaunton.bsky.social

Digging Up The Past - Episode 23: In Search of Lost Egyptian Tombs

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#egypt #egyptology #ancientegypt #ancient #history

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Digging Up The Past @diggingupthepast.net · Jul 23

Our latest episode is out now! We talk with historian and author, @lindsaypowell.bsky.social, about the Fall of the Roman Republic, Rise of Imperial Rome and more! Be sure to check it out!

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#ancient #history #roman #rome #historypodcast #italy #italian

The Fall of the Republic and Rise of Imperial Rome

Listen now | Episode 27

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Archaeology Magazine @archaeologymag.bsky.social · Jul 22

At the Italian site of San Giuliano, a team has unearthed a rare intact, sealed Etruscan tomb that dates to around 400 B.C, inside a rock-cut chamber shaped like a house holding four individuals lying on carved stone beds.

archaeology.org/news/2025/07/18/rare-undisturbed-etruscan-tomb-opened/

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Digging Up The Past @diggingupthepast.net · Jul 21

Historical researcher and writer, @Anthony Adolph, introduced us to Aeneas and how Virgil used Odysseus and his epic adventure across the Mediterranean as inspiration: www.diggingupthepast.net/p/odysseus-a...

#ancient #history #greek #greece #hellas #rome #italy #italian #mythology #Myths

Odysseus and Aeneas

Guest Article

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Digging Up The Past @diggingupthepast.net · Jul 20

For the couple of you who answered “Ancient Aliens”, I am sorry but maybe next time. 👽🛸

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#greek #ancient #historylovers #historyfacts #ancientgreek #historymatters #archaeology #greece #History #ancienthistory #hellas

Poll Answer: Alexander the Great was tutored by which ancient Greek philosopher?

Poll

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Digging Up The Past @diggingupthepast.net · Jul 19

One more day left to get your vote in!

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#ancient #historylovers #historyfacts #historymatters #archaeology #history #ancienthistory #greek #greece #ancientgreek

Poll Question: Alexander the Great was tutored by which ancient Greek philosopher?

Poll

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Digging Up The Past @diggingupthepast.net · Jul 16

If you didn’t catch the audio recording in May, today I released the video recording. Be sure to go check it out!

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#ancient #historylovers #historyfacts #historymatters #archaeology #history #ancienthistory #bible #biblical #oldtestament

Podcast Video: How and Why was the Old Testament Bible Written?

Watch now | Episode 24

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Digging Up The Past @diggingupthepast.net · Jul 14

What are your thoughts? Has archaeology failed us?

www.diggingupthepast.net/p/has-archae...

#archaeology #historyfacts #historylovers #historymatters #ancient #history #ancienthistory

Has Archaeology Failed Us?

Opinion

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Digging Up The Past @diggingupthepast.net · Jul 13

A fascinating article on the Minoan civilization after the Bronze Age: greekreporter.com/2025/07/12/m...

#Ancient #history #archaeology #greek #historylovers #historyfacts #historymatters #greece #ancienthistory

What Happened to the Minoans After the Bronze Age? - GreekReporter.com

Did the Minoans disappear after the Bronze Age? Or did they continue to exist as a distinct people among the inhabitants of Crete?

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Digging Up The Past @diggingupthepast.net · Jul 9

One of the ancient wonders of the world: Massive blocks from the Pharos Lighthouse of Alexandria hauled up from the Mediterranean

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#ancienthistory #ancient #history #historymatters #historylovers #historyfacts #greek #greece #egypt #egyptian

Massive blocks from the Pharos Lighthouse of Alexandria hauled up from the Mediterranean