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Vikings in North America
9 November 2021Five centuries before Christopher Columbus set foot in America, the Vikings had already crossed the Atlantic. Using new dating techniques, scientists...
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The Rise and Fall of the Berlin Wall
9 November 2021The Berlin Wall was an icon of the Cold War and a physical embodiment of the divide between East and West. Its rise and fall was a microcosm of...
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England: Devil-Land 1588-1688
8 November 2021In the 17th century, England was known as "Devil-Land" - a diabolical country torn apart by seditious rebellion, religious extremism and royal...
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The Berlin Wall & The Tunnels Beneath It
8 November 2021On 9 November 1989, the commander of a Berlin Wall border crossing yielded to demands and allowed guards to open the checkpoints. By the end of...
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Colonel Gaddafi and Libya
8 November 2021Even after his overthrow and bloody death in 2011, Colonel Gaddafi still looms large over Libya but there is much more to the history of this...
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The First Astronomers
7 November 2021For thousands of years indigenous Australians, the longest living culture on Earth, have been fascinated by the stars. In this episode, Gamilaraay...
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Bar Kokhba: Hadrian's Worst Nightmare
7 November 2021In AD132 began the bloody struggle over who would rule a nation. The clash of two ancient cultures was fought between two strong-willed leaders,...
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Hundred Years' War
6 November 2021Over 100 years of conflict, two warring nations, five monarchs on either side and countless casualties in a dispute over claims to the throne: in...
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Battle of Beecher Island
5 November 2021September 1868, 3 years after the Civil War, saw an outnumbered United States Army patrol against six hundred Native warriors on the American...
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The Gunpowder Plot
5 November 2021On 5 November 1605, an audacious plan to decapitate the British state was foiled when Guy Fawkes and nearly a ton of gunpowder were discovered in an...
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Ottoman Empire in the Renaissance
4 November 2021The Ottoman Empire has long been seen as the Islamic-Asian opposite of the Christian-European West. But the reality was very different: the...
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Glasgow's Roman Remains & Hadrian's Wall
4 November 2021To align with the COP26 conference in Glasgow, this episode features legendary Roman Britain archaeologist Dr David Breeze talking about his many...
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