This is the real thing! A respectable anthropologist's new book lays out a good case for the existence of truly ancient people in a remote area. Is it really Denmark? You'll have to listen to find out! Dan joins Bernie on this episode of What's New In History Link https://www.sapiens.org/biology/flores-island-ape-men/ This is a podcast by Dan Hörning and Bernie Maopolski. If you like what we do you can support the Fan of History project on https://www.patreon.com/fanofhistory Contact information: http://facebook.com/fanofhistory https://twitter.com/danhorning https://www.instagram.com/dan ..read more

Roman history expert Dan Horning joins Bernie on this episode of "What's New in History".  An archeologist makes a serendipitous discovery without lifting a shovel, but what does this finding tell us? Check it out to find out and be enlightened (and entertained too!) Links: https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/ancient-roman-camps-from-secret-military-mission-spotted-using-google-earth This is a podcast by Dan Hörning and Bernie Maopolski. If you like what we do you can support the Fan of History project on https://www.patreon.com/fanofhistory Contact information: http://fac ..read more

We're in the heart of the Spring and Autumn Period of Chinese history. Our time now is the pre-dawn of Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism with the states in the central plains at each other's throats as usual. Today we have small battles and intrigue, culminating in another showdown between Jin and Chu. Plus we have our first meeting with Lao Tzu the founder of Taoism, and DEFINITELY listen to the end to hear some reviews... one is a bit shocking! Links: This is the version of the Tao te Ching set to music I listen to /Bernie https://youtu.be/beGKqSJvLDA This is an audio link to the same ver ..read more

We’re bringing sexy back! Well, we’re bringing back the Assyrian Empire which Fans of Fan of History find sexy. This dig near Mosul Iraq, in the ruins of the ancient city of Nineveh by Iraqi and American archeologists is definitely finding sexy artifacts: Precious objects made of ostrich eggshells, elaborately painted walls, furniture inlaid with carved hippopotamus and elephant ivory, and an especially amazing object… Well you’ll just need to listen to find out!  All that and a surprise for Dan who joins Bernie on this episode of What’s New in History. PS – F.U. ISIS Show notes/Links ..read more

In this SEVENTH episode of the 580's Dan and Bernie go to China for another battle and some new archeology. We're in the Spring and Autumn period where the jockeying for power and battles are still going full swing. We'll also catch you up to where we are now in Chinese history and how we got here. This is a podcast by Dan Hörning and Bernie Maopolski. If you like what we do you can support the Fan of History project on https://www.patreon.com/fanofhistory Contact information: http://facebook.com/fanofhistory https://twitter.com/danhorning https://www.instagram.com/dan_horning/ Music: “Tu ..read more

Yes it’s all true… The recent discovery of a 11,400-year-old village in Turkey challenges ideas of when and why humans first settled down. Excavations at monumental site Karahan Tepe, near the Turkish-Syrian border, suggest that society was established before the dawn of agriculture. LINKS https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-04-13/ty-article/what-drove-humans-to-settle-israeli-researchers-offer-new-paradigm-for-neolithic-puzzle/00000187-7a42-d484-adef-fac60a5c0000 https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2021/11/17/discovery-turkey-karahan-tepe https://www.thearchaeologist.org/blog/discovery-of-t ..read more

Could this be the most famous person Dan and Bernie have podcasted about? Move over Baby Yoda... we've got baby Cyrus the Great! Maybe he's not a Jedi master but soon he will be the master of a HUGE EMPIRE. This story is full of thrills and close calls so don't miss it! This is a podcast by Dan Hörning and Bernie Maopolski. If you like what we do you can support the Fan of History project on https://www.patreon.com/fanofhistory Contact information: http://facebook.com/fanofhistory https://twitter.com/danhorning https://www.instagram.com/dan_horning/ Music: “Tudor Theme” by urmymuse. Used h ..read more

As Dan would say WHAT??!! Dan joins Bernie on this episode of What’s New In History where we learn that our hominid ancestors probably were “sailing” something like a HALF MILLION YEARS AGO! What sounds like a crazy theory at first will become much clearer after you hear our brilliant minds discuss this … as well as bigfoot, Chewbacca, South American monkeys, and UFOs. What else can you ask for! Links: https://www.salon.com/2022/12/28/our-human-ancestors-learned-to-sail-half-a-million-years-ago-study-suggests/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1040618222002774?via%3Dihub ..read more

Lots of hard to pronounce names in this one and lot's going on! Nebuchadnezzar - who's still on the warpath Psammetichus - RIP Ankhnesneferibre - Listen to Dan and Bernie pronounce her name Astyages - the Median crown prince gets a wife Cambyses - the new King of Anshan We have a good Herodotus story about Scythians, an underground city in Anatolia, battles in Sicily and Sardinia, and The Battle of the Eclipse. All that and more... seriously there's more! Don't miss it! This is a podcast by Dan Hörning and Bernie Maopolski. If you like what we do you can support the Fan of History proje ..read more