Episode 8 is now live!

Posted on October 25, 2019March 5, 2021 by Paul M.M. Cooper

In the dusts of Iraq, the ruins of the world’s first civilization lie buried.

This episode, we travel into the extremely distant past to look at the Sumerians. These ancient people invented writing and mathematics, and built some of the largest cities that the world had ever seen. Find out about the mystery of their origins, and learn how they rose from humble beginnings to form the foundation of all our modern societies. With myths, proverbs and even some recreated Sumerian music, travel back to where it all began, and find out how humanity’s first civilization fell.

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🗿 Episode 6 of Fall of Civilizations is now live! 🗿

Posted on July 26, 2019March 5, 2021 by Paul M.M. Cooper

In this episode, we take a look at one of archaeology’s most enduring puzzles: the mystery of Easter Island. Find out how this unique community grew up in complete isolation, severed from the rest of the world by a vast expanse of ocean. Discover the incredible story of how it survived for so many centuries, and examine the evidence about what happened to finally bring this society, and its statues, crashing down.

This episode, we’re joined by children from the Toki School of Music and Arts on Easter Island, who were kind enough to record some traditional ancestral chants especially for the podcast.

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Episode one of Fall of Civilizations is now live!

Posted on January 21, 2019January 21, 2019 by Paul M.M. Cooper

Episode 1 of the Fall of Civilizations Podcast is now live!

A vast ruined bath house, a fire-damaged poem and a world teetering on the brink of collapse.

In this episode, we look at the collapse of Roman Britain. Find out how a great civilization grew up almost overnight on the island of Britannia, how it endured the test of centuries against barbarian invasions and foolish rulers, and what happened after its final dramatic collapse.

Coming soon to iTunes, Stitcher and Spotify.

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