Who Built the Pyramids? (10/2/24)

Carly Q flashes back to old England to solve the mystery of some lost children who mysteriously appeared in a village speaking a language no one had heard before… Oh, and they were GREEN. Really. Originally aired 11/22/23.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and Califo ... Show More

What do cheesy 1990’s movies and Puerto Rican cuisine have in common? This episode of Who When Wow! Carly travels back to the 90’s to explore a series of strange animal attacks and rumors about a mysterious “monster” roaming the streets… Listen along with a worksheet at https://b ... Show More

Carly Q and Nibbles flashback to Italy in the early 2000’s to investigate a series of random explosions all over the island of Sicily. TV’s, Computers and other electronic devices were suddenly bursting into flames without warning! Meanwhile, the Bureau’s new green “paperless” in ... Show More

In 2013, a group of French and Egyptian archaeologists discovered of cache of papyri as old as the Great Pyramid of Giza. Some of the texts were written by people who had worked on the pyramids: a tally of their daily labour ferrying stones, for instance, between quarry and build ... Show More

Khufu and the Great Pyramid. Around 2580 BCE, King Khnum-Khufu ("Khnum Protects Me") came to power. His reign lasted more than 25 years, and over this quarter century, Egyptians would build the largest pyramid in history... Date c. 2580 - 2550 BCE, www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com ... Show More

<p>Millions of people called ancient Egypt home, and the vast majority of them weren't kings or high priests; they were humble farmers and laborers making their living from the rich black soil surrounding the Nile. That extraordinary land produced so much surplus grain that thous ... Show More

Unveiling the Enigmatic Story of Egypt's First Pharaohs, roughly 5,000 years ago. Tristan Hughes is joined by Professor Aidan Dodson to discuss the renowned Scorpion King and early dynasties, the unifying figure of Narmer, as well as the evolution of early Egyptian tombs and trad ... Show More

Measuring 240 feet long from paw to tail, and around the height of a six-story building, the Great Sphinx is one of Egypt’s most spectacular, and mysterious, monuments. Believed to have been built over four millennia ago, much of its story has been lost to history, and the rest i ... Show More

A forgotten heir; a Great Sphinx. Following the death of King Khufu, the throne passed to one of his sons, Djed-ef-Ra. Then, it passed to Khafra ("He Appears Like Ra"). These kings are important, but only Khafra is remembered thanks to his enormous pyramid and the Great Sphinx of ... Show More

In November 1922, in Egypt's Valley of the Kings, a young water boy called Hussein Abdul Rasoul makes a remarkable discovery. A set of stone steps lies concealed beneath the desert sand - a staircase leading to a long-lost tomb. The mummified pharaoh within will capture the imagi ... Show More

<p>August 15, 1939. After its production was plagued by controversy and accidents, ambitious MGM film <em>The Wizard of Oz</em> premieres in Los Angeles.</p><p><br></p><ul><li><strong>Support the show!</strong>&nbsp;Join&nbsp;<a href="https://intohistory.com/" rel="noopener noref ... Show More

What would an average ancient Egyptian citizen's relationship have been with the pyramids? Why did they wear gooey wax cones on their heads? And what was it like to attend an Egyptian religious ritual? In this third episode of our series Ancient Egypt: the big questions, Emily Br ... Show More

<p>February 13, 1935. German immigrant Bruno Hauptmann is convicted for the murder of the 20-month-old son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh. This episode originally aired in 2023.</p><p><br></p><ul><li><strong>Support the show!</strong>&nbsp;Join&nbsp;<a href="https://intohistory.co ... Show More