Tag: Archaeology
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BP Bonus: Cahokia Redux
The break is quickly coming to an end, but Dave and David have a couple more tricks up their sleeves – like a return to Cahokia! The boys welcome Dr Maggie Rallo, a current medical doctor who worked as an archaeologist excavating Cahokia. Maggie talks about her time digging up bones and artifacts around the…
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Ep 155: Angkor Wat
Grab a handkerchief for the sweat and watch your step for snakes, Blurry Photos are taking you to the jungle and Angkor Wat! The largest religious complex in the world, Angkor Wat is a marvel of engineering and architecture in the Cambodian jungle but is often overlooked in history books. The Davids hack their way…
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Episode 133: Petra
Grab those camels and dust off the rifle, Blurry Photos are riding into Petra! Nicknamed the Red Rose City, Petra is a jewel of a lost city found among a beautiful sandstone landscape. But how did it come about? Who carved the gorgeous architecture into the Jordanian mountains? Why was the city lost to the…
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Episode 45: Tiwanaku
It’s still hot out, but not like the hot spot for mystery that is Tiwanaku. Flora and Stecco travel once again to South America to take a look at some of the best and strangest archaeology the world has to offer. Situated in the Bolivian Andes, Tiwanaku (or Tiahuanaco or any of a host of…