Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2085: The Thera Eruption
Posted on · Episode: 2085 The Eruption of Thera: a terrible volcano redirects history. Today, a natural disaster alters history.
Tag: archaeology
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2549: Cahokia
Posted on · Episode: 2549 Cahokia, an Ancient American Metropolis. Today, an ancient American metropolis.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2818: The Pompeian Paradox
Posted on · Episode: 2818 The Pompeian Paradox and Fiorelli’s Body Casts. Today, the Pompeian paradox.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1945: Jeffries Wyman
Posted on · Episode: 1945 Jeffries Wyman: Science at its quiet best. Today, a quiet academic.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1874: Jana River
Posted on · Episode: 1874 Implications of a 30,000-year-old culture at Siberia’s Jana River. Today, old spears, by the cold Jana River.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1811: Catacombs
Posted on · Episode: 1811 Catacombs – as seen through nineteenth-century eyes. Today, catacombs.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1711: Melting Glaciers
Posted on · Episode: 1711 In which melting glaciers open up the archaeological record. Today, we follow melting glaciers.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1707: Virtual Temples
Posted on · Episode: 1707 In which virtual reality is more real than we’d expected. Today, information, too dense to be objective.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1705: A 3000-Year-Old Toe
Posted on · Episode: 1705 A 3000-year-old woman with an artificial toe. Today, a big toe made of wood.
News
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1699: Plaster in Çatalhöyük
Posted on · Episode: 1699 Çatalhöyük: An ancient city, held together by plaster. Today, the surprising cement that held an ancient city together.
News
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1679: Last Days of Pompeii
Posted on · Episode: 1679 The last days of Pompeii, rather like our own lives. Today, we visit Pompeii.
Houston Matters
Two Historic Shipwrecks To Check Out Near Galveston
Posted on · Wreckage of the SS Selma can still be seen above the water.
Houston Matters
Understanding the Surprises in Your DNA Results
Posted on · With the rise of ancestry DNA testing services, an expert helps us make sense of what listeners have found in their results.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1526: Learning To Talk
Posted on · Episode: 1526 Learning speech: the Paleolithic technological explosion. Today, we learn to talk.
Houston Matters
UH Researchers Use Lasers To Find Another Lost Civilization — This Time In Guatemala
Posted on · Researchers at UH's National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping were involved in the discovery of a large, previously unknown civilization in the jungles of Guatemala.