Archive - Digging Up The Past

Ancient Engineering, Royal Secrets, New Trivia Question and the Stories That Hook Us

From the Editor

23 hrs ago • Petros Koutoupis

Christmas, Ancient Beer, Roman Drugs, Alexander the Great, a New Trivia Question and More

From the Editor

Oct 4 • Petros Koutoupis

Was Beer Safer Than Water in Ancient Mesopotamia?

One-Minute Dig: Episode 8

Oct 1 • Petros Koutoupis

1:00

September 2026

Merry Christmas, Saturnalia or festival of Sol Invictus?

Sep 29 • Marc Hyden

Some Secrets Stayed Buried. Others Were Written Down: Lost Languages, Amarna Tablets, Ancient Treasures, New Trivia Question and More.

From the Editor

Sep 27 • Petros Koutoupis

The Pharaoh's Inbox: Inside the Amarna Letters With Dr. Eric H. Cline

Sep 24 • Petros Koutoupis

1:03:31

The Mystery of Eteocypriot: Reexamining Cyprus’s Lost Language

Featured Article

Sep 22 • Petros Koutoupis

Titus an Inventor of Christianity? More Trivia, Cartoon Captions

From the Editor

Sep 20 • Petros Koutoupis

The World's First Recorded Ghost Story

One-Minute Dig: Episode 7

Sep 17 • Petros Koutoupis

1:07

Caesar of Savior, Did Emperor Titus Invent Christianity?

Sep 15 • Marc Hyden

History Doesn’t Come With a Reset Button: From Justinian, to Roman Fast Food, Roman Baths, Hidden Cities, Ancient Games, New Cartoon…

From the Editor

Sep 13 • Petros Koutoupis

Ancient Rome Had Fast Food Too

One-Minute Dig: Episode 6

Sep 10 • Petros Koutoupis

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