Deep Dive History

Deep Dive History

@deepdivehistorypodcast · 110K subscribers · 15 videos · German

Welcome to Deep Dive History, your guide into the past! If you're fascinated by the epic stories of history, the lives of legendary figures, and the myths th…

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6. THE BOOK OF ENOCH - The Entire Story

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The Book of Enoch is one of the most controversial texts ever left out of the Bible. Written more than two thousand years ago, and said to have been composed by the ancient scribe Enoch, the only man in the Book of Genesis who never died, it tells of a world before the flood, when two hundred rebellious angels abandoned heaven to take human wives, when their monstrous offspring, the giants known as the Nephilim, ravaged the earth, and when a single man was carried to the…

Topics: Prologue: The Book Left Out of the Bible · Part 1: The Return of Enoch · Part 2: The Oath on Mount Hermon · Part 3: The Giants · Part 4: The Watchers’ Petition · Part 5: The House of Fire and Ice

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1:51:21

5. THE EPIC OF GILGAMESH - The Entire Story

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The Epic of Gilgamesh is the oldest surviving story in human history. Written in ancient Mesopotamia more than four thousand years ago, it tells of a tyrannical king of the city of Uruk, and the wild man Enkidu who was created to bring him to his knees. What followed was a friendship that would take both men to the very ends of the earth, in search of the one thing no king can ever claim: eternal life.

Topics: The Epic of Gilgamesh · Prologue: Finding the Oldest Story Ever Written · Part 1: The King of Uruk · Part 2: Gilgamesh and Enkidu · Part 3: The Cedar Forest · Part 4: Ishtar and the Bull of Heaven

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15:54

The Roman Who Watched Pompeii Die Describes the City’s Terrifying Final Hours

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Pompeii is the best-preserved ancient city in the world. Nearly two thousand years after Mount Vesuvius destroyed it, we can still walk down its streets, step inside its houses, and stand beside the shapes of the men, women and children who died where they fell. No other Roman site tells us so much about how ordinary people once lived.

Topics: The Destruction of Pompeii · Letter One · Letter Two

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7:04:06

GREEK MYTHOLOGY - The Entire Story

912K views · 4mo ago · 7:04:06

For three thousand years, Greek Mythology and the myths of ancient Greece have shaped the world we live in, serving as the inspiration behind countless works of art, literature, film, and music, as well as being one of the very foundations of Western culture.

Topics: Greek Mythology · CHAPTER 1: CREATION · Part 1: Out of Chaos · Part 2: The Titans · Part 3: The Titanomachy · Part 4: Typhon

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2:41:33

4. TALES FROM THE GREEK UNDERWORLD - The Entire Story

186K views · 7mo ago · 2:41:33

In Greek Mythology, the Underworld is the vast realm beneath the earth where every mortal soul journeys after death, ruled by Hades and Persephone, the King and Queen of the Dead. It was not simply a place of punishment, but a complete kingdom with its own rivers, judges, and guardians, where the righteous found peace in Elysium and the wicked suffered eternal torments in Tartarus.

Topics: Tales from the Underworld · Chapter 1: Orpheus · Part 2: The Judges of the Dead · Part 3: Tartarus · Part 4: Hades and Persephone · Part 5: The Ascent

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3:48:04

3. THE 12 LABORS OF HERCULES - The Entire Story

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The tale of Heracles and his Twelve Labours is one of the greatest stories in all of Greek mythology, with his legend having inspired countless retellings across the centuries. Born the son of Zeus but cursed by the jealous goddess Hera, Heracles possessed strength beyond any mortal but suffered a fate more tragic than most.

Topics: Hercules · Part 1: The Origin and Birth of Hercules · Part 2: The Youth of Hercules · Part 3: The Madness of Hercules · Part 4: The Labors of Hercules · Labor 1: The Nemean Lion

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4:41:31

2. THE TROJAN WAR - The Entire Story

232K views · 8mo ago · 4:41:31

The Trojan War, immortalised in Homer's Iliad, is one of the greatest and most influential tales of Greek mythology and Western literature, with its story having been told on nearly every corner of the globe. For ten years, the mightiest warriors of Greece laid siege to Troy, the richest city in Asia, fighting for honour, glory, and Helen, a stolen queen.

Topics: The Trojan War · Part 1: The Curse of Troy · Part 2: The House of Priam · Part 3: Leda and the Swan · Part 4: The Judgement of Paris · Part 5: The Gathering of Greeks

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3:53:26

1. THE ODYSSEY - The Entire Story

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The Odyssey is one of the greatest and most influential works of Western literature and Greek mythology, with its story having been told on nearly every corner of the globe. After 10 years of bloody war, the Greek hero Odysseus sought only to return to his wife and home. Instead, he faced a decade-long struggle against angry gods, ravenous monsters, and his own fatal hubris.

Topics: The Odyssey · Prologue: The Wooden Horse · Part 1: Telemachus · Part 2: The Boy Becomes a Man · Part 3: Calypso · Part 4: The Phaeacians

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