Beneath the Lost Worldhttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/beneath-the-lost-world--7271284enHistoryCopyright Maya Collinshttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/ff4edd14a6de62b91e0a8dc3997a39ad.jpgBeneath the Lost Worldhttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/beneath-the-lost-world--7271284Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:59:41 +0000Maya CollinsMaya Collinsfeeds@spreaker.comCivilizations rise, cities disappear, languages fall silent, and entire chapters of human history become buried beneath forests, deserts, oceans, and modern streets.Beneath the Lost World is a documentary podcast exploring lost cities, ancient...false4c0cf028-6960-542f-96f2-2dd3834e1ec2episodicThe Country Beneath the North Seahttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-country-beneath-the-north-sea--74177694Archaeologists call this drowned world Doggerland. Now, sedimentary ancient DNA recovered from beneath the seabed is revealing something unexpected: parts of this landscape supported temperate forests far earlier than scientists thought, and portions of the lost land may have survived beneath human feet much longer than older reconstructions suggested.
]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74177694Mon, 17 Aug 2026 05:22:57 +0000Maya CollinsBetween Britain and continental Europe lies the North Sea. But for thousands of years after the last Ice Age, much of that water did not exist. Rivers crossed a broad landscape of wetlands, woodland, grassland, and coast where prehistoric people could...Archaeologists call this drowned world Doggerland. Now, sedimentary ancient DNA recovered from beneath the seabed is revealing something unexpected: parts of this landscape supported temperate forests far earlier than scientists thought, and portions of the lost land may have survived beneath human feet much longer than older reconstructions suggested.
]]>897age,ancient,archaeology,dna,doggerland,environment,europe,human,landscapes,lost,mesolithic,migration,north,prehistoric,sea,sedimentary,stone,submerged,underwaterfalsefullWhen the Sahara Was Green, Who Lived There?https://www.spreaker.com/episode/when-the-sahara-was-green-who-lived-there--74174122In twenty twenty five, researchers obtained genome wide ancient DNA from two naturally mummified women buried there roughly seven thousand years ago. The results revealed a previously unknown North African ancestry and challenged a simple idea about how herding spread across the Sahara.
]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74174122Mon, 17 Aug 2026 04:20:37 +0000Maya CollinsToday, the central Sahara is one of the driest places on Earth. But thousands of years ago, lakes, rivers, grasslands, and human communities spread across a very different landscape. At Takarkori rock shelter in southwestern Libya, archaeologists...In twenty twenty five, researchers obtained genome wide ancient DNA from two naturally mummified women buried there roughly seven thousand years ago. The results revealed a previously unknown North African ancestry and challenged a simple idea about how herding spread across the Sahara.
]]>685africa,ancient,archaeogenetics,archaeology,dna,green,history,human,landscapes,lost,migration,north,origins,pastoralism,prehistoric,sahara,takarkorifalsefullThe Maya City Hiding Beside a Highwayhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-maya-city-hiding-beside-a-highway--74172984This episode follows the discovery of Valeriana and asks a larger question. How many Maya cities may still be hidden beneath the forest, not because they were forgotten by everyone, but because modern archaeology has never mapped the landscape in enough detail? The answer is changing how researchers understand Maya urbanism itself.
]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74172984Mon, 17 Aug 2026 04:00:21 +0000Maya CollinsFor years, a stretch of forest in Campeche, Mexico, looked almost empty on archaeological maps. Then researchers reexamined laser mapping data originally collected for environmental monitoring and found something extraordinary: a major Maya urban...This episode follows the discovery of Valeriana and asks a larger question. How many Maya cities may still be hidden beneath the forest, not because they were forgotten by everyone, but because modern archaeology has never mapped the landscape in enough detail? The answer is changing how researchers understand Maya urbanism itself.
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