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History Fuzz

Hosted by Scottish filmmaker and writer Ashley Cowie, the History Fuzz podcast presents weekly interviews with leading research scientists. Each episode reveals the motivations, tools, and skills of the ancient skywatchers, surveyors, architects and builders who created awe-inspiring stone structures within monumental landscapes.Become a History Fuzz member for early, ad-free access to new episodes, exclusive video content, documentaries, articles and maps.

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71:52

Göbekli Tepe and Graham Hancock: Astro-Archaeology...

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2025/06/27

Ancient archaeology, history and archaeoastronomy fan? Subscribe to History Fuzz on Youtube and watch this episode with video - https://bitly.cx/5cGeyEpisode #24. Dr. Robert Barratt: Computational Archaeologist at Queens University, Belfast.Ancient civilizations intentionally aligned monumetal architecture with the stars, but to what extent? In this thought-provoking discussion, Dr. Robert Barratt shares his recent archaeoastronomy paper, analyzing the work of ancient cultures, questioning the

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66:24

Cahokia's Ancient Astronomers: America's Celestial...

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2025/05/14

For epic ancient history, archaeology and archaeoastronomy subscribe on YouTube: https://bitly.cx/5cGeyEpisode #23. Professor Timothy Pauketat: Director: Illinois State Archaeological SurveyProfessor Timothy Pauketat, Director of the Illinois State Archaeological Survey, joins us to delve into the history and archaeology of Cahokia, one of North America's most advanced pre-Columbian civilizations. Exploring its ancestral geometry, lunar alignments, and ritual landscapes, he reveals how structures

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66:25

#22 - Richard Friedman. Unveiling Chaco Canyon. 3D...

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2025/01/31

For epic history, archaeology and archaeoastronomy subscribe to History Fuzz on YouTube: https://bitly.cx/5cGeyAncient archaeology and exploration come together as we delve into the expertise of Richard Friedman, a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) specialist who integrates aerial technologies, remote sensing, and ground surveying at archaeological sites. Joining him is Walter Payne, a Remote Sensing Scientist and Space Analyst, who films with Ashley in Colombia producing geospatial maps of

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72:33

#21 - Dr. Allard Mees. Magdalenenberg: Germany's...

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2025/01/18

You are about to explore the intersection of ancient astronomy and prehistoric engineering, at Germany's Magdalenenberg mega mound. Joining us is Dr. Allard Mees, an archaeologist and head of the scientific IT department at the Leibniz institute of archaeology in Mainz, Germany.Allard takes us on an extraordinary journey through, around and above the archaeology of this massive ancient superstructure, unveiling its role as a sophisticated tool of archaeoastronomy for charting the movements of the

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61:30

#20 - Dr. Antonio César González-Garcia. Jordan's...

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2024/12/21

In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Antonio César González-Garcia, the President of the European Society for Astronomy in Culture (SEAC) since 2017, a renowned Astrophysicist and Archaeoastronomer whose groundbreaking research bridges the cosmos and culture. With a PhD in Astrophysics from Groningen and extensive fieldwork across Europe, the Near East, and Anatolia, Dr. González-Garcia has dedicated his career to uncovering the celestial connections behind ancient structures.Together, we delve

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61:07

#19 - Professor Steven R. Gullberg. Astronomical...

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2024/11/12

Professor Steve Gullberg is a master of Andean archaeoastronomy, and in this episode he reveals how Inca structures align with the cosmos to mark celestial events. Discover Inca astronomy, architecture and cosmovision, at the intersection of time and space, in this illuminating episode of History Fuzz.Contact Steven Gullberg: srgullberg@ou.eduBuy Ashley's new book "Ropes and Ruins" here: https://amzn.to/4dGAWXYSubscribe to the History Fuzz podcast and never miss an episodeFor $5/month History Fuzz

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101:43

#18 - Professor Radoslaw Palonka. Deciphering...

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2024/08/12

Professor Radoslaw Palonka from Jagiellonian University discusses his innovative archaeoastronomy research at Crow Canyon. This ancient monumental landscape in southwestern Colorado reveals how Ancestral Puebloans integrated celestial observations into their rituals, offering deep insights into their societal and ritualistic complexities.Visit Crow Canyon's official website: https://crowcanyon.org/Buy Ashley's new book "Ropes and Ruins" here: https://amzn.to/4dGAWXY Subscribe to the History Fuzz

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57:45

#17 - Professor Marc Frincu. Ancient Astronomy in the...

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2024/06/01

Professor Marc Frincu is an authority in distributed systems, big data, smart grids, astronomy, and archaeoastronomy. Marc is also the secretary of the European Society for Astronomy in Culture and vice-president of the Romanian Society of Cultural Astronomy.In this episode Marc guides us deep into the Armenian Highlands and relives his extraordinary discoveries of Bronze Age astronomical devices. He discusses the functionality of mysterious spiral and cup-shaped petroglyphs, and delineates

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99:09

#16 - Ian Hinton. Medieval Church Secrets:...

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2024/05/21

18th-century Freemasons believed medieval church architects in England oriented their buildings with the azimuth of sunrise on the day of the patronal saint. However, having spent over ten years exploring the English countryside with a compass Ian Hinton surveyed the alignments of over 2000 rural churches and his work thoroughly debunks this romantic masonic notion.In this episode Ian discusses the hidden complexities of church building, revealing a suite of masonic secrets and myths. And after

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62:14

#15 - Professor Timothy Pauketat. Beneath Cahokia:...

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2024/05/14

Professor Timothy Pauketat, Director of the Illinois State Archaeological Survey, is a leading authority on Mesoamerican-Southwestern connections, and in this conversation he reveals the secrets of Cahokia, the major precolonial ceremonial centre located near St. Louis, Missouri, in the Midwestern region of the United States.Journeying into indigenous American cultures' astronomy and sacred geography, Timothy presents an astronomically aligned landscape reflecting the Milky Way and key stages of the

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70:20

#14 - Dr. Philip Tonner. Heidegger, Dwelling and...

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2024/05/02

With a background in philosophy, archaeology, and education Dr. Philip Tonner has taught at a number of Universities and secondary schools across the UK, and he is currently a Lecturer at the University of Glasgow’s School of Education.Regarding his recent book - Dwelling: Heidegger, Archaeology, Mortality, one reviewer wrote “There really isn’t any directly comparable book – it is unique,” and in many ways so too is the following conversation.In this episode we discuss the Phenomenology of

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89:07

#13 - Dr. Richard Friedman. Chaco Pt 03: Charting the...

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2024/04/25

Dr. Richard Friedman is an expert in Geographic Information Systems [GIS] who integrates aerial technologies with remote sensing and ground surveying at archaeological sites.In this episode we return to the Chaco Canyon in the US southwest where Richard outlines the astronomical, geographical and cosmological aspects of this vast assembly of tracks, roads, ways, sacred structures and underlying alignments.Richard explains that the monumental landscape not only reflects aspects of the night sky, and

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72:28

#12 - Dr. Claus Clausen. Mapping Neolithic lunar...

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2024/04/18

Claus Clausen has a background in Astrophysics and he works as an independent researcher associated with the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen, Denmark.Having mapped the alignments of funnel beaker culture passage graves across Western Europe, in this episode Claus describes a matrix of sites with lunar orientations and he shares his theory about a megalithic lunar seasonal pointer.And introducing a perplexing historical anomaly Claus details vast triangular assemblies of burial sites within

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78:09

#11 - Dr. Gail Higginbottom. Scotland Pt 02. Cultural...

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2024/04/09

Dr. Gail Higginbottom is a landscape archaeologist, cultural heritage manager, and theorist specializing in Europe's ancient and prehistoric cultures.Utilizing digital archaeology, including drones, photogrammetry, geographical information systems, and 3D software, Gail recreates night skies and interprets them against past landscapes.In this episode, we discuss archaeoastronomy and cultural astronomy in Neolithic and Bronze Age Scotland. Gail describes the unified roles of community skywatchers and

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42:00

#10 - Professor Anthony F. Aveni. Peru Pt 03. Inca...

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2024/04/02

Having authored over two dozen books on ancient astronomy Professor Anthony F. Aveni is considered one of the founders of Mesoamerican and South American archaeoastronomy.Anthony is the Russell Colgate Distinguished University Professor of Astronomy, Anthropology, and Native American Studies, Emeritus, serving appointments in both Departments of Physics & Astronomy and Sociology and Anthropology at Colgate University. Listed in Rolling Stone magazine's 10 best university professors in the U.S

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83:56

#09 - Professor Helen Benigni and Barbara Carter....

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2024/03/26

Professor Helen Benigni and Barbara Carter co-authored the best-selling book “The Myth of the Year, Returning to the Origin of the Druid Calendar”. Exploring where Celtic and Greek astronomy influenced mythology the authors presented academically rigorous interpretations of the Coligny calendar discovered in France, and the sacred Eleusian calendar of ancient Greece.Exploring where the night sky meets ancient mythology in this far-reaching episode you’ll learn how lunar and venetian astronomy

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74:45

#08 - Dr. Ed Barnhart - ArchaeoEd Podcast. Sacred...

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2024/03/12

Having served almost three decades as an archaeologist, explorer, and instructor Dr. Edwin Barnhart, referred to herein as Ed, is Director of the Maya Exploration Center and host of the ArchaeoEd podcast. As a distinguished Fellow of the Explorers Club Ed has published numerous papers and he’s featured in over a dozen documentaries about the astronomy and architecture of ancient civilizations.Ed’s aerial fieldwork in Northwestern Belize led to the discovery of the ancient city of Ma'ax Na, which is

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114:29

#07 - Professor Brian S. Bauer. Peru Pt 02. Island of...

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2024/03/05

Brian S. Bauer is a Full Professor in the Department of Anthropology in the University of Illinois at Chicago, who applies archaeological and ethno-historical theory and method in his investigations of prehistoric indigenous territories in South America.In this episode Brian recalls his field surveys and excavations in Peru detailing a highly-revered solstice alignment that was framed by two pillars at the Island of the Sun on Lake Titicaca, and he deconstructs Cuzco’s controversial ceque network of

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64:54

#06 - Dr. Robert Weiner. Chaco Pt 02. Anasazi...

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2024/02/27

Dr. Robert Weiner is an Archaeologist in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Specializing in religion, cognition, and mind, Robert is renowned for his interpretations of ancient Chacoan roads in the US Southwest, which he studies in collaboration with the Navajo Nation.In episode 02 Professor Steven Lekson outlined this seemingly endless matrix of criss-crossing roads and astronomical alignments, and herein, Robert Weiner takes us deeper into this monumental

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106:32

#05 - Dr. Robert Barratt. Mathematics, coding and the...

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2024/02/20

Having converted the tables of the sun, moon and planets presented in "Astronomical Algorithms," into computer code, Dr. Robert Barratt is a research scientist at the Queen's University in Belfast who designed and built his own software which he uses to produce 3d simulations of neolithic structures.In this episode Robert shares his struggles against compounding variables, and he highlights the importance of matching archaeoastronomical assumptions with material culture.And presenting his methods

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