Bestsellers
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Proto
- How One Ancient Language Went Global
- By: Laura Spinney
- Narrated by: Emma Spurgin-Hussey
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall431
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Performance391
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Story391
Daughter. Duhitár-. Dustr. Dukte. Listen to these English, Sanskrit, Armenian and Lithuanian words, all meaning the same thing, and you hear echoes of one of history’s most unlikely journeys.
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Interesting subject
- By Denise on 11-17-25
By: Laura Spinney
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Fingerprints of the Gods
- The Quest Continues
- By: Graham Hancock
- Narrated by: Graham Hancock
- Length: 18 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall9,008
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Performance7,964
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Story7,923
An intellectual detective story, this history audiobook directs probing questions at orthodox history, presenting disturbing new evidence that historians have tried - but failed - to explain....
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Classic in Historical Mysteries
- By K Cat reviews things on 09-05-19
By: Graham Hancock
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1177 B.C. (Revised and Updated)
- The Year Civilization Collapsed
- By: Eric H. Cline
- Narrated by: Eric H. Cline
- Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall795
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Performance684
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Story683
This audiobook narrated by acclaimed archaeologist and best-selling author Eric Cline offers a breathtaking account of how the collapse of an ancient civilized world ushered in the first Dark Ages....
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Look past the one-star reviews: this is an enlightening and engaging read.
- By Alonzo Nightjar on 03-07-22
By: Eric H. Cline
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The Horse, the Wheel, and Language
- How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World
- By: David W. Anthony
- Narrated by: Tom Perkins
- Length: 18 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall730
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Performance615
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Story609
Roughly half the world's population speaks languages derived from a shared linguistic source known as Proto-Indo-European. But who were the early speakers of this ancient mother tongue, and how did they manage to spread it around the globe? Until now, their identity has remained a tantalizing...
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Excellent
- By Anthony on 08-09-19
By: David W. Anthony
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The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt
- By: Toby Wilkinson
- Narrated by: Michael Page
- Length: 18 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,240
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Performance1,088
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Story1,083
In this landmark work, one of the world's most renowned Egyptologists tells the epic story of this great civilization, from its birth as the first nation-state to its final absorption into the Roman Empire - 3,000 years of wild drama, bold spectacle, and unforgettable characters. Award-winning...
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Well Written and Detailed
- By Matthew G. on 01-26-18
By: Toby Wilkinson
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Surviving Rome
- The Economic Lives of the Ninety Percent
- By: Kim Bowes
- Narrated by: Teri Schnaubelt
- Length: 13 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1
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Performance1
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Story1
The story of ancient Rome is predominantly one of great men with great fortunes. Surviving Rome unearths another history, one of ordinary Romans, who worked with their hands and survived through a combination of grit and grinding labor. Kim Bowes tells the stories of people like the tenant...
By: Kim Bowes
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Proto
- How One Ancient Language Went Global
- By: Laura Spinney
- Narrated by: Emma Spurgin-Hussey
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall431
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Performance391
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Story391
Daughter. Duhitár-. Dustr. Dukte. Listen to these English, Sanskrit, Armenian and Lithuanian words, all meaning the same thing, and you hear echoes of one of history’s most unlikely journeys.
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Interesting subject
- By Denise on 11-17-25
By: Laura Spinney
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Fingerprints of the Gods
- The Quest Continues
- By: Graham Hancock
- Narrated by: Graham Hancock
- Length: 18 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall9,008
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Performance7,964
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Story7,923
An intellectual detective story, this history audiobook directs probing questions at orthodox history, presenting disturbing new evidence that historians have tried - but failed - to explain....
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Classic in Historical Mysteries
- By K Cat reviews things on 09-05-19
By: Graham Hancock
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1177 B.C. (Revised and Updated)
- The Year Civilization Collapsed
- By: Eric H. Cline
- Narrated by: Eric H. Cline
- Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall795
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Performance684
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Story683
This audiobook narrated by acclaimed archaeologist and best-selling author Eric Cline offers a breathtaking account of how the collapse of an ancient civilized world ushered in the first Dark Ages....
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Look past the one-star reviews: this is an enlightening and engaging read.
- By Alonzo Nightjar on 03-07-22
By: Eric H. Cline
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The Horse, the Wheel, and Language
- How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World
- By: David W. Anthony
- Narrated by: Tom Perkins
- Length: 18 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall730
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Performance615
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Story609
Roughly half the world's population speaks languages derived from a shared linguistic source known as Proto-Indo-European. But who were the early speakers of this ancient mother tongue, and how did they manage to spread it around the globe? Until now, their identity has remained a tantalizing...
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Excellent
- By Anthony on 08-09-19
By: David W. Anthony
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The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt
- By: Toby Wilkinson
- Narrated by: Michael Page
- Length: 18 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,240
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Performance1,088
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Story1,083
In this landmark work, one of the world's most renowned Egyptologists tells the epic story of this great civilization, from its birth as the first nation-state to its final absorption into the Roman Empire - 3,000 years of wild drama, bold spectacle, and unforgettable characters. Award-winning...
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Well Written and Detailed
- By Matthew G. on 01-26-18
By: Toby Wilkinson
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Surviving Rome
- The Economic Lives of the Ninety Percent
- By: Kim Bowes
- Narrated by: Teri Schnaubelt
- Length: 13 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1
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Performance1
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Story1
The story of ancient Rome is predominantly one of great men with great fortunes. Surviving Rome unearths another history, one of ordinary Romans, who worked with their hands and survived through a combination of grit and grinding labor. Kim Bowes tells the stories of people like the tenant...
By: Kim Bowes
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After 1177 B.C.
- The Survival of Civilizations
- By: Eric H. Cline
- Narrated by: John Chancer, Eric H. Cline
- Length: 9 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall196
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Performance175
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Story175
This audiobook tells the gripping story of what happened after the Bronze Age collapsed—why some civilizations endured, why some gave way to new ones, and why some disappeared forever.
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Great Intro to A Little Known Subject
- By Dennis Jameson on 07-13-24
By: Eric H. Cline
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The Anunnaki Chronicles
- A Zecharia Sitchin Reader
- By: Zecharia Sitchin, Janet Sitchin - editor
- Narrated by: Luke Bob Robinson
- Length: 14 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall217
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Performance191
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Story188
An insider’s look into the decades of research behind Zecharia Sitchin’s books as well as an in-depth overview of his theories and discoveries Includes carefully selected chapters from the Earth Chronicles series as well as never-before-published letters, articles, and lectures Each...
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Skipping
- By Josiah Wood on 05-05-20
By: Zecharia Sitchin, and others
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Between Two Rivers
- Ancient Mesopotamia and the Birth of History
- By: Moudhy Al-Rashid
- Narrated by: Moudhy Al-Rashid
- Length: 7 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall25
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Performance23
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Story23
Thousands of years ago, in a part of the world we now call ancient Mesopotamia, people began writing things down for the very first time. What they left behind, in a vast region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, preserves leaps in human ingenuity. But they also capture breathtakingly...
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Excellent!
- By Pam P. on 02-06-26
By: Moudhy Al-Rashid
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The Lost City of the Monkey God
- A True Story
- By: Douglas Preston
- Narrated by: Bill Mumy
- Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall6,005
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Performance5,328
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Story5,322
The #1 New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller, named one of the best books of the year by The Boston Globe and National Geographic: acclaimed journalist Douglas Preston takes readers on a true adventure deep into the Honduran rainforest in this riveting narrative about the discovery...
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Still Lost...
- By Mel on 01-12-17
By: Douglas Preston
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The Four Heavens
- A New History of the Ancient Maya
- By: David Stuart
- Narrated by: Timothy Andrés Pabon
- Length: 15 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5
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Performance5
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Story5
From the world-leading expert on the Maya, a monumental history of a flourishing civilization across three millennia.
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Archeology. Not History.
- By A. Campbell on 03-31-26
By: David Stuart
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Dinner with King Tut
- How Rogue Archaeologists Are Re-creating the Sights, Sounds, Smells, and Tastes of Lost Civilizations
- By: Sam Kean
- Narrated by: Derek Shetterly
- Length: 15 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall92
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Performance78
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Story78
From “one of America’s smartest and most charming writers” (NPR), an archaeological romp through the entire history of humankind—and through all five senses—from tropical Polynesian islands to forbidding arctic ice floes, and everywhere in between. Whether it’s the mighty pyramids of...
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Kean helps ancient history come alive
- By Anonymous on 11-24-25
By: Sam Kean
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The Collapse of Complex Societies
- New Studies in Archaeology
- By: Joseph A. Tainter
- Narrated by: Brian Arens
- Length: 10 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall18
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Performance16
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Story16
Political disintegration is a persistent feature of world history. The Collapse of Complex Societies, though written by an archaeologist, will therefore strike a chord throughout the social sciences.
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Overly academic
- By SolarNancy on 04-06-25
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Carthage Must Be Destroyed
- The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Civilization
- By: Richard Miles
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 14 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall730
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Performance627
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Story624
An epic history of a doomed civilization and a lost empire. The devastating struggle to the death between the Carthaginians and the Romans was one of the defining dramas of the ancient world. In an epic series of land and sea battles, both sides came close to victory before the Carthaginians...
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Outstanding! This is THE book on Carthage.
- By Haakon B. Dahl on 01-21-13
By: Richard Miles
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Underworld
- The Mysterious Origins of Civilization
- By: Graham Hancock
- Narrated by: Dennis Kleinman
- Length: 31 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall682
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Performance583
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Story583
From Graham Hancock, best-selling author of Fingerprints of the Gods, comes a mesmerizing book that takes us on a captivating underwater voyage to find the ruins of a lost civilization that's been hidden for thousands of years beneath the world's oceans. While Graham Hancock is no stranger...
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Fascinating
- By Michael Beeson on 05-13-19
By: Graham Hancock
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Kindred
- By: Rebecca Wragg Sykes
- Narrated by: Rebecca Wragg Sykes
- Length: 16 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall412
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Performance343
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Story341
Our perception of the Neanderthals has undergone a metamorphosis since their discovery 160 years ago, from the losers of the human family tree to A-list hominins....
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Horrible Recording/Sound Quality
- By Howard Houchen on 11-24-20
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Assyria
- The Rise and Fall of the World's First Empire
- By: Eckart Frahm
- Narrated by: Matthew Lloyd Davies
- Length: 15 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall213
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Performance185
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Story184
A new history of Assyria, the ancient civilization that set the model for future empires At its height in 660 BCE, the kingdom of Assyria stretched from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. It was the first empire the world had ever seen. Here, historian Eckart Frahm tells the epic story...
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Too much volume change in narration
- By Erin on 06-19-24
By: Eckart Frahm
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The Fires of Vesuvius
- Pompeii Lost and Found
- By: Mary Beard
- Narrated by: Phyllida Nash
- Length: 12 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall407
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Performance340
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Story337
Pompeii is the most famous archaeological site in the world, visited by more than two million people each year. Yet it is also one of the most puzzling, with an intriguing and sometimes violent history. Destroyed by Vesuvius in 79 CE, the ruins of Pompeii offer the best evidence we have of...
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Delightful Description of Life in Ancient Pompeii
- By Emily on 08-27-19
By: Mary Beard
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Women's Work
- The First 20,000 Years: Women, Cloth, and Society in Early Times
- By: Elizabeth Wayland Barber
- Narrated by: Donna Postel
- Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall230
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Performance197
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Story196
New discoveries about the textile arts reveal women's unexpectedly influential role in ancient societies. Twenty thousand years ago, women were making and wearing the first clothing created from spun fibers. In fact, right up to the Industrial Revolution the fiber arts were an enormous...
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Amazing collection of info
- By Sarah on 01-09-21
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The Scythians
- Nomad Warriors of the Steppe
- By: Barry Cunliffe
- Narrated by: Matthew Waterson
- Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall191
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Performance160
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Story159
The Scythians were nomadic horsemen who ranged wide across the grasslands of the Asian steppe from the Altai mountains in the east to the Great Hungarian Plain in the first millennium BC. Their steppe homeland bordered on a number of sedentary states to the south and there were, inevitably...
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Well researched but narrator is terrible
- By John M. on 01-17-21
By: Barry Cunliffe
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Forbidden Archeology
- The Hidden History of the Human Race
- By: Michael A. Cremo, Richard L. Thompson
- Narrated by: Laura Lee
- Length: 2 hrs and 33 mins
- Abridged
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Overall405
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Performance322
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Story319
Discover an alternate history to the human race as the authors of Forbidden Archeology....
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great information but need another narrator
- By Susan on 07-12-12
By: Michael A. Cremo, and others
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The Lost Tomb
- And Other Real-Life Stories of Bones, Burials, and Murder
- By: Douglas Preston, David Grann - introduction
- Narrated by: Will Collyer
- Length: 12 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall334
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Performance281
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Story280
From the #1 bestselling author of The Lost City of the Monkey God, a jaw-dropping discovery of an Egyptian tomb opens up a slew of archaeological mysteries and deadly tales. What’s it like to be the first to enter an Egyptian burial chamber that’s been sealed for thousands of years? From the...
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Really good but could have been a more enjoyable l
- By Jason on 12-07-23
By: Douglas Preston, and others
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Exploration Fawcett
- Journey to the Lost City of Z
- By: Lt. Col. P. H. Fawcett
- Narrated by: Robin Sachs
- Length: 15 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall136
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Performance117
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Story117
This is the true story of the real Colonel Fawcett, whose life was the inspiration for the best-selling book The Lost City of Z and an upcoming movie starring Brad Pitt....
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boring
- By Ramanda Brockett on 08-07-18
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The Ancient Celts, Second Edition
- By: Barry Cunliffe
- Narrated by: Julian Elfer
- Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall233
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Performance198
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Story198
Fierce warriors and skilled craftsmen, the Celts were famous throughout the Ancient Mediterranean World. They were the archetypal barbarians from the north and were feared by both Greeks and Romans. For 2,500 years, they have continued to fascinate those who have come into contact with them, yet...
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Missing the foundation and migration from the steppe and the Tuatha Dé Dannan
- By cpdb on 03-15-20
By: Barry Cunliffe
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Divine Encounters
- A Guide to Visions, Angels, and Other Emissaries
- By: Zecharia Sitchin
- Narrated by: Bill Parrish
- Length: 12 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall42
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Performance39
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Story39
The Ultimate Human Experience The interaction between mankind and spiritual beings—of Divine Encounters—as recorded in scriptures and ancient texts provides a powerful drama that spans Heaven and Earth, involving worship and devotion, eternity and mortality, love and sex, jealousy and murder...
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Another stellar book from the copious notes of Zecharia Sitchin
- By KESHER MEDIA on 08-21-23
By: Zecharia Sitchin
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Dying Fall
- The Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries 5
- By: Elly Griffiths
- Narrated by: Clare Corbett
- Length: 10 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,122
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Performance990
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Story988
Dr Ruth Galloway, forensic archaeologist, spends a lot of time looking at death. But now death has found her, with the news that her long-time friend Dan Golding has been killed in a house fire. Ruth's grief soon turns to suspicion of arson when she receives a desperate letter from Dan, sent the...
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Cant do a male voice to save her life!
- By Sarah C on 05-06-13
By: Elly Griffiths
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Europe Between the Oceans
- 9000 BC-AD 1000
- By: Barry Cunliffe
- Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart
- Length: 18 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall32
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Performance30
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Story30
A sensational, interdisciplinary work which entirely reorients our understanding of Europe from 10,000 BC to the time of the Vikings In this magnificent book, distinguished archaeologist Barry Cunliffe reframes our entire conception of early European history, from prehistory through the ancient...
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Books like these give the history genre a bad rep
- By Amazon Customer on 07-21-24
By: Barry Cunliffe
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Maps of the Ancient Sea Kings
- Evidence of Advanced Civilization in the Ice Age
- By: Charles Hapgood
- Narrated by: Joel Richards
- Length: 5 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3
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Performance3
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Story3
Charles Hapgood's classic 1966 book on ancient maps is back. Hapgood produces concrete evidence of an advanced worldwide civilization existing many thousands of years before ancient Egypt.
By: Charles Hapgood
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There Were Giants Upon the Earth
- Gods, Demigods, and Human Ancestry: The Evidence of Alien DNA
- By: Zecharia Sitchin
- Narrated by: D. Cash Keahey
- Length: 13 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall39
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Performance38
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Story38
The crowning work of the bestselling Earth Chronicles series Reveals the existence of physical evidence of alien presence on Earth in the distant past Identifies and describes the demigods, such as Gilgamesh, descended from these visitors Outlines the tests of this physical evidence...
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Great book! Less than stellar narration. It helped to listen at 1.2 speed
- By Anonymous on 03-05-24
By: Zecharia Sitchin
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The Lost Voices of Pompeii
- Life and Death on Pompeii’s Final Day
- By: Dr. Jess Venner
- Narrated by: Dr. Jess Venner
- Length: 12 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall0
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Performance0
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Award-winning ancient historian, archeologist, and social media sensation Dr. Jess Venner (@lifeinthepastlane_) brings the citizens of Pompeii back to life through a vibrant account of their final day before Mt. Vesuvius’s eruption. While the ruins of Pompeii still stand today, silent and...
By: Dr. Jess Venner