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The Maritime History Podcast is a chronological look at maritime history and its numerous facets. Beginning with ancient history, the podcast looks at trade, exploration, boat and ship-build...
Welcome, crew. This is a temporarily unlocked member episode, open to everyone for the remainder of March since I was unable to record a reg...
Today we continue following the evolution and exploits of the Delian League. In the 450s BCE, they become embroiled in two theaters of confl...
Now that we have witnessed the birth of the Delian League, in today's episode we trace their exploits in the 470s BCE. The league does a goo...
As we kick off Series 3, it's now time to examine one of the most recognizable institutions that existed in Ancient Greece: The Delian Leagu...
This episode is a recapitulation of the 20 episodes that make up Series 2 of the Maritime History Podcast. The season as a whole examined th...
A brief update on the state of the podcast, our sailing shape, and what lies ahead.
The Boats of the " Glen Carrig " by William Hope Hodgson is a horror/survival novel where survivors of a shipwreck, clinging to the remainin...
The Boats of the " Glen Carrig " by William Hope Hodgson is a horror/survival novel where survivors of a shipwreck, clinging to the remainin...
The Boats of the " Glen Carrig " by William Hope Hodgson is a horror/survival novel where survivors of a shipwreck, clinging to the remainin...
Halloween is again upon us! This year we have a nautical horror novel to keep us company. The Boats of the " Glen Carrig " by William Hope H...
Today we bring our time with the Athenian leader Themistocles to a close. The character qualities we've seen throughout his career continue...
The Greek victory at Salamis was monumental. But in the aftermath of that victory, Greece and her leaders still had many decisions to make....
We have finally arrived at the Battle of Salamis. There's a lot of buildup before the battle, and surprisingly, this phase is where a lot of...
In this first of what will be ongoing mini-episodes, we examine the discovery and study of Ship 17 at the ancient Egyptian city of Thonis-He...
In Part II of our look at the naval Battle of Artemisium, we finally get into the heat of battle. The episode is bookended by some trickery...
Today we open a chapter onto the naval Battle of Artemisium. We begin by considering a prophecy which illustrates the plight that Greece fou...
In today's episode we take a look at the final moves that both Greece and Persia made on the eve of their war. Themistocles and Aristides ta...
A substantial portion of the Persian fleet was wrecked in a storm in 492 BCE, but after Darius ordered it to be rebuilt, they set sail for G...
In today's episode the curtain rises on a young man named Themistocles. He's always recognized for the role that he played at Salamis and in...
Welcome to our third annual Halloween special here at the Maritime History Podcast. Rather than choose a grim, frightening, or eery tale, th...
If Episode 031 covered the heady, opening stages of the Ionian Revolt, then today's episode covers the denouement and rather anticlimactic c...
In today's episode we begin our look at the events that directly contributed to the beginnings of the Greco-Persian War. After a brief summa...
Today we have a lengthy primer focused only on the trireme. After a jaunt through some of the evidence related to when the trireme first cam...
In this installment, we continue to follow the Greeks as they expand yet further. Our first destination is Egypt, where the Greek emporion a...
In today's installment, we'll tell a tale of two cities in one sense. The age of colonization in Greece had an early leader in the island of...
Welcome to our second annual Halloween special here at the Maritime History Podcast. This year I opted for a nautical tale by the ever-popul...
Today we fill in some gaps concerning Greek colonization, looking first at the founding of colonies along the eastern coast of Sicily. The G...
At long last we make first contact with the Greeks! Today we try to cover the earliest periods of Greek colonization and expansion into the...
This week we follow the fleeing Elissa, princess of Tyre, to Qart-ḥadašt , the "New City" that would come into wider fame as Carthage. We st...
This week we follow the Phoenicians to the western extremity of their trade network and colonization. While it is difficult to paint a chron...
The Phoenicians are now on the move, pushing the scope of our podcast to the west. While they were mainly concerned with expanding their acc...
The Phoenicians have finally arrived on the historical stage, at least as our humble podcast is concerned. In today's episode, we look at th...
This supplemental episode is a reading of the Report of Wenamun, also called the Misadventures of Wenamun.
Today's episode is a transition, of sorts. As Season 1 concluded, the Sea Peoples had attempted an invasion of Egypt and the Late Bronze Age...
This episode is a recapitulation of the 20 episodes that make up Series 1. The season as a whole examined the high points of maritime histor...
This 'interlude' episode sits in the gap between Seasons 1 and 2 of the podcast. While Season 1 began with ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, India...
Today we wrap up our look at the Late Bronze Age Collapse. We focus heavily on Egypt's naval clash with the Sea Peoples in 1177 BCE. Our mai...
This episode will conclude with the city of Ugarit in flames. Before we get there, we'll look at two Hittite invasions of Cyprus using borro...
In today's episode we take a look at just what the title suggests, the beginning of the end for the cultures and powers of the Bronze Age wo...
Today we delve into a grey area between myth and history: the Trojan War. The Homeric epic poem The Iliad is now one of the most well known...
Hi crew. Yes, this is the Maritime History Podcast, but as this week is the week of Halloween, I figured a somewhat creepy ship tale would b...
Our dual focus in today's episode are shipwrecks from the same region of southern Turkey. The Cape Gelidonya wreck was discovered first, mak...
Today we discuss the rise of the Mycenaean galley, a style of ship characterized by oared propulsion and a long, narrow hull built for speed...
This time around we take a look at a few select cuneiform tablets from a collection known as the Amarna Letters. Discovered in Amarna, Egypt...
Today's episode will focus on three main topics, all related to the Minoan Civilization in the Aegean. First, we'll talk in detail about the...
In today's episode, we'll take a look at the evidence from early Minoan history, beginning with pre-history and working up to the Neo-Palati...
This supplemental episode is a reading of the 'Periplus of the Erythraean Sea' in its entirety. Be sure to check out the show notes for maps...
In today's episode we shift our focus east and look at the earliest identifiable civilization on the Indian subcontinent. The Harappan peopl...
In today's episode we're going to look at the evidence of heavy-transport shipping throughout Egypt's history. Their many monumental buildin...
The 'war' part refers to the first several pharaohs of the New Kingdom, kings who retook Egypt from the Hyksos. Specifically, we'll look at...