A journey into the past
The Bone Stories
I'm A H Hawkins and in each episode I will take you on a journey into the past. A place where the sights and smells were very different than today, and a time when morals and beliefs could often appear very different than today.
However the people of the past were not so different from ourselves. One thing we all have in common is that our life history leaves its mark on our bones.
The bone stories brings together historical research and the science behind archaeology and forensic anthropology, to reveal our REAL human history.
Latest Episode
Episode #1. The Terrors of The Time: London 1665.
A grisly trip into the plague of 1665 in London and the story of a recent excavation were archaeologists came face to face with the victims of one of the deadliest diseases known to humanity... Go to episode
Resources and further reading:
historic-uk.com/Historymagazine/DestinationsUK/LondonPlaguepits
Samuel Pepys Diary www.pepysdiary.com/diary
Daniel Defoe
A Journal of the Plague Year.
The Museum Of London
Vanessa Harding (2002) The Dead and the Living in Paris and London 1500-1670. Cambridge University Press.
Rebecca Ridel 1666. Plague, War, Hellfire
Bills of Mortality
Timelime documnentary The Pandemic That Shook London: The Great Plague.
(find on youtube).
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Music by Keith Anthony Holden.
Coming Soon
Episode #2. Are You Not Entertained?
Episode #3. Accident, Execution or Murder?
Episode #3. Accident, Execution or Murder?
An investigation into the Gladiators of the Roman period. Bones stories that reveal the true horrifying brutality these men endured, and details of a rather puzzling gladiator cemetery in York, England.
Episode #3. Accident, Execution or Murder?
Episode #3. Accident, Execution or Murder?
Episode #3. Accident, Execution or Murder?
A glimpse into a perhaps very challenging period of Northern European history. Bone stories revealed from the incredible preservation of the Bog Bodies.