Roast Mortem Cast
Dead men tell no tales. So we do it for them.
We found 2 episodes of Roast Mortem Cast with the tag “excavation”.
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130 - Heinrich Schliemann: The Lost City of Troy & the Glory-seeking Archaeologist the 'Found' it.
May 14th, 2020 | 2 hrs 4 mins
ancient greece, ancient history, archaeology, artifacts, comedy, con man, drinking, excavation, gold rush, greece, history, homer, money, podcast, wealth
Arguably one of the most notable archaeologist in the field, Heinrich made history when he unearthed the lost city of Troy. Using his vast wealth, he then went about rewriting his own history and buying out anyone that questioned his sketch methods of excavation.
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56 - Edward Drinker Cope: History's Most Bone-Headed Paleontologist
November 29th, 2018 | 1 hr 34 mins
19th century, america, bone, bone wars, brontosaurus, comedy, dig, dinosaurs, discovery, drinking, excavation, explosives, feud, fossils, frontier, history, jurassic park, mining, moron, natural history, naturalist, nerd, paleontologist, paleontology, podcast, race, research, rivalry, science, scientific discovery, scientist, skeletons, tnt, wild west
Seen the documentary Jurassic Park? Think you know dinosaurs? Well, Edward Drink Cope sure doesn't... Even though he discovered a whole bunch of 'em. This dangus started a Bone War that shook the field of paleontology for centuries.