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The Sleeping Historian
by The Sleeping Historian- Long, Quiet Stories from the Ancient World
The Sleeping Historian, is a quiet journey into the ancient world. Discover long, relaxing stories about ancient civilizations, forgotten kingdoms, mysterious ruins, legendary rulers, and everyday life thousands of years ago. From Egypt and Mesopotamia to Rome, Greece, and Persia, let calm narration and immersive storytelling help you relax and drift into sleep.Long, Quiet Stories from the Ancient World.Unofficial fan page dedicated to ASMR Historian.
Episodes
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Why Did Every Other Human Species Go Extinct? | Calm Prehistory for Sleep
Get comfortable and travel back to a time when we were not alone, when several kinds of humans walked the Earth together, sharing its forests, coasts and frozen plains. Today, only one of them remains: us. In this episode of The Sleeping Historian, we explore one of the greatest mysteries of the...
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Strange Things Found Inside Egyptian Tombs: Mummies, Curses & Lost Treasures | Calm History for Sleep
Close your eyes and slip quietly into the sealed chambers of ancient Egypt, where for thousands of years the dead kept company with treasures, secrets and the strangest of objects. In this episode of The Sleeping Historian, we explore some of the most surprising things ever found inside Egyptian...
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Mysterious Medieval Murders: Kings, Princes & Unsolved Deaths | True Crime History for Sleep
Pull up the covers and step into the shadowy corridors of medieval Europe, where crowns were won and lost in the dark and some deaths were never explained. In this episode of The Sleeping Historian, we revisit some of the most intriguing unsolved murders of the Middle Ages. We'll ask what really...
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The Sumerian Occult: Ancient Gods, Demons & Secret Magic | Calm History for Sleep
Dim the lights and journey back to the land between the rivers, where the world's first cities rose from the mud of Mesopotamia and with them, some of humanity's oldest ideas about gods, spirits and hidden knowledge.In this episode of The Sleeping Historian, we explore the mysterious world of...
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The Bronze Age: From the First Cities to the Great Collapse | Calm History for Sleep
Settle in and drift back more than five thousand years, to a time when a simple mix of copper and tin changed the course of human history. In this episode of The Sleeping Historian, we travel across the entire Bronze Age world: from the first great cities of Mesopotamia and the long golden...
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9 Hours of Daily Life in the Ancient World Ancient History for Sleep
Settle in and travel through thousands of years of ancient history by exploring one simple question: what was everyday life really like in the ancient world? Over nine hours, this long-form history journey takes you from the Bronze Age kingdoms of Mycenae and Hittite Anatolia to the temples of...
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What Is Epicureanism? The Philosophy of a Quiet, Happy Life | Ancient Philosophy for Sleep
Today "epicurean" brings to mind fine wine and lavish feasts. But Epicurus himself lived on bread, water and a little cheese, and taught that true pleasure is simply the absence of pain and fear. In this calm, slow-paced episode we explore the life and ideas of Epicurus: his school in a quiet...
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9 Hours of Strange & Fascinating Ancient History Stories for Sleep
Settle in for nine hours of fascinating journeys into the lesser-known corners of the ancient world. This long-form history documentary explores a remarkable collection of subjects spanning thousands of years, from the philosophy of ancient China and the mysteries of the Dead Sea Scrolls to…
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Çatalhöyük: Life in the World’s First Town | Calm History for Sleep
Settle in and travel back around nine thousand years, to a crowded mound on the plains of Anatolia, where thousands of people lived side by side in one of the very first towns humanity ever built. In this episode of The Sleeping Historian, we explore daily life in Çatalhöyük (Catalhoyuk), the...
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Who Were the Denisovans? The Humans We Almost Never Knew | History to Fall Asleep To
In 2010, a tiny finger bone from a cave in Siberia revealed something no one expected: a whole human species that science had never seen. We still have almost no bones, no clear picture of their faces, and yet their DNA lives on in millions of people today. In this calm, slow-paced episode we...
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Sacred Books, Lost Wisdom & Forgotten Scriptures Ancient History for Sleep
Settle in and explore the mysterious world of sacred books, forgotten scriptures, and lost wisdom. This long-form history journey explores some of the most fascinating religious and historical texts from the ancient world, beginning with the Egyptian Book of the Dead and the beliefs surrounding...
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Homo Erectus: The First Humans to Leave Africa | Calm History for Sleep
Get comfortable and travel back nearly two million years, to meet one of the most remarkable members of our human family: a long-legged wanderer who learned to master stone and fire, and was the first to walk out of Africa and across the ancient world. In this episode of The Sleeping Historian…
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The Sumerians: Writing, Math and the Birth of Civilization | History to Fall Asleep To
Five thousand years ago, between the Tigris and the Euphrates, a people built the first cities, invented writing, and began counting time in sixties, the reason your hour still has sixty minutes. But how advanced were the Sumerians, really? In this calm, slow-paced episode we look past the myths...
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Before Civilization 9 Hours of Prehistoric History for Sleep
Before cities, kingdoms, written language, and recorded history, humans lived in a world shaped by survival, migration, hunting, climate, and discovery. Settle in for nine hours of prehistoric history as we journey deep into humanity's distant past. Explore the evidence for prehistoric…
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The Stone Age: From the First Tools to the First Farmers | Calm History for Sleep
Settle in and travel back to the very beginning of the human story, long before writing, cities or kings, when our ancestors shaped the world with nothing but stone, fire and imagination. In this episode of The Sleeping Historian, we journey through the entire Stone Age. We'll start before...
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The History of Torture & Punishment 9 Hours of Dark History for Sleep
Settle in for a long and detailed journey through one of the darkest subjects in human history: the history of torture and punishment. Spanning more than eight hours, this chronological documentary follows the development of torture, judicial punishment, public executions, and systems of justice...
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Alexander the Great: The King Who Never Lost a Battle | Ancient History for Sleep
He was taught by Aristotle, tamed a horse no one else could ride, and by the age of thirty ruled an empire stretching from Greece to India. He never lost a battle. But the more he conquered, the more he lost of himself. Settle in for a calm, slow-paced journey through the life of Alexander the...
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Forgotten Folklore of the World 9 Hours of Quiet Myths & Legends for Sleep
Settle in for nine hours of folklore, myths, legends, and traditional stories from around the world. This long-form journey travels across Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, exploring the folklore and cultural traditions of Poland, Romania, Palestine, Ireland, Thailand, Germany, Scotland, and the...
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8 Hours of Disturbing History for Sleep Ghosts, Plagues, War & Dark Stories
Settle in for eight hours of dark, unsettling, and fascinating stories from the pages of history. This long-form journey explores some of the stranger and more disturbing chapters of the human past, beginning with haunted places and ghost stories from Japan before turning to the notorious…
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9 Hours of Medieval History for Sleep Vikings, Knights, Castles & Medieval Life
Settle in and drift through nine hours of fascinating stories from the darker and stranger side of medieval history. This long-form journey takes you from Viking Dublin and the harsh realities of life inside medieval castles to rebellious knights, medieval superstitions, Crusade relics, and the...
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The Iron Age: How Iron Changed the Ancient World | Calm History for Sleep
Long before steel and gunpowder, a single discovery quietly reshaped the ancient world. Iron — harder to work than bronze, but far more abundant — would arm empires, clear forests, plough new fields, and change the course of human history. In this episode of The Sleeping Historian, we drift…
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The Hittites: The Forgotten Empire of Anatolia | Calm History for Sleep
For thousands of years, they were almost entirely forgotten — a name scattered through the Bible, a rival mentioned in Egyptian inscriptions, and little more. Then, buried in the highlands of central Anatolia, archaeologists uncovered the ruins of a great empire that once stood as an equal to…
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The Heretic Pharaoh: Akhenaten and the Cult of the Aten | Calm History for Sleep
For thousands of years, Egypt worshipped a vast family of gods. Then, in the space of a single reign, one pharaoh tried to sweep them all away. In this episode of The Sleeping Historian, we drift through the complete story of Atenism, the strange and radical religion of Akhenaten: the politics of...
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9 Hours of Medieval History for Sleep Knights, Plagues, Mongols & Medieval Life
Settle in and drift through nine hours of quiet Medieval history. Journey through the darker and stranger side of the Middle Ages, from feared knights and the mysterious Cathars to occult practices, the crowded slums of medieval Paris, everyday life in Romania, and the struggle to survive the…
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Were Neanderthals Smarter Than We Thought? | Sleepy Prehistory
For more than a century, the Neanderthal was the brutish caveman of popular imagination — slow, primitive, and doomed. But the evidence buried in caves across Europe and Asia tells a very different story. In this episode of The Sleeping Historian, we drift through everything we know about the...
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9 Hours of Ancient Egyptian History for Sleep Gods, Pharaohs, Tombs & Life Along the Nile
Settle in and journey quietly through more than nine hours of Ancient Egyptian history. From the religious revolution of Akhenaten and the mysterious Atenism to the great Egyptian pantheon, the Book of the Dead, tomb robbers, lost treasures, and the everyday lives of people along the Nile, this...
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Rome's Most Humiliating Defeats | Ancient History for Sleep
Rome was not built on victories alone. For every triumph, there was a disaster — battles so catastrophic that they shook the Republic and the Empire to their foundations. In this episode of The Sleeping Historian, we drift slowly through nine of Rome's most humiliating defeats: from the Gauls...
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Occult History for Deep Sleep | Sleep Podcast
Enter the mysterious world of occult history in this nine-hour journey through magic, mysticism, alchemy, esotericism, and forgotten beliefs. From the occult practices of the medieval world to the mystical traditions of the Renaissance, this long-form historical documentary explores how different...
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The Complete Story of Australopithecus, Our Oldest Ancestor | History documentary for sleep
Step back millions of years into a world long before modern humans. Before the rise of Homo, Africa was home to a remarkable diversity of early human relatives. Among the most important was Australopithecus — a group of ancient hominins that walked upright, lived in changing African environments,...
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Filthiest Slums of All Time: Life in History's Worst Neighborhoods | History documentary for sleep
Step into the darkest and dirtiest streets of history. Long before modern sanitation, sewage systems, clean water and organized waste collection, millions of people lived in overcrowded neighborhoods where disease, poverty and filth were part of everyday life. In this long-form historical…
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The Most Evil Queens of the Ancient World | History documentary for sleep
Step into the turbulent world of ancient queens, where power, ambition, war, political intrigue, and betrayal shaped the fate of kingdoms and empires. Throughout history, some powerful women were remembered as ruthless rulers, dangerous schemers, conquerors, or even villains. But behind the…
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The Gods of Ancient Egypt | The Complete Egyptian Pantheon | History documentary for sleep
Explore the entire Egyptian pantheon in this immersive journey through one of the most complex religious traditions of the ancient world. From the primordial waters of Nun and the self-created Atum to Ra, Isis, Osiris, Set, Horus, Anubis, Thoth, Amun-Ra, Bastet, Sekhmet, Sobek, and the terrifying...
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Haunted Places: The Most Terrifying Locations on Earth | History documentary for sleep
Enter the world of the supernatural and explore some of the most haunted places and mysterious locations around the world. From ancient castles and historic buildings to abandoned sites, dark streets, and places surrounded by centuries of ghost stories, this long-form journey explores the…
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The Strange Gods of the Ancient World | Forgotten Deities, Dark Myths & Ancient History | History documentary for sleep
eet the strange, unexpected, and often forgotten gods of the ancient world. Ancient mythology is filled with powerful gods of war, love, death, and the sky — but not every deity fit the familiar image of a majestic Olympian god or an all-powerful creator. Across ancient civilizations, people...
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The Sleeping Historian, is a quiet journey into the ancient world. Discover long, relaxing stories about ancient civilizations, forgotten kingdoms, mysterious ruins, legendary rulers, and everyday life thousands of years ago. From Egypt and Mesopotamia to Rome, Greece, and Persia, let calm narration and immersive storytelling help you relax and drift into sleep.Long, Quiet Stories from the Ancient World.Unofficial fan page dedicated to ASMR Historian.
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