Ancient Myths, Gods, and Lost Texts—YOU Asked, I Answered!

In this special Q&A episode, I answer real questions from viewers around the world about ancient history—from the origins of religion to lost texts, pyramid mysteries, ancient trade, and more.

🌍 Is the Ramayana historical?
🏛️ Who designed the Great Pyramid of Giza?
📚 Could we still discover long-lost ancient books?
🧱 How was trade controlled in ancient civilizations like Egypt, Rome, China, and India?
🧡 How were ancient books published?

We’ll explore how historians approach sacred texts, what evidence supports (or challenges) historical claims, and how surprisingly modern some ancient debates really were.

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On Trade:
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/...
https://eh.net/encyclopedia/the-econo...
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/...

On Hierarchies:
https://www.sociostudies.org/journal/...
https://www.worldhistory.org/article/...
https://arxiv.org/abs/1303.2873

On the Ramayana:
https://www.academia.edu/17885978/A_N...
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journa...

On Hemiunu:
https://giza.fas.harvard.edu/pubdocs/...

On the lost text of Berossus:
https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/...