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The Hittites: The Forgotten Empire of Anatolia | Calm History for Sleep
October 6, 2026 · 3 hr 13 minFor 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…
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The Heretic Pharaoh: Akhenaten and the Cult of the Aten | Calm History for Sleep
October 5, 2026 · 1 hr 1 minFor 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…
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9 Hours of Medieval History for Sleep Knights, Plagues, Mongols & Medieval Life
October 4, 2026Settle 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…
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Were Neanderthals Smarter Than We Thought? | Sleepy Prehistory
October 4, 2026 · 1 hr 4 minFor 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…
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9 Hours of Ancient Egyptian History for Sleep Gods, Pharaohs, Tombs & Life Along the Nile
October 3, 2026Settle 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…
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Rome's Most Humiliating Defeats | Ancient History for Sleep
October 3, 2026 · 1 hr 1 minRome 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…
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Occult History for Deep Sleep | Sleep Podcast
October 2, 2026Enter 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…
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The Complete Story of Australopithecus, Our Oldest Ancestor | History documentary for sleep
October 1, 2026 · 1 hr 2 minStep 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…