History's Living Voices: The Past, Told by Those Who Lived It

Young English Soldier Recounts BRUTAL REALITY of Napoleonic Battle (1808, Portugal) Rifleman Harris

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:30:00 -0000

The first 1000 people to use the link will get a free trial of Skillshare Premium Membership: https://skl.sh/voicesofthepast01212 This video was sponsored by Skillshare. -------------------------------------- Extracts taken from "The Recollections of Rifleman Harris" by Benjamin Randell Harris (1848). If this channel is something you like, if you think saving primary sources is important, head over to the patreon and join up! https://www.patreon.com/voicesofthepast — Don’t forget to subscribe to my brother's channel History Time, where he makes full length historical documentaries:- https://www.youtube.com/historytime — Music courtesy of:- Epidemic Sound Artlist.io We try to use copyright free images at all times. However if we have used any of your artwork or maps then please don't hesitate to contact me and we’ll be more than happy to give the appropriate credit.

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Native American Perspective On The Civil War // Records of GW Grayson

Sun, 31 May 2026 23:30:00 -0000

Sign up to Morning Brew for free today https://morningbrewdaily.com/votp Sponsored by Morning Brew ------------------------------------------- Extracts taken from: Grayson, G. W. (1988). A Creek Warrior for the Confederacy: The Autobiography of Chief G. W. Grayson. The Civilization of the American Indian series. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. Edited by Manuel Rubio Art by Alex Stoica Sketches and Art by Alfred Waud

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Most Tragic Testimonies of First Contact in History

Sun, 31 May 2026 22:30:00 -0000

Play War Thunder now with my link, and get a massive, free bonus pack including vehicles, boosters and more: https://playwt.link/pastvoiceswt War Thunder is a highly detailed vehicle combat game containing over 2000 playable tanks, aircrafts and ships spanning over 100 years of development. Immerse yourself completely in dynamic battles with an unparalleled combination of realism and approachability. ------------------------------------------------------ Extracts taken from: The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus published in Vol. III of the Loeb Classical Library edition, 1939 Cronica Mexicana Broken Spears by Miguel Leon-Portilla Copyright © 1962, 1990 by Miguel Leon-Portilla Expanded and Updated Edition © 1992 by Miguel Leon-Portilla Reprinted with permission from Beacon Press, Boston Letters of Cortes to Emperor Charles V - Vol 1 (1908) translated by Francis Augustus MacNutt Abel Tasman's journal: http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks06/0600571h.html Letter from Emperor Qianlong: https://china.usc.edu/emperor-qianlong-letter-george-iii-1793 From E. Backhouse and J. O. P. Bland, Annals and Memoirs of the Court of Peking (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1914), pp. 322-331 Edited and Image Curation by Manuel Rubio - check out his amazing channel: @ArtandContext Thumbnail Art by Ettore Mazza Art by Alex Stoica Music from Epidemic Sound and Artlist, Footage from Artgrid and Storyblocks. 00:00 380: Coming Of The Huns 04:24 1519: The Spaniards Arrive 07:46 1520: Cortes Meets Montezuma 17:00 1642: Abel Tasman and the Maori 22:58 1793: Qianlong´s Letter To George III

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Kaiser Wilhelm II Lays the Blame for WW1 // From His Memoirs (1922) // Primary Source

Sun, 31 May 2026 22:00:00 -0000

If this channel is something you like, if you think saving primary sources is important, head over to the patreon and join up! https://www.patreon.com/voicesofthepast — Don’t forget to subscribe to my brother's channel History Time, where he makes full length historical documentaries:- https://www.youtube.com/historytime — Music courtesy of:- Epidemic Sound Artlist.io Video actor and editor: David Kelly We try to use copyright free images at all times. However if we have used any of your artwork or maps then please don't hesitate to contact me and we’ll be more than happy to give the appropriate credit. Thanks to: By KEMNA - KEMNA, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=87884387 Mike McBey Poppies By Rauantiques - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=70326898 By Bundesarchiv, Bild 146-2005-0164 / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5419894 Clemens Vasters Wilhelm II By Bundesarchiv, Bild 102-11383 / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5415315 Atribución: Bundesarchiv, Bild 102-01280 / CC-BY-SA 3.0

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Puzzled European Voyager Recounts The Great Christian Kingdom of India (1499) // Vasco Da Gama

Sun, 31 May 2026 21:30:00 -0000

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Earliest Islamic Documentation of India (852) // "Reports of China and India" // Primary Source

Sun, 31 May 2026 20:30:00 -0000

The first 1000 people to use the link in my description will get a free trial of Skillshare Premium Membership: https://skl.sh/voicesofthepast01211 This video is sponsored by Skillshare. ------------ Extract taken from "Accounts of China and India" by Abū Zayd al-Sīrāfī Translated by Tim Mackintosh-Smith Published by: NYU Press https://nyupress.org/9781479830596/accounts-of-china-and-india/ — Music courtesy of:- Epidemic Sound Artlist.io We try to use copyright free images at all times. However if we have used any of your artwork or maps then please don't hesitate to contact me and we’ll be more than happy to give the appropriate credit. Thanks to: Ghateshwara Mahadeva By Balaji - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=19568036 Kannauj Triangle By w:user:Planemad - Own workInternational Borders: University of Texas map library - India Political map 2001Disputed Borders: University of Texas map library - China-India Borders - Eastern Sector 1988 & Western Sector 1988 - Kashmir Region 2004 - Kashmir Maps.State and District boundaries: Census of India - 2001 Census State Maps - Survey of India Maps.Other sources: US Army Map Service, Survey of India Map Explorer, Columbia UniversityMap specific sources: "John Keay, History of India, 2000, Grove publications, New York, ISBN 0-8021-3797-0" page 198., CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1846341 Sand dunes By Nepenthes - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5623273 Hiten R, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Buddhist Cave By Y.Shishido - http://pipimaru.dyndns.org/india_2004/index.html, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=365302 Indian Rhino By Lurey Rohit - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6938018 Rhino By Sanjay ach - self-made at San Diego Zoo, San Diego, California, USA, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2682673

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th Century Natural Philosopher Unveils First Description of Alien Life // "The Cosmotheoros" (1698)

Sun, 31 May 2026 19:30:00 -0000

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Muslim Eyewitness Portrays Brutality of Crusaders and Richard I (1187 - 1191) // Baha Ad-Din

Sun, 31 May 2026 14:30:00 -0000

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When Pirates Governed Asia: 1000 Vicious Years of Chinese and Japanese Piracy // DOCUMENTARY

Sun, 31 May 2026 13:30:00 -0000

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th Century Executioner Reveals His Executions and their Crimes (1573-1617) Franz Schmidt's Diary

Sun, 31 May 2026 12:30:00 -0000

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The Tragic Journal of Europe's Final Court Dwarf

Sun, 31 May 2026 11:30:00 -0000

Go to https://sponsr.is/cs_voicesofthepast and use code VOICESOFTHEPAST to save 25% off today. Thanks to Curiosity Stream for sponsoring today’s video. --------------------------------- Extracts taken from: Boruwłaski, Joseph: Memoirs Of Count Boruwłaski: Containing A Sketch Of His Travels, With An Account Of His Reception At The Different Courts Of Europe, Andrews, Durham, 1820 Edited and Image Curation by Manuel Rubio - check out his amazing channel: @ArtandContext Narrated and Script Edited by David Kelly Music from Epidemic Sound and Artlist Thumbnail Art by Ettore Mazza

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Strangest Narratives of First Contact in History

Sun, 31 May 2026 10:30:00 -0000

Play War Thunder now with my link, and get a massive, free bonus pack including vehicles, boosters and more: https://playwt.link/pastvoiceswt War Thunder is a highly detailed vehicle combat game containing over 2000 playable tanks, aircrafts and ships spanning over 100 years of development. Immerse yourself completely in dynamic battles with an unparalleled combination of realism and approachability. -------------------------------------- Edited and Researched by Manuel Rubio Narrated by David Kelly Thumbnail Art by Ettore Mazza: https://www.instagram.com/ettore.mazza/?hl=en Art by Alex Stoica and Bilal Erlangga Extracts taken from: Records of the Grand Historian by Sima Qian. Translation by Friedrich Hirth, Journal of the American Oriental Society, vol 37 1917. The Saga of Erik the Red translation in The Discovery of America by the Northmen, in the Tenth Century, with Notices of the Early Settlements of the Irish in the Western Hemisphere by North Ludlow Beamish 1841. Ibn Fadlan on the Rus, translation by James E. Montgomery. Thanks to the Library of Arabic Literature for the use of this translation: https://nyupress.org/9781479899890/mission-to-the-volga/ Kirishitan Monogatari translation from DEUS DESTROYED The Image of Christianity in Early Modern Japan by George Elison Published by COUNCIL ON EAST ASIAN STUDIES HARVARD UNIVERSITY and distributed by HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS 1988 https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674199620 James King on Shaka Zulu Nathaniel Isaacs, Travels and Adventures in Eastern Africa, with a Sketch of Natal by Nathaniel Isaacs (2 Volumes, London, 1836), I, pp. 57–63 Researched by historydavid Stock footage from Storyblocks or Artlist, music from Epidemic Sound and Artlist. 00:00 Zhang Qian on The Greeks (125 BC) 04:46 Thorvald Eiriksson In America (1003) 07:50 Ibn Fadlan on the Viking Rus´ (921) 13:50 The First Christians in Japan (1543) 19:49 James King on Shaka Zulu (1825)

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Ancient Chinese Historian Narrates The First Christians (635 AD) // The Nestorian Stele

Sun, 31 May 2026 09:30:00 -0000

Claim your SPECIAL OFFER for MagellanTV here: https://try.magellantv.com/voicesofthepast. Start your free trial TODAY so you can watch History of the Bible 4K and the rest of MagellanTV’s history collection: https://www.magellantv.com/explore/history -------------- Taken from the text of the Nestorian Stele: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Nestorian_Monument:_An_Ancient_Record_of_Christianity_in_China/Translation_of_the_Nestorian_Inscription Translation of the Nestorian Inscription by Jingjing, translated by Alexander Wylie Music from Epidemic Sound and Artlist Image Credits: By 三猎 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=54442030 Pagoda By J. Coster - Photographed by J. Coster on visit to the pagoda on May 31, 2003.copyright J. Coster. Thanks, Jcoster 06:14, 13 Aug 2003 (UTC), CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6376071

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Early Japanese Visitor Depicts "Competitive and Unhealthy" European World (1872, Iwakura Embassy)

Sun, 31 May 2026 08:30:00 -0000

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Five Harsh First-Person Narratives of Roman Conquest // Carthage, Zela, Masada, Samarra, Fall of Rome

Sun, 31 May 2026 07:30:00 -0000

Play Conflict of Nations for FREE on PC or Mobile: 💥 https://con.onelink.me/kZW6/67f4409d Receive an Amazing New Player Pack, only available for the next 30 days! Thanks to Conflict of Nations for sponsoring this video ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Big thanks to Roma Aeterna Est (instagram: @roman.military.history) for curating these sources. Head over to his instagram for lots more fantastic content: https://www.instagram.com/roman.military.history/ Taken from Polybius quoted in Plutarch, Caesar's 'The Alexandrian Wars', Flavius Josephus, Ammianus Marcellinus and St. Jerome. Video actor and editor: David Kelly If this channel is something you like, if you think saving primary sources is important, head over to the patreon and join up! https://www.patreon.com/voicesofthepast — Don’t forget to subscribe to my brother's channel History Time, where he makes full length historical documentaries:- https://www.youtube.com/historytime — Music courtesy of:- Epidemic Sound Artlist.io We try to use copyright free images at all times. However if we have used any of your artwork or maps then please don't hesitate to contact me and we’ll be more than happy to give the appropriate credit. Thanks to: By Sting, CC BY-SA 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=408281By nonamed - Self-photographed in Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=33335801By Andrew Shiva / Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=24285093 By Carole Raddato from FRANKFURT, Germany - Remnants of Camp F, one of several legionary camps just outside the circumvallation wall around Masada seen from the hilltop, Masada, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=37878860By by Ester Inbar, available from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:ST., Attribution, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=960604By Carole Raddato from FRANKFURT, Germany - The Roman siege ramp seen from the hilltop, Masada, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=37878906By Kordas, gracias a los inestimables consejos de Chabacano - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6700218By israeltourism from Israel - Masada, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=26589218By Carole Raddato from FRANKFURT, Germany - Bronze statue of a Hellenistic prince, 1st half of 2nd century BC, found on the Quirinal in Rome, Palazzo Massimo alle Terme, Rome, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=75328308CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1548083

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European Prisoner Relates Life Among Cannibals of Brazil (1557) // Trials of Hans Staden

Sun, 31 May 2026 06:30:00 -0000

Claim your SPECIAL OFFER for MagellanTV here: https://try.magellantv.com/voicesofthepast. Start your free trial TODAY so you can watch Rio: The Great Saga and the rest of MagellanTV’s history collection: https://www.magellantv.com/explore/history -------------- Extracts taken from: True History: An Account of Cannibal Captivity in Brazil by Hans Staden Translated by Sir Richard Francis Burton https://archive.org/details/captivityhansst00burtgoog/page/n135/mode/2up Art by Bilalerlangga. Thumbnail art by Alex Stoica. Music from Epidemic Sound and Artlist Stock footage from Videoblocks and Artgrid Image Credits: Tupi Housing By Valter Campanato/ABr - http://www.agenciabrasil.gov.br/media/imagens/2007/08/28/dsc_0100.jpg/view, CC BY 3.0 br, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4201804 By Wilfredor - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=50945629

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Soviet Sniper Describes Pursuing Enemy on Eastern Front (1941) // Memoir of Yevgeni Nikolaev

Sun, 31 May 2026 05:30:00 -0000

Claim your SPECIAL OFFER for MagellanTV here: https://try.magellantv.com/voicesofthepast. Start your free trial TODAY so you can watch Pearl Harbour: Inside the USS Arizona and the rest of MagellanTV’s history collection: https://www.magellantv.com/explore/history -------------- Extracts taken from: "Red Army Sniper A Memoir of the Eastern Front in World War II" By Yevgeni Nikolaev, translated by David Foreman 30th Nov 2017, Published by Greenhill Books https://www.amazon.com/Red-Army-Sniper-Eastern-Greenhill-ebook/dp/B09K4Q3RW9/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= Thumbnail art by Alex Stoica: http://bananaartstudio.com/ Music from Epidemic Sound and Artlist Stock footage from Videoblocks and Artgrid Footage taken from the film "Sniper" (1931) Image Credits: Leningrad Front By RIA Novosti archive, image 58228 / Vsevolod Tarasevich / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15579350 Soviet Soldiers: By RIA Novosti archive, image 308 / Boris Kudoyarov / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=18134125 By RIA Novosti archive, image 662767 / Anatoliy Garanin / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15579493 By RIA Novosti archive, image 594949 / Anatoliy Garanin / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15579499 By RIA Novosti archive, image 660791 / Anatoliy Garanin / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15579536 By RIA Novosti archive, image 2675 / B. Vdovenko / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15579597 By RIA Novosti archive, image 602161 / Zelma / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15579657 By RIA Novosti archive, image 61150 / Alpert / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15579747 By RIA Novosti archive, image 62126 / Boris Kudoyarov / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15579756 By RIA Novosti archive, image 44732 / Zelma / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15579770 By RIA Novosti archive, image 633408 / Anatoliy Garanin / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15579774 German snipers: By Bundesarchiv, Bild 101I-216-0417-19 / Dieck / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5410420 German motorcyle By User:Stefan Kühn - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=279154

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The Total History of Ancient Japan

Sun, 31 May 2026 04:30:00 -0000

Get up to 60% OFF your Babbel subscription here: http://bit.ly/41JqAlc and start speaking a new language in 3 weeks 🎉 ----------------------------------------------- 00:00 Introduction 04:52 Beginnings 11:07 The Shaman Queen 297 AD 16:15 The Rise of Buddhism 552 AD 21:50 The Fall of Korea 663 AD 27:39 Choosing A Capital 736 AD 37:45 Rise of the Emishi 774 AD 46:48 Embassies to China 717 AD 52:43 The Heian Court 1000 AD 56:59 Shogun 1184 1:02:12 Horsemen of the Apocalypse 1274 Edited and Image Curation by Manuel Rubio - check out his amazing channel: @A@ArtandContextNarrated and Script Edited by David Kelly Thumbnail Image by Ettore Mazza https://www.instagram.com/ettore.mazza Images by Alex Stoica, Bilal Erlangga. Kofun imagery made based on [https://mapps.gsi.go.jp/maplibSearch.do#1 National Land Image Information (Color Aerial Photographs)], Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism References: Christensen, J.A (1981.) Nichiren. Leader of Buddhist Reformation in Japan. Fremont, CA: Jain Publishing Company. Farris, W. W. (2009.) Japan to 1600. A Social and Economic History. Honolulu: Hawai’i University Press. Harding, C. (2020.) The Japanese. A History in Twenty Lives. London: Allen Lane. Kumar, A. (2009.) Globalizing the Prehistory of Japan. New York: Routledge. Matsumoto, H. (2009.) The origin of the Japanese race based on genetic markers of immunoglobulin G. Proceedings of the Japan Academy. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3524296/ Needham, J. and Ronan, C. A. (1995.) The Shorter Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 5. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Kirkland, R. (1997.) The Sun and the Throne. The Origins of the Royal Descent Myth in Ancient Japan, Numen, 44, (2), 109-152. Sei Shonagon (tr. Arthur Waley.) 2011. The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon. Tuttle: Tokyo. Soka Gakkai. The Nichiren Library. Available from: https://www.nichirenlibrary.org/ World History Encyclopedia. Daily Life in Ancient China. Available from: https://www.worldhistory.org/article/890/daily-life-in-ancient-china/ Wang, Z. (2005.) Ambassadors from the Islands of the Immortals. Honolulu: Hawai’i University Press. #ancientjapan

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The 4 Most Violent Eyewitness Accounts of Viking Attacks (Lindisfarne, Muslim Spain, Constantinople, Paris)

Sun, 31 May 2026 03:30:00 -0000

Help me achieve the goal and reach 120 installs ➤➤➤➤➤➤➤➤➤ Download Vikings: War of Clans ➤ Android: https://clcr.me/EDEebc ➤ IOS: https://clcr.me/WIhxwq and become a hero of exciting events in the world of Vikings. ------------------------------------ Extracts taken from: Simeon of Durham, Historia Regum Al Adhari, Histories of Andalucia Photius' Homilies, Numbers III and IV Annals of St-Vaast Images of Burning Seville and Vikings arriving at Lisbon by Joseph Feely: https://www.artstation.com/joefly https://joseph-feely.pixels.com/ Images of Lindisfarne and Viking by Matthew Cartwright: https://www.instagram.com/mattthulhu/ If this channel is something you like, if you think saving primary sources is important, head over to the patreon and join up! https://www.patreon.com/voicesofthepast — Don’t forget to subscribe to my brother's channel History Time, where he makes full length historical documentaries:- https://www.youtube.com/historytime — Music courtesy of:- Epidemic Sound Artlist.io We try to use copyright free images at all times. However if we have used any of your artwork or maps then please don't hesitate to contact me and we’ll be more than happy to give the appropriate credit. Thanks to: Fæ, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Skix-, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Wolfmann, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Original: Serg!o (Original Uploader)Derivative: باسم, CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/, via Wikimedia Commons By Froaringus - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15150082 Kolforn (Wikimedia), CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Stephanie A. Terry, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Sven Rosborn - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1447883

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History of the Universe Channel Presentation

Sun, 31 May 2026 02:30:00 -0000

FIRST VIDEO: https://youtu.be/XSCrSkK2HcQ CHANNEL LINK: https://youtube.com/channel/UCtRFmSyL4fSLQkn-wMqlmdA THE ENTIRE HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSE

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Inca Perspective on FIRST MEETING with Europeans // Account of Titu Cusi (1570) // Primary Source

Sun, 31 May 2026 01:30:00 -0000

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The Mongol Invasion of Europe (As Witnessed By Master Roger, 1241)

Sun, 31 May 2026 00:30:00 -0000

Play Enlisted for FREE on PC, Xbox Series X|S and PS®5: https://playen.link/pastvoicesen Follow the link to download the game and get your exclusive bonus now. See you in battle! -------------------------------------------------- Extracts taken from Anonymus and Master Roger The Deeds of the Hungarians/Epistle to the Sorrowful Lament upon the Destruction of the Kingdom of Hungary by the Tatars edited by Martyn C. Rady, Laszlo Veszpremy, Janos M. Bak Central European University Press, 1 January 2010 https://ceupress.com/book/anonymus-and-master-roger Edited and Image Curation by Manuel Rubio - check out his amazing channel: @ArtandContext Thumbnail Art by Ettore Mazza Art by Carlos López Art by Alex Stoica Stock footage from Storyblocks and Artlist. Music from Epidemic Sound and Artlist.

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How Far Did Rome Expand?

Sat, 30 May 2026 23:30:00 -0000

Use code VOICE50 to get 50% off your first Factor box at https://bit.ly/47DiKwo! ------------------------------------- Written and Researched by Dr Raoul McLaughlin: https://youtube.com/channel/UCGk9VXhk_l__aLVp4Yp90lw Edited and Image Curation by Manuel Rubio - check out his amazing channel: @ArtandContext Original Art by Alex Stoica Narrated and Script Edited by David Kelly Music from Epidemic Sound and Artlist Thumbnail Art by Ettore Mazza References: McLaughlin, R. Rome and the Distant East (2010) McLaughlin, R. The Roman Empire and the Indian Ocean (2014) McLaughlin, R. The Roman Empire and the Silk Routes (2016) McLaughlin, Kim & Lieu, Rome and China: Points of Contact (2021) Image Credits: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Augustus_Prima_Porta_BM_GR1812.6-15.1.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bust_of_augustus.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:L%C3%A9gionnaires-romains.png https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Moulage_de_la_Colonne_Trajane_(EUR,_Rome)_(5911256989).jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Capsarius_(Trajans%C3%A4ule).jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:7_Statuen_nubischer_kuschitischer_K%C3%B6nige_Kerma_Musuem.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Combat_between_Achilles_and_Memnon,_Grave_amphora_southern_Italy,_330_BC.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biga_(chariot)#/media/File:Greek_-_Hydria_with_the_Fight_of_Achilles_and_Memnon_-_Walters_482230.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Roman_baths_suetonius_paulinus_02.JPG https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Relief_of_Soldiers_of_the_Praetorian_Guard_05_(51222075915).jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Inside_Meroe_Pyramid.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Inside_Meroe_Pyramid.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mer%C3%B6e_pyramids_reliefs_(13)_(34681435896).jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mer%C3%B6e_pyramids_reliefs_(15)_(34590571511).jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sudan_2017._Meroe.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sudan_Meroe_Pyramids_Ornament_30sep2005.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pompey_the_Great,_Augustean_copy_of_a_70-60_BC_original,_Venice_Museo_Archeologico_Nazionale_(22205132751).jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Autel_tricephale_MuseeStRemi_Reims_1131a.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Testa_in_pietra_con_pi%C3%B9_facce,_da_corleck_hill,_co._di_cavan,_I-II_secolo_dc._02.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:CarnyxDeTintignac2.jpg https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cneo_Domicio_Corbul%C3%B3n#/media/Archivo:Pseudo-Corbulo_Musei_Capitolini_MC561.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman%E2%80%93Parthian_Wars#/media/File:Septimius_arch_-_relief.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RomanTerracottaMask_Satyr_BurjAlShimali_NationalMuseumOfBeirut_RomanDeckert06102019.jpg 00:00 The Edge of The Empire 06:38 West: Beyond Carthage (146 BC) 17:34 East: Hunting Mithridates (65 BC) 28:11 South: The Incense Trails (25 BC) 37:53 Further East: The Counterlanders (52 AD) 49:17 Further South: The Source of the Nile (61 AD) 01:04:35 North: The Forests of Germania (61 AD) 01:14:48 Further North: Advance and Engage! (43 - 85 AD) 01:23:46 Onward To Thule! (84 AD) 01:35:16 The Map (150 AD)

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First Royal Persian Visitor Chronicles European Life (1873) // Astounding Journey of Naser Al-Din

Sat, 30 May 2026 22:30:00 -0000

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German Soldier Reveals Grim Reality of Life on Western Front (1914) // Diary of Rudolf Binding

Sat, 30 May 2026 21:30:00 -0000

Signup for your FREE trial to The Great Courses Plus here: http://ow.ly/erCe30rFSpy ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Extracts taken from: A Fatalist at War by Rudolf Binding - Translated by Ian F.D. Morrow (Allen & Unwin, 1929) https://archive.org/details/fatalistatwar00rudo/mode/2up Music from: Epidemic Sound Artlist.io Image Credits: German Soldiers By Rudolf Simon sen. / Lizenzinhaber: RudolfSimon - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=65078595 German Soldiers By Bundesarchiv, Bild 104-0832 / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5481423 Trench in Flanders By Ken Eckert - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=39240724 German Soldiers Lautie Daniel, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons We try to use copyright free images at all times. However if we have used any of your artwork or maps in error then please don't hesitate to contact and we’ll be more than happy to give the appropriate credit.

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Soviet Journalist Documents US Deep South and Visits President Roosevelt (1936) // Ilf and Petrov

Sat, 30 May 2026 20:30:00 -0000

Text taken from 'Revival: Little Golden America' (1944) (Routledge Revivals) by Ilya Ilf and Evgeny Petrov. https://www.amazon.com/Revival-Little-America-Routledge-Revivals/dp/1138567515 If this channel is something you like, if you think saving primary sources is important, head over to the patreon and join up! https://www.patreon.com/voicesofthepast — Don’t forget to subscribe to my brother's channel History Time, where he makes full length historical documentaries:- https://www.youtube.com/historytime — Music courtesy of:- Epidemic Sound Artlist.io We try to use copyright free images at all times. However if we have used any of your artwork or maps then please don't hesitate to contact me and we’ll be more than happy to give the appropriate credit. Thanks to: The Prelinger Collection at Internet Archive By Renelibrary - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=77305351 By AgnosticPreachersKid - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4119836 Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Z28scrambler - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=51131399 By freeparking - Flickr, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3412506 By Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum - https://www.flickr.com/photos/fdrlibrary/4998715384/in/album-72157626641167895/, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=49513830 By RIA Novosti archive, image #695084 / Valeriy Shustov / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=18559688

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How Japan Achieved Great Power Status in Only 40 Years (1865 - 1905) // Japanese History Documentary

Sat, 30 May 2026 19:30:00 -0000

Get your special offer for MagellanTV here: https://try.magellantv.com/voicesofthepast. It's an exclusive offer for our viewers! Start your free trial today. MagellanTV is a new kind of streaming service run by filmmakers with 3,000+ documentaries! Check out our personal recommendation and MagellanTV’s exclusive playlists: https://www.magellantv.com/explore/history -------------- 00:00 Introduction 04:20 The End of the Beginning 10:31 Japan Meets The World 18:00 Business Opportunities 20:33 Meat 24:57 Upgrading The Military 30:22 Rebellion 37:11 Big in the West 44:36 Climbing the Ladder 48:15 Tension with the West 52:58 The First Rank of Nations Written by Thomas Lockley. Check out his book on Yasuke: https://www.amazon.com/-/es/Geoffrey-Girard/dp/1335044981/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=yasuke&qid=1615050333&sr=8-1 Edited and narrated by David Kelly. Art by Matthew Cartwright. — Music courtesy of:- Epidemic Sound Artlist.io Bibliography: Beasley, William. 1995. Japan Encounters the Barbarian. Japanese Travellers in America and Europe. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. Bird, Isabella. 2006. Unbeaten Tracks in Japan. Saitama: Japan and Stuff Press. Checkland, Olive. 2003. Japan and Britain after 1859 – Creating Cultural Bridges. London and New York: Routledge. Cwiertka, Katarzyna. 2006. Modern Japanese Cuisine. Food, Power and National Identity. London: Reaktion Books. De Coningh, Assendelft. 2012. A Pioneer in Yokohama. A Dutchman’s Adventures in the New Treaty Port. Indianapolis and Cambridge: Hackett Publishing. Downer, Lesley. 2003. Madame Sadayakko. The Geisha who Bewitched the West. New York: Gotham Books. Esposito, Gabriele. 2020. Japanese Armies 1868-1877. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. Fukuzawa, Yukichi and Kiyooka, Eiichi (tr.) 1966. The Autobiography of Yukichi Fukuzawa. New York: Columbia University Press. Gardiner, Michael. 2007. At the Edge of Empire. The Life of Thomas Blake Glover. Edinburgh: Birlinn. Hillsborough, Romulus. 2005. Shinsengumi. The Shogun's Last Samurai Corps. Tokyo, Rutland, and Singapore: Tuttle. Jacob, Frank. 2014. Japanism, Pan-Asianism and Terrorism. A Short History of the Amur Society (The Black Dragons) 1901-1945. Bethesda, Dublin and Palo Alto: Academica. Jansen, Marius. 1994. Sakamoto Ryoma and the Meiji Restoration. New York: Columbia University Press. Jansen, Marius. 2000. The Making of Modern Japan. Cambridge, MA and London: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. Koyama, Noboru. 2007. Japanese Tattooists and the British Royal Family during the Meiji Period, in Britain and Japan Biographical Portraits Volume VI (Hugh Cortazzi ed.) Folkestone: Global Oriental. Kokaze, Hidemasa. 2011. ‘The Political Space of Meiji 22 (1889): The Promulgation of the Constitution and the Birth of the Nation.’ Japan Review, 23, 119-41. Lloyd, Arthur. 1905. Admiral Togo. Tokyo: Kinkodo. McArthur, Ian. 2013. Henry Black. On Stage in Meiji Japan. Victoria: Monash University. Mihalopoulos, Bill. 2011. Sx in Japan’s Globalization, 1870-1930. London and New York: Routledge. Nakae, Chomin, and Tsuki, Nobuko (tr.) 1999. A Discourse by Three Drunkards on Government. New York and Tokyo: Weatherhill. Nimura, Janice. 2015. Daughters of the Samurai. A Journey from East to West and Back. New York and London: W. W. Norton and Company. Swale, Alistair. 2000. The Political Thought of Mori Arinori. A Study in Meiji Conservatism. Richmond: Japan Library. Wilson, George. 1992. Patriots and Redeemers in Japan. Motives in the Meiji Restoration. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. Image credits: Treaty of Portsmouth By World Imaging - Own work, photographed at Japan Foreign Ministry archives, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=12769311 Allegory of inflation PHGCOM, pre-1868 anonymous Japanese arti

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Thomas Edison Predicts the 20th Century // Kindles and Bumblebee Helicopters // Cosmopolitan (1911)

Sat, 30 May 2026 14:30:00 -0000

Head over to http://bit.ly/VoicesofthePast to get 50% off your first six months of Babbel, the world's #1 language learning app (for a limited time only!) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Taken from Cosmopolitan Volume 50 (1911) If this channel is something you like, if you think saving primary sources is important, head over to the patreon and join up! https://www.patreon.com/voicesofthepast — Don’t forget to subscribe to my brother's channel History Time, where he makes full length historical documentaries:- https://www.youtube.com/historytime — Music courtesy of:- Epidemic Sound Artlist.io Video actor and editor: David Kelly We try to use copyright free images at all times. However if we have used any of your artwork or maps then please don't hesitate to contact me and we’ll be more than happy to give the appropriate credit. Thanks to: By Hi-Res Images ofChemical Elements - http://images-of-elements.com/nickel.php, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=28653788 By Bundesarchiv, Bild 102-09312 / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5414490

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Japanese Historian from 1845 Describes Life of George Washington + Foundation of USA

Fri, 29 May 2026 21:00:00 -0000

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First Samurai in America and Europe: Tragic Journey of the Keicho Embassy (1613 - 1620) DOCUMENTARY

Fri, 29 May 2026 14:30:00 -0000

Claim your SPECIAL OFFER for MagellanTV here: https://try.magellantv.com/voicesofthepast. Start your free trial TODAY so you can watch "The Magnificent Three" and the rest of MagellanTV’s history collection: https://www.magellantv.com/explore/history -------------- 00:00 New Spain 05:18 Mexico City 10:00 Spain 16:52 Onwards to Rome 23:56 The English 31:20 Japan Written by Thomas Lockley. Check out his book on Yasuke: https://www.amazon.com/-/es/Geoffrey-Girard/dp/1335044981/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=yasuke&qid=1615050333&sr=8-1 Edited and narrated by David Kelly. Art by Matthew Cartwright: https://mattcartwrightillustration.com/ And Alexstoica https://www.artstation.com/banana_art_studio *************BIBLIOGRAPHY IN A PINNED COMMENT*********** — Music courtesy of:- Epidemic Sound Artlist.io Image Credits: Sendai Shrine By Tak1701d - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=27807236 Church of the Delcazas Reales By Dorieo - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=43847006By PMRMaeyaert - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=35798929 By Richard Mortel from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - Monasterio de las Descalzas Reales, Madrid, 16th century, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=69791296 Washi Paper By Mizu basyo - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=25344517By Mizu basyo - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=25344516 Basilica By Jean-Pol GRANDMONT - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=19020259Pauline Chapel By Franco Vannini from Sansepolcro (AR), Italy - aDSC03538, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=72722874By Nicola Quirico - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=57096833 Japan Times article on Coria del RioChristian in Japan Board By Zunkir - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=90943794Hasekura Christian Objects By No machine-readable author provided. World Imaging assumed (based on copyright claims). - No machine-readable source provided. Own work assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=870913Library Vatican By Dnalor 01 - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=32425597

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Queerest Ancient Accounts of The Edge Of The World

Fri, 29 May 2026 13:30:00 -0000

Try Speakly for free for 7 days, and get a 60% discount if you join the annual subscription: https://speakly.app.link/voicesofthepast -------------------------------------------------------- Edited and Image Curation by Manuel Rubio - check out his amazing channel: @ArtandContext Thumbnail Art by Ettore Mazza Art by Lachlan (Feature History) Art by Bilal Erlangga Stock footage from Storyblocks and Artlist. Music from Epidemic Sound and Artlist. Excerpts from: The History of Herodotus Translated into English by G. C. Macaulay The Periplus of Hanno Translated by Wilfred Harvey Schoff Germania by Tacitus Translated by Alfred John Church, William Jackson Brodriff Weilue Translation from China and the Roman Orient: Researches Into Their Ancient and Mediæval Relations by Friedrich Hirth Ammianus Marcellinus in three volumes. Vol.2 Translated by Rolfe, John Carew 00:00 Herodotus on The Edges of the Earth (430 BC) 05:01 Hanno The Navigator on West Africa (5th Century BC) 08:48 Tacitus on Scandinavia (98 AD) 13:23 Ancient China on Rome (240 AD) 20:05 Rome on Ancient China (380 AD)

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Chinese Take on 1950s American Life // "Materialistic America, I Applaud You!

Fri, 29 May 2026 12:30:00 -0000

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Unremarkable Samurai Chronicles Genuine Life in Historical Japan

Fri, 29 May 2026 11:30:00 -0000

If you’re struggling, consider therapy with BetterHelp #ad. Click https://betterhelp.com/voicesofthepast for a 10% discount on your first month of therapy with a credentialed professional specific to your needs. ----------------------------------- Extracts taken from: Musui's Story: The Autobiography of a Tokugawa Samurai by Katsu Kokichi (Author), Teruko Craig (Translator, Introduction) University of Arizona Press (July 1, 1991) https://uapress.arizona.edu/book/musuis-story Edited by Douglas Baker and David Kelly Narration by David Kelly Thumbnail Art by Ettore Mazza

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Oldest Portrayals of the Pyramids

Fri, 29 May 2026 10:30:00 -0000

Thanks to Bespoke Post for sponsoring this video! New subscribers get 20% off their first box of awesome — go to https://bespokepost.com/voices20 and enter code VOICES20 at checkout. ------------------ Huge thanks to @drraoulmclaughlin7423 for his work compiling the sources, from: Herodotus, Diodorus Siculus, Strabo, Pliny The Elder, Travels of Egeria Edited by Luiz Murphy Thumbnail Art by Ettore Mazza Herodotus section art by Bilal Erlangga Art by Alex Stoica Pyramid Photo Credits: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cheops_pyramid_02.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pyramid_of_Cheops_-_side.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Great_Pyramid_of_Giza_and_Egyptian_sky.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Giza_pyramid01(js).jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pyramids_of_the_Giza_Necropolis.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Sphinx_and_Pyramid_of_Khafre.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pyramid_of_Khafre_(8590203353).jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Reliefs_in_tomb_of_Idut_II.JPG https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pyramid_of_Menkaure_in_Giza_May_2015.JPG https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:09_menkaure_inscription.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flickr_-_vsbatista_-_Mycerinus_and_the_Queens.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flickr_-_vsbatista_-_Mycerinus_and_the_Queens.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_damaged_Pyramid_of_Menkaure_%28Mycerinus%29_and_its_satellite_pyramids_%2814777215676%29.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Queens_Pyramids,_Giza,_Egypt.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Processional_Way_in_2016,_Babylon.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Giza_Old_and_New_Entrances_to_Great_Pyramid_of_Khufu_(9793880364).jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Giza_Pyramids_-_%D8%A3%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B2%D8%A9.png https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Entrance_to_Great_Pyramid_of_Giza_May_2015.JPG https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MeidumPyramidPassage.JPG https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pyramid_of_Menkaure_in_Giza_May_2015.JPG https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:All_Gizah_Pyramids-2.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pyramid_Atlanersa_Nuri_20.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Great_Sphinx_of_Giza_and_Pyramid_of_Cheops.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pyramids_of_the_Giza_Necropolis.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Malampuzha_Rock_Garden_Views_DSC09194.JPG https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Great_Sphinx_of_Giza_and_Pyramid_of_Cheops.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cherchell_museum_-_grape_workers.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Meidum_Pyramid_2.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tile_mosaic_of_the_interior_floor_of_Lahore_fort.JPG https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Menkaure's_Pyramid_with_Queens_Pyramids.jpg 00:00 Herodotus (454 BC) 04:40 D. Siculus - Greek Visiting Egypt (60 BC) 09:32 Strabo - Greco-Roman with the Roman Army (20 BC) 13:18 Pliny The Elder - Roman Historian (77 AD) 18:06 Egeria - Roman Christian (381 AD)

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Native American Perspective on First Contact with Europeans // As recounted to Jon Heckewelder (1770s)

Fri, 29 May 2026 09:30:00 -0000

Get your free trial of MagellanTV here: https://try.magellantv.com/voicesofthepast. It's an exclusive offer for our viewers: an extended, month-long trial, FREE. MagellanTV is a new kind of streaming service run by filmmakers with 2,000+ documentaries! Check out our personal recommendation and MagellanTV’s exclusive playlists: https://www.magellantv.com/explore/history -------------- Taken from 'History, manners, and customs of the Indian nations who once inhabited Pennsylvania and the neighboring states' by Heckewelder, John Gottlieb Ernestus, 1743-1823 If this channel is something you like, if you think saving primary sources is important, head over to the patreon and join up! https://www.patreon.com/voicesofthepast — Don’t forget to subscribe to my brother's channel History Time, where he makes full length historical documentaries:- https://www.youtube.com/historytime — Music courtesy of:- Epidemic Sound Artlist.io We try to use copyright free images at all times. However if we have used any of your artwork or maps then please don't hesitate to contact me and we’ll be more than happy to give the appropriate credit. Thanks to: By Nicholas - originally posted to Flickr as Glen, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9670810

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@ArtandContext - A Distinctive Channel From The Editor Of Voices of the Past

Fri, 29 May 2026 08:30:00 -0000

FIRST VIDEO OUT NOW: https://youtu.be/W_2XQn71-Fc

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Japanese Castaway Delivers First Impression of USA (1852) // Astounding Story of John Manjiro

Fri, 29 May 2026 07:30:00 -0000

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Primary Narratives of History's Worst Military Disasters

Fri, 29 May 2026 06:30:00 -0000

Enjoy 10% OFF and free shipping on all Hoverpens with code VOTP: North America & other countries: https://bit.ly/votp_novium UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/votp_noviumeu --------------------- Extracts taken from: Paterculus' Roman History, translated by F.W. Shipley. James Brundage, "The Crusades: A Documentary History", (Milwaukee, WI: Marquette University Press, 1962) "Captain Cuellar´s Narrative of the Spanish Armada" translated by Robert Crawford 1897 "The Diary of a Napoleonic Foot Soldier" by Jakob Walter Account of Second Lieutenant David Rodger Fyffe in "Gallipoli: The Dardanelles Disaster in Soldiers' Words and Photographs" by Richard van Emden and Stephen Chambers: https://www.amazon.com/Gallipoli-Dardanelles-Disaster-Soldiers-Photographs/dp/1408856158 Editing by David Kelly and Luiz Murphy Image Editing by Manuel Rubio - check out his amazing channel: @ArtandContext Music from Epidemic Sound and Artlist Thumbnail Art by Ettore Mazza Art by Bilal Erlangga 00:00 9 AD Battle of the Teutoburg Forest 05:09 1187 Battle of Hattin 11:12 1588 The Spanish Armada 17:54 1812 Napoleon´s Invasion of Russia 25:31 1915 Landing at Gallipoli

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Native American Castaway Delivers First Portrait of Closed Japan (1848) Ranald MacDonald's Adventure

Fri, 29 May 2026 05:30:00 -0000

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Ancient China and Rome: 1000 Years of Engagement // DOCUMENTARY

Fri, 29 May 2026 04:30:00 -0000

Claim your SPECIAL OFFER for MagellanTV here: https://try.magellantv.com/voicesofthepast. Start your free trial TODAY so you can watch Mysteries of China and the rest of MagellanTV’s history collection: https://www.magellantv.com/explore/history -------------- 00:00 Introduction 07:25 China 35:54 Rome 1:13:01 The Fall Written and Researched by Dr Raoul McLaughlin: https://youtube.com/channel/UCGk9VXhk_l__aLVp4Yp90lw Edited and Narrated by David Kelly Music from Epidemic Sound and Artlist Art by Alex Stoica and Bilerlannga References: McLaughlin, R. Rome and the Distant East (2010) McLaughlin, R. The Roman Empire and the Indian Ocean (2014) McLaughlin, R. The Roman Empire and the Silk Routes (2016) McLaughlin, Kim & Lieu, Rome and China: Points of Contact (2021) Hill, J. Through the Jade Gate: China to Rome (2015) Hansen, V, The Silk Road (2011) Boulnois, Silk Road: Monks, Warriors & Merchants (2008) Sampson, G. The Defeat of Rome: Crassus, Carrhae and the Invasion of the East (2008) Sheldon, R. Rome’s Wars in Parthia (2010) Image Credits: Warring States Map By SY - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=64875198 Qin Chariot By Jmhullot - Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=40128332 Mausoleum of Qin By Aaron Zhu, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=61014258 Book of former Han By Gisling - Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5172082 Shangyrak By Man77 - Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4911212 Ger By Francisco Anzola - Gher (Yurt) settlement, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=32182564 Yurt camp By Benjamin Goetzinger - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=78895467 Han Dynasty Tower By The Real Bear - Summer Vacation 2007, 263 - Watchtower In The Morning Light, Dunhuang, Gansu Province, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7306049 Pottery Figurine By Zcm11 - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=32568479 Fergana Horse By G41rn8 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=46941326 Shielbearers By Shizhao - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=28467376 Ancient Rome model photo by Jean-Pierre Dalbéra Marcus Crassus By Following Hadrian - https://www.flickr.com/photos/41523983@N08/14649017884/, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=93823616 Statue of Tiberius By I, Sailko, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9944178 Upchurch horde Ahala, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons vima coin By Classical Numismatic Group, Inc. http://www.cngcoins.com, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=54732892 Homer H. Dubs by Bassano Ltd half-plate film negative, 5 July 1960 Testudo Trajan Column By CristianChirita (talk · contribs) (Own work), CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=819860 Roman inscription By Kritzolina - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=80756276 Castrum at Masada By David Shankbone - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3270982 Legio VI Ferrata By אור פ - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=40684915 Emperor Trajan By Hartmann Linge - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11792308 Trajan and Dacia By Joe Mabel - photo by Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=837749 Ancient Roman glassware By Sailko - Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=97567508 Whu Zhu Coins By 三猎 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=47275203 Nero C

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Extraordinary Narratives From History of UFO Sightings (74 BC - 1896) // Primary Sources

Fri, 29 May 2026 03:30:00 -0000

Claim your SPECIAL OFFER for MagellanTV here: https://try.magellantv.com/voicesofthepast. Start your free trial TODAY so you can watch The Last Rites: Ceremonies of Death and the rest of MagellanTV’s history collection: https://www.magellantv.com/explore/history -------------- Extracts taken from: Plutarch on Lucullus http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2008.01.0046 Illustrated news notice of Nuremberg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1561_celestial_phenomenon_over_Nuremberg History of New England by John Winthrop https://archive.org/details/winthropsjourna05hosmgoog Toen shōsetsu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utsuro-bune The San Francisco call. [volume], November 22, 1896, Page 13, Image 13 https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85066387/1896-11-22/ed-1/seq-13/ Art by Bilalerlangga. Music from Epidemic Sound and Artlist Stock footage from Videoblocks Image Credits: Skull By Wapondaponda - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6944772 00:00 74 BC The Mithridatic Wars 02:02 1561 Nuremberg 04:30 1639 Massachusetts 05:26 1803 Edo Japan 09:08 1896 Oakland, California

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Japanese Traveler Recounts Journey Through Iran and Ancient Persian Ruins // (1899) Yenaga Toyokichi

Fri, 29 May 2026 03:30:00 -0000

Many thanks to Seyed Benyamin Keshavarz (Baron Benyamin aka Getsugawa Yuzuru) for this translation, taken from: The trip to Iran and the Asia Minor : The travels of Toyokichi YENĀGĀ (1899) Video narrated and edited by David Kelly. If this channel is something you like, if you think saving primary sources is important, head over to the patreon and join up! https://www.patreon.com/voicesofthepast — Don’t forget to subscribe to my brother's channel History Time, where he makes full length historical documentaries:- https://www.youtube.com/historytime — Music courtesy of:- Epidemic Sound Artlist.io We try to use copyright free images at all times. However if we have used any of your artwork or maps then please don't hesitate to contact me and we’ll be more than happy to give the appropriate credit. Thanks to: By درفش کاویانی - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=17932152By Carole Raddato - Persepolis, Iran (Flickr album), CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=82536480By Леон Петросян, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=48932037By Philippe Chavin (Simorg) - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1376143By M samadi - Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2955858By Mehrdad Sarhangi - panoramio, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=16271740By Bernard Gagnon - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=67792678By Ninaras - Own work, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=58411823

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Young Soldier Narrates Authentic Horror of Life in Napoleon's Army (Russia, 1812) // Jakob Walter Diary

Fri, 29 May 2026 02:30:00 -0000

Signup for your FREE trial to The Great Courses Plus here: http://ow.ly/gTj530rskcC ‐------------------------------- Extracts taken from "The Diary of a Napoleonic Foot Soldier" by Jakob Walter (Doubleday, 1991) Narrated and edited by David Kelly. — Music courtesy of:- Epidemic Sound Artlist.io We try to use copyright free images at all times. However if we have used any of your artwork or maps then please don't hesitate to contact me and we’ll be more than happy to give the appropriate credit. Image credits: European Map 1812: Alexander Altenhof, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons German village Peter Paul Rubens, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Frankfurt Oder Surroundings By Gottfried Hoffmann -…, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=52367565 Nikolay Samokish

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First Non-Muslim European Observation of Mecca (1503) / Disguised Travels of Ludovico di Varthema

Fri, 29 May 2026 01:30:00 -0000

The first 1000 people to use the link will get a free trial of Skillshare Premium Membership: https://skl.sh/voicesofthepast03211 This video was sponsored by Skillshare. ---------------- Extracts taken from "The Travels of Ludovico di Varthema" translated by John Winter Jones. — Music courtesy of:- Epidemic Sound Artlist.io We try to use copyright free images at all times. However if we have used any of your artwork or maps then please don't hesitate to contact me and we’ll be more than happy to give the appropriate credit. Image credits: Varthema Book By ActuaLitté - Itinerario de Ludovico de Verthema, Lodovico di Varthema, 1523 - Foire du Livre de Charjah, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=65895839 Kaaba gate By Md iet at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=18023356

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Enslaved Icelander Recounts Atrocities of Barbary Pirate Raid (1627) // Diary of Ólafur Egilsson

Fri, 29 May 2026 00:30:00 -0000

Claim your SPECIAL OFFER for MagellanTV here: https://try.magellantv.com/voicesofthepast. Start your free trial TODAY so you can watch Myths and Monsters and the rest of MagellanTV’s history collection: https://www.magellantv.com/explore/history -------------- Extracts taken from The Travels of Reverend Olafur Egilsson: The Story of the Barbary Corsair Raid on Iceland in 1627. by Olafur Egilsson (Author), Karl Smari Hreinsson (Translator), Adam Nichols (Translator) https://www.amazon.com/Travels-Reverend-Olafur-Egilsson-Barbary/dp/0813228697 Thumbnail Art and Art by Alex Stoica. Stock footage taken from Videoblocks and Artgrid. Music from Epidemic Sound and Artlist. Image Credits: Westman Islands By Bruce McAdamCamera location62° 55′ 41.37″ N, 20° 27′ 25.92″ WView this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap - originally posted to Flickr as Vestmannaeyjar, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6994388 Grass Roof Houses By michael clarke stuff - originally posted to Flickr as Grass-roof houses, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7014145

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Mesmerized British Visitor Chronicles Life in American Civil War (1863) // Diary of Henry Y. Thompson

Thu, 28 May 2026 23:30:00 -0000

Get your free trial of MagellanTV here: https://try.magellantv.com/voicesofthepast. It's an exclusive offer for our viewers: an extended, month-long trial, FREE. MagellanTV is a new kind of streaming service run by filmmakers with 3,000+ documentaries! Check out our personal recommendation and MagellanTV’s exclusive playlists: https://www.magellantv.com/explore/history -------------- Text taken from the diaries of Henry Yates Thompson, 1863: https://www.amazon.com/Englishman-American-Civil-War-Diaries/dp/0283484683 If this channel is something you like, if you think saving primary sources is important, head over to the patreon and join up! https://www.patreon.com/voicesofthepast — Don’t forget to subscribe to my brother's channel History Time, where he makes full length historical documentaries:- https://www.youtube.com/historytime — Music courtesy of:- Epidemic Sound Artlist.io We try to use copyright free images at all times. However if we have used any of your artwork or maps then please don't hesitate to contact me and we’ll be more than happy to give the appropriate credit. Thanks to: DrStew82 - own work, CC BY-Sa 4.0 http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=69697280

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Ancient Soldier Shares Epic First-Person Account of Ancient Warfare

Thu, 28 May 2026 22:30:00 -0000

Check out the fantastic Opera browser: https://opr.as/Opera-browser-Voices-of-the-Past ------------------------------- Extracts taken from: The Anabasis by Xenophon - translated and edited by the legendary Dr Raoul Mclaughlin - please please check out his fantastic work: @drraoulmclaughlin7423 Image Editing by Manuel Rubio - check out his amazing channel: @ArtandContext Music from Epidemic Sound and Artlist Thumbnail Art by Ettore Mazza Art by Alex Stoica Image Credits from carvings and ancient art: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Artaxerxes_II_relief_detail.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Persepolis_Tomb_of_Artaxerxes_II_Mnemon_(r.404-358_BCE)_Upper_Relief.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Reliefs_in_Persepolis_%D9%86%DA%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%87_%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%AA_%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%AF_26.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Reliefs_in_Persepolis_%D9%86%DA%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%87_%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%AA_%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%AF_19.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Reliefs_in_Persepolis_%D9%86%DA%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%87_%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%AA_%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%AF_03.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Naghsh-e_rostam,_Ir%C3%A1n,_2016-09-24,_DD_12.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tomb_of_Artaxerxes_II,_Persepolis,_Iran_%285072587766%29.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Portrait_of_an_anonymous_Satrap_IONIA,_Phokaia._Circa_478-387_BC.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ancient_Greece_Stone_Statue_of_Hoplite_Warrior_(28122020163).jpg https://www.flickr.com/photos/carolemage/15307350275/ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Classical_calyx-krater_ARV_extra_-_Persian_archer_-_Greek_soldier_fighting_Persian_archer_(01).jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Black-figure_Column_Krater,_Chariot_scene,_late_6th_c_BC,_CAM_472,_154267.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Manner_of_the_Bull_Painter_ARV_1351_extra_-_sphinx_-_Greek_hoplite_fighting_three_Persians.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Niobid_Painter_ARV_603_34_Triptolemos_with_Demeter_Persephone_Hermes_and_Keleos_-_Zeus_and_gods_04.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Early_classical_Attic_red_figure_lekythos_-_ARV_extra_-_warrior_leaving_home_-_Athens_NAM_1295_-_02.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Reliefs_in_Persepolis_%D9%86%DA%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%87_%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%AA_%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%AF_21.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:130427-BritishMuseum-Perikles.jpg https://www.flickr.com/photos/adavey/4688842565 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Persepolis_stairs_of_the_Apadana_relief02.JPG https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Frieze_of_Archers_AOD_488,_Louvre_2008.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Persepolis_The_Persian_Soldiers.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hoplite_fight_MAR_Palermo_NI1850.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Parthenon_frieze_panel_with_two_riders_(cast),_Athens,_445-438_BC,_G_1497_-_Martin_von_Wagner_Museum_-_W%C3%BCrzburg,_Germany_-_DSC05826.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Persian_warriors_from_Berlin_Museum.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Relief_of_Thracian_warriors,_reign_of_Darius_I,_6th-5th_century_BCE._from_Persepolis,_Iran,_Pergamon_Museum.jpg https://simple.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Punt4.JPG https://simple.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Punt4.JPG https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Terracotta_amphora_(jar)_MET_DP273723_white-balanced_white-bg.png https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Swing_Painter_-_ABV_306_43_-_bodyguards_-_fight_-_Athens_NM_15111_-_01.jpg

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Last Samurai Describes Concluding Days of Old Japan

Thu, 28 May 2026 21:30:00 -0000

If you’re struggling, consider therapy with BetterHelp #ad. Click https://betterhelp.com/voicesofthepast for a 10% discount on your first month of therapy with a credentialed professional specific to your needs. --------------- Extracts taken from Marquis Ito´s Experience, translated by Teizo Kuramata: https://archive.org/details/marquisitosexpe00itgoog Edited and Image Curation by Manuel Rubio - check out his amazing channel for more: @ArtandContext Narrated and Script Edited by David Kelly Music from Epidemic Sound and Artlist Thumbnail Art by Ettore Mazza

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First-Hand Accounts of Civilizations Being Annihilated

Thu, 28 May 2026 20:30:00 -0000

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Disoriented Japanese Historians Characterize Strange First Europeans

Thu, 28 May 2026 19:30:00 -0000

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Soviet Traveler Recounts 1930s American Life // Ilf and Petrov's US Journey (Primary Source)

Thu, 28 May 2026 14:30:00 -0000

Play Call of War for FREE on PC or Mobile: 💥 https://callofwar.onelink.me/q5L6/f5e4e658 Receive an Amazing New Player Pack, only available for the next 30 days. Thanks to Call of War for sponsoring this video. ------------------------------------------------------------ Text taken from 'Revival: Little Golden America' (1944) (Routledge Revivals) by Ilya Ilf and Evgeny Petrov. https://www.amazon.com/Revival-Little-America-Routledge-Revivals/dp/1138567515 Edited and narrated by David Kelly. If this channel is something you like, if you think saving primary sources is important, head over to the patreon and join up! https://www.patreon.com/voicesofthepast — Don’t forget to subscribe to my brother's channel History Time, where he makes full length historical documentaries:- https://www.youtube.com/historytime — Music courtesy of:- Epidemic Sound Artlist.io We try to use copyright free images at all times. However if we have used any of your artwork or maps then please don't hesitate to contact me and we’ll be more than happy to give the appropriate credit. Thanks to: The Prelinger Collection at Internet Archive By Jean-Christophe BENOIST - Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=19420026 By Chung-wei from Kaoshiung 高雄 - Flickr, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1690544Anthony Greco / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) Boston Public Library By RIA Novosti archive, image 708414 / Shidlovskiy / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=18065100 Florida Keys--Public Libraries By Lars-Göran Lindgren Sweden - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2947980 By Flickr photographer dok1 / Don O&039; Brien - Flickr photo, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7751756By Kevmin - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=8472181 Julia Fey Old Grocery Store By Tamanoeconomico - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=69778949 Brenda.... small town america By © Steven Pavlov / https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Senapa, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=52443961

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Early Japanese Visitor Describes "Bewildering" American Culture // (1872) The Iwakura Embassy

Thu, 28 May 2026 13:30:00 -0000

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How Did Rome Emerge?

Thu, 28 May 2026 12:30:00 -0000

Play War Thunder now with my link, and get a massive, free bonus pack including vehicles, boosters and more: https://playwt.link/voicesofthepast2024 War Thunder is a highly detailed vehicle combat game containing over 2000 playable tanks, aircrafts and ships spanning over 100 years of development. Immerse yourself completely in dynamic battles with an unparalleled combination of realism and approachability. ------------------------------------ Written and Researched by Dr Raoul Mclaughlin: @drraoulmclaughlin7423 Edited and Animated by Manuel Rubio and Siji Sheehan Original Art by Alex Stoica Narrated and Script Edited by David Kelly Music from Epidemic Sound and Artlist Thumbnail Art by Ettore Mazza Sound Editing by Jack White References: McLaughlin, R. Rome and the Distant East (2010) McLaughlin, R. The Roman Empire and the Indian Ocean (2014) McLaughlin, R. The Roman Empire and the Silk Routes (2016) McLaughlin, Kim & Lieu, Rome and China: Points of Contact (2021) 00:00 387 BC 5:41 Troy 1184 BC 15:58 The Kings of Rome 753 BC 29:39 Rome From The Outside 700 BC 37:36 Rise of the Republic 509 BC 48:42 Rome Under Siege 508 BC 1:03:00 The Conflict of the Orders 495 BC 1:11:17 The Twelve Table 450 BC 1:22:20 The Ideal Dictator 458 BC 1:31:09 The Seeds of Expansion 396 BC 1:39:54 The Sack of Rome 387 BC 2:01:15 What If? 374 BC

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Frightened Genuine Reactions To Seeing Unprecedented Weapons For The First Time

Thu, 28 May 2026 11:30:00 -0000

Use my link https://www.displate.com/voicesofthepast or my discount code VOICESOFTHEPAST to access my special promo on all designs: Get 1-2 displates for 27% OFF and 3+ displates for 33% OFF. automatically at check out when using my link. Valid for 1 week only. ------------------- Extracts taken from: Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1919. Anna Comnena (Komnene). The Alexiad. Edited and translated by Elizabeth A. Dawes. London: Routledge, Kegan, Paul, 1928. (https://origin.web.fordham.edu/Halsall/basis/AnnaComnena-Alexiad-intro.asp) The Memoirs Of The Conquistador Bernal Diaz Del Castillo Translated From The Original Spanish By John Ingram Lockhart https://www.gutenberg.org/files/32474/32474-h/32474-h.htm Letters by Rear-Admiral John A. Dahlgren https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/s/the-sinking-of-the-uss-housatonic-by-the-submarine-css-h-l-hunley.html Bert Chaney's account appears in Moynihan, Michael (ed.) People at War 1914-1918 (1973); Liddell Hart, Basil, The Tanks vol. 1 (1959) "The Battlefield Debut of the Tank, 1916," EyeWitness to History, www.eyewitnesstohistory.com (2005). Edited by Andrew Dixon Narrated and Script Edited by David Kelly Music from Epidemic Sound and Artlist Thumbnail Art by Ettore Mazza Art by Alex Stoica 00:00 Archimedes´ Inventions (212 BC) 05:38 Greek Fire (1099 AD) 09:00 Mayan Response To Guns (1521) 14:50 The First Submarine (1864) 20:26 The First Tank (1915)

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Eyewitness Portrays The 1762 Native American Embassy to England (Diary of Henry Timberlake)

Thu, 28 May 2026 10:30:00 -0000

Claim your SPECIAL OFFER for MagellanTV here: https://try.magellantv.com/voicesofthepast. Start your free trial TODAY so you can watch Witch Hunt in Salem and the rest of MagellanTV’s history collection: https://www.magellantv.com/explore/history -------------- Extracts taken from: The Memoirs of Lieut. Henry Timberlake (Who Accompanied the Three Cherokee Indians to England in the Year 1762) https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/65256/pg65256-images.html Thumbnail by Alex Stoica: https://www.artstation.com/banana_art_studio Music from Epidemic Sound and Artlist Stock footage from Videoblocks Image Credits: Sutton Harbour: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1902-0818-269 Exeter cathedral interior By Edward Swift - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=51286534

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Roman Historian Discusses Strangest Things In The Ancient World

Thu, 28 May 2026 09:30:00 -0000

To get started planning a career that works on one of the world’s most pressing problems, sign up now at https://80000hours.org/VOTP --------------------------- Extracts taken from: Natural History by Pliny The Elder - put together by the legendary Dr Raoul Mclaughlin - please please check out his fantastic work: @drraoulmclaughlin7423 Image Editing by Andrew Dixon Music from Epidemic Sound and Artlist Thumbnail Art by Ettore Mazza Art by Alex Stoica

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Russian Soldier Portrays True Terror of Napoleon's 1812 Invasion // Memoir of Ilya Radozhitskii

Thu, 28 May 2026 08:30:00 -0000

Claim your SPECIAL OFFER for MagellanTV here: https://try.magellantv.com/voicesofthepast. Start your free trial TODAY so you can watch American Saint Nick and the rest of MagellanTV’s history collection: https://www.magellantv.com/explore/history -------------- Extracts taken from: Ilya Radozhitskii's Campaign Memoirs (Campaign Memoirs of the Artilleryman) Translated by Alexander Mikaberidze The Napoleonic Society of Georgia (2011) https://www.amazon.com/RadozhitskiiS-Campaign-Memoirs-Alexander-Mikaberidze/dp/1105168719 Music from Epidemic Sound and Artlist Stock footage from Videoblocks and Artgrid

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Medieval Crusader Reveals the Chaos, Brutality (and Cannibalism) of the First Crusade (1096)

Thu, 28 May 2026 07:30:00 -0000

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Japanese Diplomat to US Portrays Desperate Final Hours Before Pearl Harbor // Memoir of Saburo Kurusu

Thu, 28 May 2026 06:30:00 -0000

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Napoleon Justifies His Disastrous Invasion of Russia (1812) // From His Personal Diaries and Correspondence

Thu, 28 May 2026 05:30:00 -0000

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Contemporary Accounts of 536: The Worst Year To Be Alive in History

Thu, 28 May 2026 04:30:00 -0000

Get all sides to every story at https://ground.news/VOTP and context into the narratives that shape current events and our history. Save 50% off unlimited access through my link. ------------------------------- Extracts taken from: The Volcanic Winter of 536 From The Letters of Cassiodorus Translated by Thomas Hodgkin (1886) The Nan Shi Procopius On The Years Following 536 History of the Wars, Translated by H. B. Dewing (1914) The Chronicle of Michael the Great, Patriarch of the Syrians (12th century) Translated from Classical Armenian by Robert Bedrosian (2013) Edited, animated and researched by Siji Sheehan Thumbnail Art by Ettore Mazza: https://www.instagram.com/ettore.mazza/?hl=en Art by Alex Stoica

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True Medieval Knight Describes Life During The Crusades

Thu, 28 May 2026 03:30:00 -0000

Sign up for a 14-day free trial and enjoy all the amazing features MyHeritage has to offer: https://bit.ly/VOTP2_MH ------------------------------------------- Extracts taken from: The Memoirs of the Lord of Joinville, translated by Ethel Wedgwood (London: John Murray, 1906) Edited, Researched and Animated by Manuel Rubio and Siji Sheehan Original Art by Alex Stoica Narrated and Script Edited by David Kelly Music from Epidemic Sound and Artlist Thumbnail Art by Ettore Mazza https://www.instagram.com/ettore.mazza/?hl=en Sound Editing by Jack White

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Young English Soldier Recounts BRUTAL Direct Account of Battle of Waterloo (1815, William Lawrence)

Thu, 28 May 2026 02:30:00 -0000

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Japan and the West: The Initial 500 Years // Japanese History Documentary (1298 - 1854)

Thu, 28 May 2026 01:30:00 -0000

00:00 Introduction (1853) 06:57 Marco Polo and the Land of Endless Gold (1298) 11:15 First Contact (1543) 16:04 Arrival of the One God 21:03 The English Arrive (1604) 28:04 Japanese Travellers (1614) 32:50 A Closed Country? (1639) 37:26 The Dutch Take Advantage 41:06 Studying the West (1709) 47:06 Russia (1791) 50:57 The Napoleonic Conflict Reaches Japan (1808) 56:09 Planning for When Written by Thomas Lockley Edited, script edited and narrated by David Kelly Art by Matthew Cartwright Check out Thomas Lockley´s fantastic book: https://www.amazon.com/African-Samurai-Yasuke-Legendary-Warrior/dp/1335141022 Citations and sources: Aizawa Seishisai: H. Paul Varley (2000). Japanese Culture, 4th Edition. University of Hawai'i Press; Updated and Exp edition (2000). The Travels of Marco Polo (1298) https://en.m.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Travels_of_Marco_Polo Tanegashima: The Arrival of Europe in Japan Olof G. Lidin NIAS Press, 2002 The life and letters of St. Francis Xavier by Coleridge, Henry James, 1822-1893 Toyotomi Hideyoshi quote: Japan: A Documentary History: The Dawn of History to the Late Tokugawa Period, edited by David J. Lu (Armonk, New York: M. E. Sharpe, 1997) pg 196-197 Memorials of the Empire of Japon in the xvi and xvii Centuries, ed. with notes by T. Rundell. London: Hakluyt Society. 1850. Part II. The Letters of William Adams 1611 to 1617. Pages 17 – 88 Japanese travellers in sixteenth-century Europe. A dialogue concerning the mission of the Japanese ambassadors to the Roman curia (1590). Edited by Derek Massarella and translated by J. F. Moran. (The Hakluyt Society. Ser. 3, 25.) Colloquium IX Anthony Farrington The English Factory in Japan, 1613-1623 The Invention of Religion in Japan Jason Ananda Josephson Storm University of Chicago Press, Oct 3, 2012 (Quotes from extract of Arai Hakuseki, Tidings from the West) Japanese Journal of American Studies, No. 2 1985, Japanese Interpretation of the American Revolution (Tadashi Aruga) pg. 6 If this channel is something you like, if you think saving primary sources is important, head over to the patreon and join up! https://www.patreon.com/voicesofthepast — Don’t forget to subscribe to my brother's channel History Time, where he makes full length historical documentaries:- https://www.youtube.com/historytime — Music courtesy of: Epidemic Sound Artlist.io We try to use copyright free images at all times. However if we have used any of your artwork or maps then please don't hesitate to contact me and we’ll be more than happy to give the appropriate credit. Image credits: By Bernard Gagnon - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5685041 By User:20nana75 - Image:H2A11001.jpg, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2729994 By Loco Steve - Flickr: 039;Sir Walter Raleigh039; Statue Greenwich London, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=31311627 By Mccapra - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=75749994 By Mccapra - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=75749995 Muyo（会話） - アップロード者自身が撮影, CC 表示-継承 3.0, https://ja.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3545508による By antmoose - Flickr, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=27929344 By Justin Vidamo - Flickr: Sunset at Wat Chaiwatthanaram, Ayutthaya, Thailand, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=24954594 By Bourrichon (atelier graphique), CC BY-SA 2.0 fr, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=76729079 By 663highland - Own work, CC BY 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6988118 By Bruno Cordioli - Shunga Arte ed eros in Giappone nel periodo Edo, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=8163109 By Stephencdickson - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=72939415

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Old Historian Portrays The First Steppe Nomads (450 BC) // "SCALP NAPKINS and SKULL CUPS

Thu, 28 May 2026 00:30:00 -0000

Sign up for your free trial to Great Courses Plus here: http://ow.ly/H9Wt30rzWjQ ---------------------------------------------- Extracts taken from The Histories by Herodotus (translated by AD Godley). Music courtesy of: Epidemic Sound Artlist.io We try to use copyright free images at all times. However if we have used any of your artwork or maps then please don't hesitate to contact me and we’ll be more than happy to give the appropriate credit. Image credits: Darius Relief By Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg) - This file has been extracted from another file: The Darius seal. Darius stands in a royal chariot below Ahura Mazda and shoots arrows at a rampant lion. From Thebes, Egypt. 6th-5th century BCE. British Museum.jpg, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=95839913 Scythian Archers By PHGCOM - Own work, photographed at Musée du Louvre, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9477673 Man with cap By I, PHGCOM, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2443737 Scythian petrogylph By Paul Munhoven - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=16153552 Wooden Pole © Copyright Graham Hogg and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence. Scythian gold By Jean-Pierre Dalbéra from Paris, France - Applique de vêtement kazakh (musée Guimet), CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=24669967 Scythian Grave By Boris Rezvantsev - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=45218146

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Ancient Greek Describes Youth Spent In Sparta

Wed, 27 May 2026 23:30:00 -0000

Thanks to @Odoo for sponsoring this video: https://www.odoo.com/r/1TD --------------------------- Extracts taken from: The Constitution of the Lacedaemonians by Xenophon - translated and put together by the legendary Dr Raoul Mclaughlin - please please check out his fantastic work: @drraoulmclaughlin7423 Histories by Herodotus, translated by A. D. Godley: https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Herodotus/home.html Editing by Andrew Dixon Music from Epidemic Sound and Artlist Thumbnail Art by Ettore Mazza Art by Bilal Erlangga

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First European Delivers (Dismal) Depiction of Future United States (1527) Diary of Cabeza De Vaca

Wed, 27 May 2026 22:30:00 -0000

Claim your SPECIAL OFFER for MagellanTV here: https://try.magellantv.com/voicesofthepast. Start your free trial TODAY so you can watch Spirit of the Pony Express and the rest of MagellanTV’s history collection: https://www.magellantv.com/explore/history -------------- Extracts taken from: THE NARRATIVE OF ALVAR NUÑEZ CABEÇA DE VACA EDITED BY FREDERICK W. HODGE OF THE BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/42841/pg42841-images.html Music from Epidemic Sound and Artlist Stock footage from Videoblocks

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