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

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

Mon, 03 Aug 2026 19:30:00 -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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Roman Trade Route to Ancient China // 1st cent. AD Periplus // Ancient Primary Source

Mon, 03 Aug 2026 18:30:00 -0000

For your free 1 month Audible trial head over to: http://www.audible.com/VOTP or send VOTP to 500-500. ----------------- This is an extract from the 1st century Periplus of the Erythraean Sea - a navigation and trade guide for sea merchants, and an invaluable insight into the Roman Empire's knowledge of both Ancient India and Ancient China. Thanks for Raoul McLaughlin for the use of his translation, head over to his YouTube channel for more context on this remarkable document: https://youtu.be/rvYb9d4p2d4 If this channel is something you like, if you think saving primary sources is important, head over to the patreon and join up! http://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 — Voice actor & 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: Tony Hisgett Roberto Venturini Gary Todd Matthew Jose Fisher PHGCOM for the map NASA image by Jeff Schmaltz, LANCE/EOSDIS Rapid Response. Photo by Magda Ehlers from Pexels

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

Mon, 03 Aug 2026 17:30:00 -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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Japanese Historian Describes First Contact With Europeans // 16th cent. "Teppo-ki" // Primary Source

Mon, 03 Aug 2026 16:30:00 -0000

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

Mon, 03 Aug 2026 15:30:00 -0000

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

Mon, 03 Aug 2026 14:30:00 -0000

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Mesmerized Conquistador Recounts Alien World of Tenochtitlan (1519) // Memoir of Bernal Diaz

Mon, 03 Aug 2026 13:30:00 -0000

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17th Century Ninja Explains How To Be A Ninja // The Bansenshūkai // Japanese Primary Source

Mon, 03 Aug 2026 12:30:00 -0000

Straight from the pages of the ultimate Ninja manual - The 17th century Bansenshūkai (萬川集海 - translated as 'All Rivers Merge into the Sea'), here we have a passage of advice for lords on the ten key aspects they should search for when hiring a prospective Ninja/Shinobi. Compiled in 1676 by Fujibayashi Yasutake, The Bansenshūkai is an exhaustive guide to many of the key moral ideas that underpin the Ninja, as well as practical advice on how to execute various strategies - from castle infiltration to haircuts. Thanks to Antony Cummins for allowing us to use his excellent translation - https://www.amazon.com/Book-Ninja-Bansenshukai-Japans-Premier/dp/1780284934 It is a great read, as is his new illustrated version of the Art of War - https://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-Art-War-Step-Step/dp/1786782715/ How do we actually know about history? Voices of the Past is a channel dedicated to recreating the original accounts from the people who lived through events, or who lived far closer to them than we do today. We do this word for word, with an accompanying soundtrack of rousing music and images. — Thanks for watching! Don’t forget to subscribe for new videos every single week! & Let us know in the comments what you’d like to see covered in the future. — Don’t forget to subscribe to our other channel History Time, where we make full length historical documentaries:- https://www.youtube.com/historytime — Music courtesy of:- - Epidemic Sound — Voice actor & 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.

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Roman Historian Discusses Strangest Things In The Ancient World

Mon, 03 Aug 2026 11:30:00 -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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Early Japanese Visitor Describes "Bewildering" American Culture // (1872) The Iwakura Embassy

Mon, 03 Aug 2026 10:30:00 -0000

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

Mon, 03 Aug 2026 09:30:00 -0000

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Letter from English Samurai Describing his Life in Japan // 1611 Primary Source

Mon, 03 Aug 2026 08:30:00 -0000

Download World of Tanks for free here: https://tanks.ly/31qiCi9 Use code 'TANKTASTIC' for a T-127 Tank, 500 Gold, and 7-days of Premium Access Thanks to Wargaming for sponsoring this video! ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here we have the incredible story of the first western samurai, Will Adams, in a letter he wrote in desperation to merchants trading into to the East Indies. 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 — Voice actor & 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: 百楽兎 / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) Turk Bitig / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) Otto Domes / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) EDIT 4/22/2013: This grunge flag is now released under a standard Creative Commons License - Attribution 3.0 Unported. It gives you a lot of freedom to use my work commercially as long as you credit and link back to the same free image from my website, www.freestock.ca

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History of the Universe Channel Presentation

Mon, 03 Aug 2026 07:30:00 -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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Ancient Chinese Historian Describes Japan // First Full Description of Japan // "Wei-Zhi" (297 AD)

Mon, 03 Aug 2026 06:30:00 -0000

Here we have the first full description of the island east of China - what would become Japan. Straight from the 3rd century History of the Kingdom of Wei, these words give us our first insight into life on that remote island and their mysterious female rulers. If this channel is something you like, if you think saving primary sources is important, head over to the patreon and join up! 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 — Voice actor & 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. Trans. by Tsunoda and Goodrich: Japan in the Chinese Dynastic Histories. Thanks to: I, Taejo [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)] Fumihiko Ueno [CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)] Xuan Che そらみみ [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)]

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Craziest Predictions for the 21st Century from History

Mon, 03 Aug 2026 05:30:00 -0000

Thanks to @Odoo for sponsoring this video: https://www.odoo.com/r/k8C --------------------------- Extracts taken from: The Republic By Plato Written 360 B.C.E. Translated by Benjamin Jowett Roger Bacon's letter concerning the marvelous power of art and of nature and concerning the nullity of magic. Easton, Pa. : Chemical Pub. Co., 1923 translated by Tenney L. Davis Predictions of the Year 2000 from The Ladies Home Journal of December 1900 by John Elfreth Watkins, Jr. The Official Souvenir Program distributed at William McKinley’s second inauguration in 1901 When woman is boss: An interview with Nikola Tesla by John B. Kennedy (1926) 00:00 Plato on Government (360 BC) 06:00 Roger Bacon on Futuristic Devices (1267) 08:26 The Next 100 Years (1900) 16:44 The Inauguration of 2001 (1901) 22:07 Nikola Tesla On The Future (1922) Editing by Andrew Dixon Music from Epidemic Sound and Artlist Thumbnail Art by Ettore Mazza Art by Bilal Erlangga

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Cortés Meets Montezuma // Cortés' letters // 8th November 1519

Mon, 03 Aug 2026 05:00:00 -0000

In the early Sixteenth Century a force of hundreds overcame an empire of millions. This is the story of one of the most momentous events of the Spanish Conquest of the Aztec Empire - the meeting of Spanish leader Hernán Cortés, an obscure career soldier from the Castilian badlands, and Montezuma, the ruler of the Aztec Triple Alliance, a man revered as a god upon earth by his millions of subjects. How do we actually know about history? Voices of the Past is a channel dedicated to recreating the original accounts from the people who lived through events, or who lived far closer to them than we do today. We do this word for word, with an accompanying soundtrack of rousing music and images. — Thanks for watching! Don’t forget to subscribe for new videos every single week! & Let us know in the comments what you’d like to see covered in the future. — Don’t forget to subscribe to our other channel History Time, where we make full length historical documentaries:- https://www.youtube.com/historytime. —Join our community on social media:- Twitter:- https://twitter.com/HistoryTimeUK/ Facebook:- https://www.facebook.com/HistoryTimeOfficial/ Instagram:- https://www.instagram.com/historytime_ig/ — Music courtesy of:- - Epidemic Sound — Voice actor & editor:- David Kelly Are you a budding artist, writer, illustrator, cartographer, or music producer? Send us an email! No matter how professional you are or even if you’re just starting out, we can always use new music and images in my videos. Get in touch! I’d love to hear from you. 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 Lago_de_Texcoco-posclásico.png: YavidaxiuValley_of_Mexico_c.1519-fr.svg: historicair 13:51, 11 September 2007 (UTC)derivative work: Sémhur (talk) - Lago_de_Texcoco-posclásico.png, itself from :(fr) Niederberger Betton, Christine (1987) Paléo-paysages et archéologie pré-urbaine du Bassin de Mexico, Mexico: Centro de estudios mexicanos y centroamericanos (CEMCA), pp. 500 ISBN: 3785726.Valley_of_Mexico_c.1519-fr.svg, itself from :(en) Coe, Michael; Snow, Dean; Benson, Elizabeth (1986) Atlas of Ancient America, Category:New York: Facts On File, pp. 240 ISBN: 978-0816011995.(en) Townsend, Richard F. (1992) The Aztecs, London: Thames & Hudson, pp. 224 ISBN: 978-0500021132.(es) This picture incorporates information from La cuenca de México, special edition of Arqueología Mexicana, july-august 2007, Mexico (in particular, the Enrique Vela's maps of the pages 70 and 60, based on Sanders et al. The Basin of Mexico, 1979).(es) This picture incorporates information from this version of the article Lago de Texcoco on the Spanish Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9263087 Diego Rivera [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)]

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First Japanese Visitor After Sakoku Describes European Life // 1862 Tokugawa Embassy Primary Source

Mon, 03 Aug 2026 04:30:00 -0000

More from Japanese national icon Fukuzawa Yukichi. After his groundbreaking trip to America, here we have the first detailed Japanese perspective of Europe, after the Sakoku period of isolation. England, France, Holland and Russia. Extract from The Autobiography of Fukuzawa Yukichi translated by Eiichi Kiyooka, 1934 edition. 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 — Voice actor & 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: OKJaguar opethpainterFlickr: Hôtel du Louvre Alessio Bragadini CharmaineZoe's Marvelous Melange French Fashion Plate - 1848-1864 Operating theatre: The original uploader was MykReeve at English Wikipedia. This Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons image is from the user Chris 73 and is freely available at //commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sea_of_Japan_Map.png under the creative commons cc-by-sa 3.0 license.

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Unremarkable Samurai Chronicles Genuine Life in Historical Japan

Mon, 03 Aug 2026 03:30:00 -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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European Prisoner Relates Life Among Cannibals of Brazil (1557) // Trials of Hans Staden

Mon, 03 Aug 2026 02:30:00 -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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Three Terrifying First-Hand Accounts of Mongol Invasions // Genghis Khan, Khwarezmia, Baghdad

Mon, 03 Aug 2026 01:30:00 -0000

Here we have three chilling first-hand accounts of Mongol attacks, and the tactics they used when they had a civilization in their grasp. Huge thanks to Jackmeister: Mongol History for their help in producing this video: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQEYhWVV3V-ItwJE-kgRd9w Taken from: Genghis Khan: the history of the world conqueror. Juvaini, Ata Malik, Boyle, J.A. [translator] A Literary History of Persia, Edward G Browne Robert Bedrosian - Armenian Historical Sources (attalus.org) 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 — Voice actor & 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: derivative work Bkkbrad / *File:Gengis Khan empire-fr.svg: historicair 17:01, 8 October 2007 (UTC) / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5) By Stomac - Own work, CC BY-SA 2.0 fr, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11911497 KoizumiBS / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)This map has been uploaded by Electionworld from en.wikipedia.org to enable the Wikimedia Atlas of the World . Original uploader to en.wikipedia.org was Briangotts, known as Briangotts at en.wikipedia.org. Electionworld is not the creator of this map. Licensing information is below AutorKoizumiBS By Taisir Mahdi - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=62564761

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Earliest Western Account of India + Caste System // 300 BC Megasthenes // Ancient Primary Source

Mon, 03 Aug 2026 00:30:00 -0000

Signup for your FREE trial to The Great Courses Plus here: http://ow.ly/DbeR30qCbGq --------------------------‐----- This is the first eyewitness description of India by someone from outside of India. 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 — Voice actor & 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. Text taken from "Ancient India as Described by Megasthenes and Arrian: Being a Translation of the Fragments of the Indika of Mecasthenes Collected by Dr. Schwanbeck, and of the First Part of the Indika of Arrian" by JW Crindle. Thanks to: Keenan Pepper / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) Photo Dharma from Penang, Malaysia / CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) Vijay Tiwari / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) By Photo Dharma from Sadao, Thailand - Detail of:., CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=61783990 Nikhil99 / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) Kreativeart / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) Prarthana1830590 / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) Prince RoyTravel Miles With Smiles / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)

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

Sun, 02 Aug 2026 23:30:00 -0000

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Shocked Soviet Visitor Details California and Hollywood (1936) // Ilf and Petrov's US Expedition

Sun, 02 Aug 2026 22:30:00 -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 -------------- 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 Es715 - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=30843480 army.arch – san francisco By 'Matthew G. Bisanz, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7977526 By Daryl Mitchell, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7096597 By Photograph by D Ramey Logan, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=45718213 USMC Archives Football Program Cover, U.S. Army vs. U.S. Marines, 20 October 1929 By Professorcornbread - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=52446349 By Jim.henderson - Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=41350342 By Keith - http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/1360/photos/110666, CC BY 3.0, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=44700648 By Rob Young from United Kingdom - View Over Universal Studios Backlot, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=32243748 https://www.flickr.com/photos/wwarby/

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Ancient Chinese Monk Describes Ancient India // 4th century Faxian // Primary Source

Sun, 02 Aug 2026 21:30:00 -0000

The journey of Faxian is one of the most incredible in human history. By foot, he traveled from his home in central China to the far away land of India - where he encountered a surprisingly tolerant society, some truly ancient ruins and the first recorded hospital. If this channel is something you like, if you think saving primary sources is important, head over to the patreon and join up! https://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 — Voice actor & 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: Seasonsinthesun Joonas Lyytinen By Designer429 - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=40360724Vu2sgaAttribution: Classical Numismatic Group, Inc. http://www.cngcoins.com PHGCOMPoemandpainting / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) Photo Dharma from Sadao, Thailand / CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) Prarthana1830590Avantiputra7 / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) Hintha / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) Jean-Pierre Dalbéra, on Flickr [1] / CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)

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How Did Rome Emerge?

Sun, 02 Aug 2026 20:30:00 -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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Japanese Traveler Recounts Journey Through Iran and Ancient Persian Ruins // (1899) Yenaga Toyokichi

Sun, 02 Aug 2026 19:30:00 -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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First European Description of Philippines (1521) // Magellan's Last Days // Pigafetta Primary Source

Sun, 02 Aug 2026 18:30:00 -0000

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Primary Narratives of History's Worst Military Disasters

Sun, 02 Aug 2026 17:30:00 -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 Perspective On The Civil War // Records of GW Grayson

Sun, 02 Aug 2026 16:30:00 -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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First European Description of Life in Korea // 1668 'Hamel's Journal' // Primary Source

Sun, 02 Aug 2026 15:30:00 -0000

Get MagellanTV here: https://try.magellantv.com/voicesofthepast & get an exclusive offer extended to our viewers: an extra month 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 ------------------------------------------- Hendrick Hamel was shipwrecked in Korea in 1653, becoming the first Westerner to provide a first-hand account of life in the kingdom. He describes a kingdom of contrasts - blatant liars, yet incredibly credulous, very well educated but terribly misogynistic - with a range of advanced ideas, underfloor heating in their houses being one remarkable example. Corea, Without and Within: Chapters on Corean History, Manners and Religion. With Hendrick Hamel ... by William Elliot Griffis, Hendrik Hamel Publication date: 1885 If this channel is something you like, if you think saving primary sources is important, head over to the patreon and join up! Http://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 — Voice actor & 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: European Space Agency Republic of Korea Hanok四葉亭四迷 / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)Imagen de YD Choi en Pixabay Adbar Steve46814 by Junho Jung at Flickr from South Korea / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) Republic of Korea Seooreung_Royal_Tomb_58 By https://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/obf_images/2d/bc/3e9564baab6ddf6b20006d9ec5cc.jpgGallery: https://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/image/V0018478.htmlWellcome Collection gallery (2018-03-22): https://wellcomecollection.org/works/kvsy8kee CC-BY-4.0, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=36517817 By Jocelyndurrey - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=47255719 By lamoix - Doctor's Office, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=43960253 by bifyu / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)By https://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/obf_images/7d/ed/a234fc2aa4a6c3aa426a997f6c9d.jpgGallery: https://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/image/V0037646.html Wellcome Collection gallery (2018-03-21): https://wellcomecollection.org/works/qmcauudh CC-BY-4.0, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=36627689 Norman B. Leventhal Map CenterWikifrits / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)

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First Englishman Relates Adventures in Shogunate Japan

Sun, 02 Aug 2026 14:30:00 -0000

Sign up for a 14-day free trial and enjoy all the amazing features MyHeritage has to offer: https://bit.ly/VoicesofthePast3 ------------ Extracts taken from: The original letters of the English pilot, William Adams, written from Japan between A.D. 1611 and 1617: reprinted from the papers of the Hakluyt Society. The voyage of Captain John Saris to Japan, 1613 / Edited from contemporary records by Sir Ernest M. Satow The obituary of William Adams by Richard Cocks Edited, Image Researched and Animated by Manuel Rubio @ArtandContext Diaries Edited and Narrated 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 Images of Coria del Rio by CarlosVdeHabsburgo

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Futurist from 1901 Describes The World of 2001 // 'Ladies Home Journal' (1901) // Primary Source

Sun, 02 Aug 2026 13:30:00 -0000

Get 68% off NordVPN at only $3.71 a month, plus a bonus month at https://nordvpn.com/voicesofthepast or use the coupon 'voicesofthepast'. ---------------------------------------------------------- In 1901 the 'Ladies Home Journal' published an article describing the advances predicted to happen in the next hundred years. Flying ships, x-rays, enormous strawberries - the success rate is surprisingly high. 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: Photocolorization / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) sigmund freudThis file comes from Wellcome Images, a website operated by Wellcome Trust, a global charitable foundation based in the United Kingdom. Refer to Wellcome blog post (archive). By University of Liverpool Faculty of Health & Life Sciences from Liverpool, United Kingdom - First x-ray taken in Liverpool, 1896, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=40414962By https://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/obf_images/a2/62/fbf01c93a6b404e2d7e2e442940f.jpgGallery: https://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/image/L0001839.htmlWellcome Collection gallery (2018-03-23): https://wellcomecollection.org/works/pthvh6vq CC-BY-4.0, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=35860719

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Oldest Portrayals of the Pyramids

Sun, 02 Aug 2026 12:30:00 -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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First-Hand Account of the Destruction of Pompeii // Pliny The Younger, Primary Source

Sun, 02 Aug 2026 11:30:00 -0000

Here we have Pliny the Younger's account of the heroic death of his famous uncle Pliny the Elder in the chaos of a volcanic eruption, the same that flattened Pompeii - as related to the legendary Roman historian Tacitus in one of his numerous letters. How do we actually know about history? Voices of the Past is a channel dedicated to recreating the original accounts from the people who lived through events, or who lived far closer to them than we do today. We do this word for word, with an accompanying soundtrack of rousing music and images. — Thanks for watching! Don’t forget to subscribe for new videos every single week! & Let us know in the comments what you’d like to see covered in the future. — Don’t forget to subscribe to our other channel History Time, where we make full length historical documentaries:- https://www.youtube.com/historytime. —Join our community on social media:- Twitter:- https://twitter.com/HistoryTimeUK/ Facebook:- https://www.facebook.com/HistoryTimeOfficial/ Instagram:- https://www.instagram.com/historytime_ig/ — Music courtesy of:- - Epidemic Sound — Voice actor & editor:- David Kelly Are you a budding artist, writer, illustrator, cartographer, or music producer? Send us an email! No matter how professional you are or even if you’re just starting out, we can always use new music and images in my videos. Get in touch! I’d love to hear from you. 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: MapMaster [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)]

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The Total History of Ancient Japan

Sun, 02 Aug 2026 11:30:00 -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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Ivar and Björn Avenge Ragnar's Death // 12th Century Extracts from Saxo Grammaticus and Krákumál

Sun, 02 Aug 2026 10:30:00 -0000

Here we have two extracts - one from Krákumál, a medieval Scottish poem from the 12th century giving the final words of Ragnar Lothbrok - and an extract from the Gesta Danorum by Saxo Grammaticus, which relates what happened next - and the bloody punishment his sons meted out upon his killer. If this channel is something you like, if you think saving primary sources is important, head over to the patreon and join up! patreon.com/voicesofthepast This video is part of Vikings Month - so please check out these other excellent videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4kqG-CL4ToD4CusNdYGrRfovDZvWS6mW Voices of the Past is a channel dedicated to recreating the original accounts from the people who lived through events, or who lived far closer to them than we do today. We do this word for word, with an accompanying soundtrack of rousing music and images. — Thanks for watching! Don’t forget to subscribe for new videos every single week! & Let us know in the comments what you’d like to see covered in the future. — 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 — Voice actor & 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: Hel-hama [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)] © Copyright M J Richardson and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence. Author=Jim Champion |Permission=Dual-licensed under the GFDL and CC-By-SA-2.5, 2.0, and 1.0 |other_vers

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Justinian: The Headless Emperor // Procopius' Secret History // 6th century AD Primary Source

Sun, 02 Aug 2026 09:30:00 -0000

"...for one of these asserted that he would rise suddenly from the imperial throne...and the head of Justinian would disappear suddenly, but the rest of his body seemed to keep making these same long circuits..." Here we have a Halloween special for you - Procopius' Secret History, which portrays the then Emperor Justinian as not only cruel and incompetent but actually possessed by demons. Rediscovered centuries after its writing in the Vatican Library, it was finally published in 1623. Possibly the result of Procopius' disillusionment or even as a type of insurance to be released if anything were to happen to him, it covers the same period of Byzantine history as his History of the Wars; featuring all the same players but completely different in tone. How do we actually know about history? Voices of the Past is a channel dedicated to recreating the original accounts from the people who lived through events, or who lived far closer to them than we do today. We do this word for word, with an accompanying soundtrack of rousing music and images. — Thanks for watching! Don’t forget to subscribe for new videos every single week! & Let us know in the comments what you’d like to see covered in the future. — Don’t forget to subscribe to our other channel History Time, where we make full length historical documentaries:- https://www.youtube.com/historytime — Music courtesy of:- - Epidemic Sound — Voice actor & 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: Tataryn [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)]

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

Sun, 02 Aug 2026 08:30:00 -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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Frightened Genuine Reactions To Seeing Unprecedented Weapons For The First Time

Sun, 02 Aug 2026 07:30:00 -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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Russian Soldier Portrays True Terror of Napoleon's 1812 Invasion // Memoir of Ilya Radozhitskii

Sun, 02 Aug 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 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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Aztec Perspective on First Contact with Europeans // 16th cent. Florentine Codex // Primary Source

Sun, 02 Aug 2026 05:30:00 -0000

Mountains on the sea that signalled the coming apocalypse. This was the news that terrified the Aztecs and most of all their leader Moctezuma II. Here we have their description of first contact with Europe, researched and written down by Bernardino de Sahagún and the Nahuatl people throughout the second half of the 16th century. 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 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 — Voice actor & 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: Diego Rivera / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) Madman2001 De Ckn8u - Trabajo propio, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=48588870 Hans Hillewaert British Museum Asele S. www.todocolección.net José Luis Pescador - Cortes en Veracruz

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Most Extraordinary Accounts from History of First Contact Between Cultures // From Vikings to Maori

Sun, 02 Aug 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 The Bookmakers and the rest of MagellanTV’s history collection: https://www.magellantv.com/explore/history -------------- Extracts taken from: Henry Rink Tales and Traditions of the Eskimo (Edinburgh: Blackwood, 1875) https://books.google.es/books?id=3pTYAAAAMAAJ&redir_esc=y Diary of Jacob Roggeveen https://www.easterisland.travel/easter-island-facts-and-info/history/ship-logs-and-journals/jacob-roggeveen-1722/ Diary of John Ross https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073755715&view=1up&seq=220&skin=2021&q1=Arctic%20highlanders THE ACCOUNT OF COOK'S VISIT BY TE HORETA TANIWHA White, Ancient History of the Maori, Vol. V, pp. 121-8 http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-BeaDisc-d1-t2.html Music from Epidemic Sound and Artlist Stock footage from Videoblocks and Artgrid Thumbnail Image by Alex Stoica Artwork by Bilalerlannga

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

Sun, 02 Aug 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 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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Earliest European Mention of Japan // Marco Polo Describes Mongol Invasion of 'Chipangu' (1281)

Sun, 02 Aug 2026 02:30:00 -0000

Here we have Marco Polo telling the Mongol side of the invasion of 1281, and the catastrophes that followed - and the first European mention of the mysterious island of 'Chipangu'. Taken from the translation by Henry Yule. 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: A. Omer Karamollaoglu Kublai Khanそらみみ / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) Hideyuki KAMON / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0) James St. John Pearls By Copyright © National Land Image Information (Color Aerial Photographs), Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Attribution, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=278362http://record.museum.kyushu-u.ac.jp/mouko/e_04.html Kyushu University: https://web.archive.org/web/20131019155043/http://record.museum.kyushu-u.ac.jp/mouko/index.html

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First European Description of Life in Japan // 1585 'Striking Contrasts' Luis Frois - Primary Source

Sun, 02 Aug 2026 01:30:00 -0000

"Many of their customs are so distant, foreign, and far removed from our own that is difficult to believe that one can find such stark contrasts among us and people who are so civilized." In 1543 Portuguese traders and missionaries landed in Japan and started the Nanban Trade Period. For half a century, these missionaries and traders interacted with the Japanese, up until the early sixteenth century and the beginning of the isolationist policies of the Edo period. Here we have missionary Luis Frois describing some of the differences he saw between Europeans and the totally foreign Japanese - on subjects ranging from hairstyles to abortion. Taken from chapters 1, 2, 3 and 14 of the translation 'The First Europeans in Japan, 1585', translated, edited and annotated by Richard K Danford, Robin D Gill and Daniel T Reff and published by Routledge. Available at: https://www.amazon.com/First-European-Description-Japan-1585/dp/041572757X https://www.routledge.com/The-First-European-Description-of-Japan-1585-A-Critical-English-Language/Frois-SJ-Reff-Danford-Gill/p/book/9781315852140 If this channel is something you like, if you think saving primary sources is important, head over to the patreon and join up! 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 — Voice actor & 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: gino 張 https://pixabay.com/de/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=image&utm_content=2266352 Karen Arnold https://pixabay.com/de/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=image&utm_content=316933 WikimediaImages https://pixabay.com/de/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=image&utm_content=884013

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True Medieval Knight Describes Life During The Crusades

Sun, 02 Aug 2026 00:30:00 -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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Most Tragic Testimonies of First Contact in History

Sat, 01 Aug 2026 23:30:00 -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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Ancient China and Rome: 1000 Years of Engagement // DOCUMENTARY

Sat, 01 Aug 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 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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Roman Historian Describes Ancient Scandinavia // Before The Vikings // Tacitus 97 AD

Sat, 01 Aug 2026 21:30:00 -0000

Here have Tacitus (perhaps the greatest of Rome's historians) describing to us his knowledge of the lands of the Swedes, Aestii and Sitones - modern day Scandinavia (and the lands across the Baltic Sea). Ancestors of the Vikings, Tacitus gives us a description of a people with no right to bear arms, and who in the far north of the lands live in a matriarchal society. If this channel is something you like, if you think saving primary sources is important, head over to the Patreon and join up! patreon.com/voicesofthepast Voices of the Past is a channel dedicated to recreating the original accounts from the people who lived through events, or who lived far closer to them than we do today. We do this word for word, with an accompanying soundtrack of rousing music and images. This video is part of Vikings Month - so please check out these other excellent videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4kqG-CL4ToD4CusNdYGrRfovDZvWS6mW — Thanks for watching! Don’t forget to subscribe for new videos every single week! & Let us know in the comments what you’d like to see covered in the future. — 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 — Voice actor & 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: User:Andrein [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)]

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First-Hand Accounts of Civilizations Being Annihilated

Sat, 01 Aug 2026 20:30:00 -0000

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

Sat, 01 Aug 2026 19:30:00 -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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Puzzled European Voyager Recounts The Great Christian Kingdom of India (1499) // Vasco Da Gama

Sat, 01 Aug 2026 18:30:00 -0000

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Aztec Historian Describes First Japanese in Mexico (1610) // Chimalpahin's Annals // Primary Source

Sat, 01 Aug 2026 17:30:00 -0000

Here we have the testimony of Nahua annalist Chimalpahin from 1610, 1611 and 1614, as he describes a couple of visits from a far away foreign land - "Japan, in China". Extracts from: "Annals of His Time" by Don Domingo de San Antón Muñón Chimalpahin Quauhtlehuanitzin. EDITED AND TRANSLATED BY JAMES LOCKHART, SUSAN SCHROEDER, AND DORIS NAMALA. Stanford University Press 2006 https://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=10319 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 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: Samuraiantiqueworld De Mexch - Trabajo propio, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=30446022 By Another Believer - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7512343

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

Sat, 01 Aug 2026 16:30:00 -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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Chinese Historian Describes the Byzantine Empire // 7-10th century "Book of Tang" // Primary Source

Sat, 01 Aug 2026 15:30:00 -0000

This is the third in our series on the relationship between China and the Roman Empire - in this case the Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantine Empire). Here we have an extract from the Old Book of Tang, the first history compiled of the Tang Dynasty in 945 AD. It is a compilation of earlier annals, dating from the 7th century up until the 10th, which shine light on the Chinese opinion of the Byzantine empire and the various embassies between the two states. Thanks again to the Seattle Silk Road website - a great resource: https://depts.washington.edu/silkroad/texts/texts.html How do we actually know about history? Voices of the Past is a channel dedicated to recreating the original accounts from the people who lived through events, or who lived far closer to them than we do today. We do this word for word, with an accompanying soundtrack of rousing music and images. — Thanks for watching! Don’t forget to subscribe for new videos every single week! & Let us know in the comments what you’d like to see covered in the future. — Don’t forget to subscribe to our other channel History Time, where we make full length historical documentaries:- https://www.youtube.com/historytime — Music courtesy of:- - Epidemic Sound — Voice actor & 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: SY [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)] Ichthyovenator [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)] Getoryk [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)] en:User:Bigdaddy1204 [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)] Cabinet des Médailles [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)] By Taha b. Wasiq b. Hussain - Created by the help of Muawiya's bust on coins and historical descriptions of him. Medium: Acrylic paintPreviously published: https://scontent.fkhi10-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/75223621_967363183596811_4941094870270869504_n.jpg?_nc_cat=105&_nc_oc=AQnObarlPkLHP4JhpdHaHNAwTp3o4sAnKPkfyNw4OZzk0Yof68winqTkYmHc_ICZxrI&_nc_ht=scontent.fkhi10-1.fna&oh=4e11884204262da573c3d0a231aa2f3d&oe=5E5E508B, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=83421817

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

Sat, 01 Aug 2026 14:30:00 -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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American Perspective on 'First Contact' With Japan (1853) // Perry's Expedition // Primary Source

Sat, 01 Aug 2026 13:30:00 -0000

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

Sat, 01 Aug 2026 12:30:00 -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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Soviet Journalist Documents US Deep South and Visits President Roosevelt (1936) // Ilf and Petrov

Sat, 01 Aug 2026 11:30:00 -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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Soviet Sniper Describes Pursuing Enemy on Eastern Front (1941) // Memoir of Yevgeni Nikolaev

Sat, 01 Aug 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 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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Letter from Genghis Khan Asking for the Secret of Eternal Life // (1219) Invitation to Taoist Monk

Sat, 01 Aug 2026 09:30:00 -0000

By the end of his reign, Genghis Khan was the most powerful man in history. As he oversaw his vast empire, there was one final enemy he found himself facing - his own mortality. Here we have the letter Genghis wrote to the famous Taoist monk Qiu Chuji urging him to cross the vast distance to come to his court, as the Supreme Khan wished to discover the secret of "preserving life" - immortality. Check out the original source (and the story of the monk) at this excellent website: https://depts.washington.edu/silkroad/texts/changchun.html If this channel is something you like, if you think saving primary sources is important, head over to the patreon and join up! patreon.com/voicesofthepast — Thanks for watching! Don’t forget to subscribe for new videos every single week! & Let us know in the comments what you’d like to see covered in the future. — 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 — Voice actor & 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: Hardcore-Mike [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)]

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

Sat, 01 Aug 2026 08:30:00 -0000

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

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Ancient Chinese Historian Describes The Xiongnu // Before The Mongols // Book of Han (111 AD)

Sat, 01 Aug 2026 07:30:00 -0000

A thousand years before the Mongols, China had to build the world's longest wall to defend against incursions from a truly ancient enemy: The Xiongnu. Here we have an extract from the Book Of Han that describes their customs and origins - a people amongst whom "the strong and robust were held in esteem, while the old and feeble were treated with contempt." https://depts.washington.edu/silkroad/texts/hantxt1.html#beginning If this channel is something you like, if you think saving primary sources is important, head over to the patreon and join up! 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 — Voice actor & 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: Thomas Lessman Philg88 - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=27876174 https://worldhistorypics.weebly.com/about.html JesseW900 Khiruge [CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)]

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The Death of Caesar (March 15th 44 BC) // Nicolaus of Damascus // Ancient Source

Sat, 01 Aug 2026 06:30:00 -0000

"The body of Caesar lay just where it fell, ignominiously stained with blood - a man who had advanced westward as far as Britain and the Ocean, and who had intended to advance eastward against the realms of the Parthians and Indians, so that, with them also subdued, an empire of all land and sea might be brought under the power of a single head. There he lay." Nicolaus of Damascus was a prolific historian, and one time tutor to Antony and Cleopatra's children. He was a contemporary of Caesar, and his account of Caesar's final moments paints a vivid picture. How do we actually know about history? Voices of the Past is a channel dedicated to recreating the original accounts from the people who lived through events, or who lived far closer to them than we do today. We do this word for word, with an accompanying soundtrack of rousing music and images. — Thanks for watching! Don’t forget to subscribe for new videos every single week! & Let us know in the comments what you’d like to see covered in the future. — Don’t forget to subscribe to our other channel History Time, where we make full length historical documentaries:- https://www.youtube.com/historytime — Music courtesy of:- - Epidemic Sound — Voice actor & editor:- David Kelly Are you a budding artist, writer, illustrator, cartographer, or music producer? Send us an email! No matter how professional you are or even if you’re just starting out, we can always use new music and images in my videos. Get in touch! I’d love to hear from you. 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: SY [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)] Jack Keilo [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)]

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

Sat, 01 Aug 2026 05:30:00 -0000

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The Tale of Ragnar Lothbrok // Icelandic Saga // 13th Century

Sat, 01 Aug 2026 04:30:00 -0000

To coincide with the start of season 6 of the TV series Vikings, here we have where it all began... Written in the 13th century in Iceland, the Tale Of Ragnar Lothbrok (Ragnars saga loðbrókar) tells the story of the legendary Viking king Ragnar Lothbrok and his sons, a story of love, tragedy, trickery and of course - a dragon. And yes! Voices of the Past now has a Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/voicesofthepast So if you want more of this content and believe what the channel is doing is important, please head over and support us. I am still working my day job, so every cent really does help out. This video is part of Vikings Month - so please check out these other excellent videos! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4kqG-CL4ToD4CusNdYGrRfovDZvWS6mW - How do we actually know about history? Voices of the Past is a channel dedicated to recreating the original accounts from the people who lived through events, or who lived far closer to them than we do today. We do this word for word, with an accompanying soundtrack of rousing music and images. - Thanks for watching! Don’t forget to subscribe for new videos every single week! & Let us know in the comments what you’d like to see covered in the future. — Music courtesy of:- Epidemic Sound — Voice actor & 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: Paul VanDerWerf Louis Moe [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)]

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Joan of Arc's Sentence // May 1431 // Primary Source

Sat, 01 Aug 2026 04:00:00 -0000

On the 30th May 1431 the French national heroine Saint Joan of Arc, canonised in 1920, was burnt alive at the stake for heresy under the instruction of the bishop Pierre Cauchon. She rose to prominence during her brief life for her effect on the battlefield during the Hundred Years war, and the widespread belief among the French that she was able to receive messages from the divine. Here we have notes from her trial and execution, written by Guillaume Manchon, which describe the sentencing and final moments of Joan. Big thanks and shout out to our source for this one: jeanne-darc.info and Søren Bie! How do we actually know about history? Voices of the Past is a channel dedicated to recreating the original accounts from the people who lived through events, or who lived far closer to them than we do today. We do this word for word, with an accompanying soundtrack of rousing music and images. — Thanks for watching! Don’t forget to subscribe for new videos every single week! & Let us know in the comments what you’d like to see covered in the future. — Don’t forget to subscribe to our other channel History Time, where we make full length historical documentaries:- https://www.youtube.com/historytime. —Join our community on social media:- Twitter:- https://twitter.com/HistoryTimeUK/ Facebook:- https://www.facebook.com/HistoryTimeOfficial/ Instagram:- https://www.instagram.com/historytime_ig/ — Music courtesy of:- - Epidemic Sound — Voice actor & editor:- David Kelly Are you a budding artist, writer, illustrator, cartographer, or music producer? Send us an email! No matter how professional you are or even if you’re just starting out, we can always use new music and images in my videos. Get in touch! I’d love to hear from you. 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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Roman Scholar Describes Ancient China // 1st century AD // Pliny the Elder on the "Seres"

Sat, 01 Aug 2026 03:30:00 -0000

In recognition of the enthusiasm surrounding last week's video on China's perspective, here we have a video exploring the reverse. There are however very few Roman accounts of China that have survived to us - and those that we do have are very limited. Here we have two short extracts from Pliny's magnum opus "Naturalis Historia", in which he describes what he knows of the people of Serica and its surroundings far to the east, and how they in turn affected the Rome he knew at the time. In the second extract he describes a mysterious people (who he again dubs "Seres") whom the people of "Taprobane" (modern day Sri Lanka) apparently crossed a mountain range to trade with. As with our previous video on China, a lot of the locations (and indeed the peoples) mentioned are still debated by scholars. In the coming weeks we will further explore Ancient China's worldview, and descriptions they gave of other cultures that seemed wholly alien to them. Stay tuned for new videos, twice weekly. How do we actually know about history? Voices of the Past is a channel dedicated to recreating the original accounts from the people who lived through events, or who lived far closer to them than we do today. We do this word for word, with an accompanying soundtrack of rousing music and images. — Thanks for watching! Don’t forget to subscribe for new videos every single week! & Let us know in the comments what you’d like to see covered in the future. — Don’t forget to subscribe to our other channel History Time, where we make full length historical documentaries:- https://www.youtube.com/historytime — Music courtesy of:- - Epidemic Sound — Voice actor & editor:- David Kelly Are you a budding artist, writer, illustrator, cartographer, or music producer? Send us an email! No matter how professional you are or even if you’re just starting out, we can always use new music and images in my videos. Get in touch! I’d love to hear from you. 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: "Yeu Ninje [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)]" Gabagool [CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)] Gary Lee Todd [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)]

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Last Samurai Describes Concluding Days of Old Japan

Sat, 01 Aug 2026 02:30:00 -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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Roman Historian on The Founding of Rome // Livy on Romulus and Remus // 1st century BC Roman Source

Sat, 01 Aug 2026 01:30:00 -0000

The beginning of the city that forged the western world. Here we have the story of Romulus and Remus, brought to us by Titus Livius, and the fable Romans passed down from generation to generation of the ancient origins of their empire - a tale of compassion, rebellion and fratricide. How do we actually know about history? Voices of the Past is a channel dedicated to recreating the original accounts from the people who lived through events, or who lived far closer to them than we do today. We do this word for word, with an accompanying soundtrack of rousing music and images. — Thanks for watching! Don’t forget to subscribe for new videos every single week! & Let us know in the comments what you’d like to see covered in the future. — Don’t forget to subscribe to our other channel History Time, where we make full length historical documentaries:- https://www.youtube.com/historytime — Music courtesy of:- - Epidemic Sound — Voice actor & 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: Renata3 [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)]

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

Sat, 01 Aug 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 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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First Royal Persian Visitor Chronicles European Life (1873) // Astounding Journey of Naser Al-Din

Fri, 31 Jul 2026 23:30:00 -0000

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Futurist From 1922 Makes Oddly Accurate Predictions For 2022

Fri, 31 Jul 2026 22:30:00 -0000

Sign up for a 14-day free trial and enjoy all the amazing features MyHeritage has to offer. If you decide to continue your subscription, you’ll get a 50% discount: https://bit.ly/VoicesOfThePast -------------------------------------------------- Written by WL George for the New York Herald May 7th 1922: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045774/1922-05-07/ed-1/?sp=87&st=text Edited by Manuel Rubio Music from Epidemic Sound/Artlist

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Roman Scholar Describes Ancient Africa // Pliny on Source of The Nile and Aethiopia - 1st century AD

Fri, 31 Jul 2026 21:30:00 -0000

Signup for your FREE trial to The Great Courses Plus here: http://ow.ly/PRXj30qdmY9 ------------------ A land containing not only powerful imperial dynasties and massive historical armies, but also tribes of dog-headed men, hungry cannibals and looming giants... Here we have Pliny The Elder's description of the lands south of Egypt - as far south into Ancient Africa as Rome had ventured at the time. Whether searching for the source of the Nile, or in attempts to conquer the ancient Kingdom of Kush, Rome's knowledge of the region was surprisingly detailed - and unsurprisingly outlandish. Translated by John Bostock and HT Riley. If this channel is something you like, if you think saving primary sources is important, head over to the patreon and join up! 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 — Voice actor & 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: Fabrizio Demartis Dbxsoul [CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)] Valerian Guillot Bardo National Museum [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)] Sven-Steffen Arndt [CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)] Rod Waddington

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

Fri, 31 Jul 2026 20:30:00 -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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Rameses III Describes Invasion Of Sea Peoples // Mystery of Bronze Age Collapse // Primary Source

Fri, 31 Jul 2026 19:30:00 -0000

Between 1200 and 1150 BC there was a total collapse of many of the world's most powerful empires. Many causes have been theorised for The Late Bronze Age Collapse - a major one being the appearance of a mysterious peoples from the blue, a terror from the seas that wiped out civilization after civilization. Ancient Egypt was one of the few kingdoms able to hold off this mystery alliance, and here we have the Pharaoh Rameses III describing his struggle against the impending doom and fire of those legendary "Sea Peoples". Translation by James Henry Breasted. If this channel is something you like, if you think saving primary sources is important, head over to the patreon and join up! 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 — Voice actor & 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: SFEC-L-ABYDOS09.JPG: Steve F-E-Cameronderivative work: A. Parrot [CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)] Moyen_Orient_Amarna_1.svg: *Middle_East_topographic_map-blank.svg: Sémhur (talk)derivative work: Zunkir (talk)derivative work: Zunkir [CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)] Ethan Doyle White [CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)] Olaf Tausch [CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)] NASA Goddard Space Flight Center from Greenbelt, MD, USA [CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)]

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Real Samurai Explains Rules for Peace and War // 17th cent. Scrolls of Natori-Ryu // Primary Source

Fri, 31 Jul 2026 18:30:00 -0000

Big thanks to Antony Cummins and Yoshie Minami for the use of their fascinating translation, which is available at: https://www.amazon.com/Book-Samurai-One-Fundamental-Teachings/dp/1780288883 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 — Voice actor & 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: DryPotTANAKA Juuyoh (田中十洋) Japanese house traditional style interior design / 和室(わしつ) の内装(ないそう) Sanuma Wide Area Park, Shimotsuma-shi(city) Ibaraki-ken(Prefecture), Japan Samuraiantiqueworld

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

Fri, 31 Jul 2026 17:30:00 -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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Young Soldier Narrates Authentic Horror of Life in Napoleon's Army (Russia, 1812) // Jakob Walter Diary

Fri, 31 Jul 2026 16:30:00 -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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Native American Castaway Delivers First Portrait of Closed Japan (1848) Ranald MacDonald's Adventure

Fri, 31 Jul 2026 15:30:00 -0000

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

Fri, 31 Jul 2026 14:30:00 -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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Japanese Diplomat to US Portrays Desperate Final Hours Before Pearl Harbor // Memoir of Saburo Kurusu

Fri, 31 Jul 2026 13:30:00 -0000

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

Fri, 31 Jul 2026 12:30:00 -0000

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Spartan Training // Xenophon 380 BC // Ancient Primary Source

Fri, 31 Jul 2026 11:30:00 -0000

Here we have Xenophon (431 - 354 BC), the great ancient Greek historian, telling us how children in Spartan society were moulded into the legendary warriors famed throughout history.

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

Fri, 31 Jul 2026 10:30:00 -0000

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Three Historical Accounts of the Dog-Headed Men // Marco Polo, Ibn Battuta and Sir John Mandeville

Fri, 31 Jul 2026 09:30:00 -0000

Somewhere in the distant seas past India, these three famous explorers from completely different backgrounds came across a race of men called the Cynocephaly: a remarkable people with the "heads of dogs". Though Sir John Mandeville's account (and very existence) is heavily questioned by historians, quite what brought the otherwise reliable Marco Polo and Ibn Battuta to corroborate the ancient legends of the Dog-Headed Men is less clear... If this channel is something you like, if you think saving primary sources is important, head over to the patreon and join up! https://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 — Voice actor & 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 Ismoon (talk) 09:02, 3 June 2018 (UTC) - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=69668010 Emil Grigoras-Artista Pintor / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) Jjw / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) Anne-Lise Heinrichs

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Nostradamus' First 100 Predictions // 16th Century Primary Source

Fri, 31 Jul 2026 08:30:00 -0000

This is the first 'century' of 16th century seer Nostradamus' prophecies, unedited and without commentary. If this channel is something you like, if you think saving primary sources is important, head over to the patreon and join up! https://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 — Voice actor & 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 Samhanin - Own work, source: MUSÉES DE LA VILLE DE STRASBOURG, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=73906780

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Queerest Ancient Accounts of The Edge Of The World

Fri, 31 Jul 2026 07:30:00 -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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Old Historian Portrays The First Steppe Nomads (450 BC) // "SCALP NAPKINS and SKULL CUPS

Fri, 31 Jul 2026 06:30:00 -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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Mesmerized British Visitor Chronicles Life in American Civil War (1863) // Diary of Henry Y. Thompson

Fri, 31 Jul 2026 05:30:00 -0000

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The End of the World // Ragnarok as told by Snorri Sturluson // 13th century Norse Source

Fri, 31 Jul 2026 04:30:00 -0000

"...and at the end of world he shall go forth and harry, and overcome all the gods, and burn all the world with fire..." Here we have the 13th century lawspeaker and historian Snorri Sturluson's description of the Norse end of the world - Ragnarok ('twilight of the gods') - and the final fate of Odin, Thor and all the gods of Norse mythology. If this channel is something you like, if you think saving primary sources is important, head over to the Patreon and join up! patreon.com/voicesofthepast This video is part of Vikings Month - so please check out these other excellent videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4kqG-CL4ToD4CusNdYGrRfovDZvWS6mW Voices of the Past is a channel dedicated to recreating the original accounts from the people who lived through events, or who lived far closer to them than we do today. We do this word for word, with an accompanying soundtrack of rousing music and images. — Thanks for watching! Don’t forget to subscribe for new videos every single week! & Let us know in the comments what you’d like to see covered in the future. — 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 — Voice actor & 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: nick hoke [CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)]

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Disoriented Japanese Historians Characterize Strange First Europeans

Fri, 31 Jul 2026 03:30:00 -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. ----------------------------- Extracts taken from Kirishitan Monogotari in Deus Destroyed: Image of Christianity in Early Modern Japan (East Asian Monograph): The Image of Christianity in Early Modern Japan: 141 (Harvard East Asian Monographs) Paperback – 1 July 1988 by G Elison https://brill.com/display/title/57913?language=en And Tanegashima: The Arrival of Europe in Japan Olof G. Lidin NIAS Press, 2002 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tanegashima-Arrival-Institute-Studies-Monograph/dp/8791114101 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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How Japan Achieved Great Power Status in Only 40 Years (1865 - 1905) // Japanese History Documentary

Fri, 31 Jul 2026 02:30:00 -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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Roman Laments About Bizarre New "Christians" and "Jesus" Son of Panthera (177 AD) True Word, Celsus

Fri, 31 Jul 2026 01:30:00 -0000

Claim your SPECIAL OFFER for MagellanTV here: https://try.magellantv.com/voicesofthepast. Start your free trial TODAY so you can watch Legions of Rome and the rest of MagellanTV’s history collection: https://www.magellantv.com/explore/history -------------- Extracts taken from: Celsus, as quote by Origen: http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/text/celsus.html Music from Epidemic Sound and Artlist Stock footage from Videoblocks and Artgrid Image Credits: Jupiter Biser Todorov, CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Lector Priest By Djehouty - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=85789152 Qumran Scroll By Shai Halevi on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority - Enlargement of image at Wikimedia-Commonshttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a4/1039-1_for_screen.jpg, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=87731788 Sol By I, Sailko, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=14797121 Plato By Zde - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=97089963Public Feast By User:MatthiasKabel - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6737712 Apollo By Livioandronico2013 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=36412498 Roman mosaic By Jerzystrzelecki - Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=23726316 Mosaic Virgil By Giorces - Self-photographed, CC BY 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2266859

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

Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:30:00 -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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Plato Describes Atlantis // First Mention of the Island // 360 BC 'Critias'

Thu, 30 Jul 2026 23:30:00 -0000

Created by Plato as a antagonistic rival to his idealistic interpretation of "Ancient Athens", his portrait of Atlantis is nevertheless incredibly detailed - describing the history of the island, its geography, and finally the people who counted the doomed paradise their home before they met their end beneath the waves. How do we actually know about history? Voices of the Past is a channel dedicated to recreating the original accounts from the people who lived through events, or who lived far closer to them than we do today. We do this word for word, with an accompanying soundtrack of rousing music and images. — Thanks for watching! Don’t forget to subscribe for new videos every single week! & Let us know in the comments what you’d like to see covered in the future. — Don’t forget to subscribe to our other channel History Time, where we make full length historical documentaries:- https://www.youtube.com/historytime — Music courtesy of:- - Epidemic Sound — Voice actor & 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: Emanuele riela By Rolfmueller at the English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2198768 Bild von Ingrid und Stefan Melichar, Pixabay

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

Thu, 30 Jul 2026 22:30:00 -0000

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5 Historical Accounts of Werewolves // Herodotus, Beast of Gevaudan + more // Primary Sources

Thu, 30 Jul 2026 21:30:00 -0000

Thanks to Squarespace for sponsoring this video. Go to Squarespace.com for a free trial and when you’re ready to launch, go to http://squarespace.com/voices and add code “VOICES" at checkout to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain ------------------------------------------ From Herodotus to The Beast of Gevaudan a legend that has never gone away... 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 — Voice actor & 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: Vieussan, Haut-Languedoc SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE website

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

Thu, 30 Jul 2026 20:30:00 -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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The Orkhon Inscriptions // Göktürk Primary Source // Bilgä Qaghan (683 - 734)

Thu, 30 Jul 2026 20:30:00 -0000

After the Huns, before the Mongols, the Second Turkic Qhaganate ruled the Steppe. Here we have an extract from an ancient memorial stone found in the very centre of Mongolia, The Orkon Valley. The entire inscription speaks of the legendary origins of the Turks, and gives us the first recorded example of Turkic script in history. How do we actually know about history? Voices of the Past is a channel dedicated to recreating the original accounts from the people who lived through events, or who lived far closer to them than we do today. We do this word for word, with an accompanying soundtrack of rousing music and images. — Thanks for watching! Don’t forget to subscribe for new videos every single week! & Let us know in the comments what you’d like to see covered in the future. — Don’t forget to subscribe to our other channel History Time, where we make full length historical documentaries:- https://www.youtube.com/historytime. —Join our community on social media:- Twitter:- https://twitter.com/HistoryTimeUK/ Facebook:- https://www.facebook.com/HistoryTimeOfficial/ Instagram:- https://www.instagram.com/historytime_ig/ — Music courtesy of:- - Epidemic Sound — Voice actor & editor:- David Kelly Are you a budding artist, writer, illustrator, cartographer, or music producer? Send us an email! No matter how professional you are or even if you’re just starting out, we can always use new music and images in my videos. Get in touch! I’d love to hear from you. 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: PV KS Xuan Che By He-ba-mue, CC BY-SA 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=295504

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Aztec Perspective on the Conquest of Mexico // 16th cent. Florentine Codex // Primary Source

Thu, 30 Jul 2026 19:30:00 -0000

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Earliest Foreign Account of China? // 9th cent. "Accounts of China and India" // Primary Source

Thu, 30 Jul 2026 18:30:00 -0000

This account gives us our first truly foreign perspective of life inside the Middle Kingdom - a place where the dead are fed until the living are bankrupt, and healthcare and education are subsidized by the state. Written in 851 and added to 50 years later by renowned Arab sailor Abu Zayd al-Sirafi. Enormous thanks to translator Tim Mackintosh-Smith and the Library of Arabic Literature for the use of this translation. https://nyupress.org/9781479830596/accounts-of-china-and-india/ If this channel is something you like, if you think saving primary sources is important, head over to the patreon and join up! 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 — Voice actor & 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: SeasonsinthesunScott Semans World Coins (CoinCoin.com) Gary Todd Zhang zhicheng [CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)] Discott [CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)] Dennis Jarvis

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Egyptian Eyewitness Narrates Napoleon's Brutal Invasion (1798) Al-Jabarti's Chronicle

Thu, 30 Jul 2026 17:30:00 -0000

Claim your SPECIAL OFFER for MagellanTV here: https://try.magellantv.com/voicesofthepast. Start your free trial TODAY so you can watch VE Day with Tony Robinson and the rest of MagellanTV’s history collection: https://www.magellantv.com/explore/history -------------- Text from Napoleon in Egypt : Al-Jabarti's Chronicle of the French Occupation, 1798, translated. by S. Moreh, with permission by Markus Wiener Publisher, Princeton NJ 08542 https://www.amazon.com/Napoleon-Egypt-Abd-al-Rahman-Al-Jabarti/dp/1558763376 Art by Alex Stoica Thumbnail Image by French painter Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824 – 1904)

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

Thu, 30 Jul 2026 16:30:00 -0000

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Nikola Tesla Depicts His Entry into America and Encounter with Thomas Edison // "My Inventions" (1919)

Thu, 30 Jul 2026 15:30:00 -0000

Get your trial for Private Internet Access here: http://www.privateinternetaccess.com/VOTP -------------- Extracts from My Inventions: The Autobiography of Nikola Tesla by Ben Johnston and Nikola Tesla (1919) Music from: Epidemic Sound Artlist.io Image Credits: Edison´s Lab By Swampyank - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11540843 Tesla Coil By Original image: OneTeslaDerived image: Chetvorno - Derived from OneTeslaTS DRSSTC Tesla Coil.jpgAlterations to original image: Cropped out unnecessary background, lightened dark areas to bring out Tesla coil., CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=55157849 Induction Motor By Ctac - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=22227209 Teslas Home By Zdenka Fahr, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=56747433 Statue of Liberty By User:Mcj1800 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=84048565 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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Words of Hanno The Navigator - Ancient Explorer // 5th century BC // Primary Source

Thu, 30 Jul 2026 14:30:00 -0000

Here we have the words of Hanno the Navigator, famed Carthaginian explorer and one of the earliest accounts of West Africa that has survived to the present day. Saved from the burning remains of Carthage by a Greek translation, the text itself allegedly hung on a temple wall along with the dried gorilla skins mentioned in his story for almost three hundred years, before Carthage was finally crushed entirely by Rome. Head over to Archaia Istoria for analysis of the text! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdqJcOMzbMk&feature=youtu.be As is often the case with texts of this age, many of the locations are a source of much debate amongst modern (and indeed ancient) historians, so do continue the debate in the comments. This is a collaboration between more than twenty history youtubers as part of #projectafrica: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLivC9TMdGnL_nFh7EtyLykEbzxCMH7nkB Particular shout out to History with Cy: https://youtu.be/lnoqlCV__z4 and Cogito... https://youtu.be/1oQ5Jd7p2aY And finally, of course, History Time, who has something very special... How do we actually know about history? Voices of the Past is a channel dedicated to recreating the original accounts from the people who lived through events, or who lived far closer to them than we do today. We do this word for word, with an accompanying soundtrack of rousing music and images. — Thanks for watching! Don’t forget to subscribe for new videos every single week! & Let us know in the comments what you’d like to see covered in the future. — Don’t forget to subscribe to our other channel History Time, where we make full length historical documentaries:- https://www.youtube.com/historytime — Music courtesy of:- - Epidemic Sound — Voice actor & 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.

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Christopher Columbus' First Letter After Discovery of America // 1493 Primary Source

Thu, 30 Jul 2026 13:30:00 -0000

Written aboard the Niña during the long journey home (and finished in Lisbon) here we have Christopher Columbus' first letter announcing the results of his monumental journey across the Atlantic; the islands he visited and his encounters with the natives - encounters that swiftly led to the death of millions and eventually the world we know today. How do we actually know about history? Voices of the Past is a channel dedicated to recreating the original accounts from the people who lived through events, or who lived far closer to them than we do today. We do this word for word, with an accompanying soundtrack of rousing music and images. — Thanks for watching! Don’t forget to subscribe for new videos every single week! & Let us know in the comments what you’d like to see covered in the future. — Don’t forget to subscribe to our other channel History Time, where we make full length historical documentaries:- https://www.youtube.com/historytime — Music courtesy of:- - Epidemic Sound — Voice actor & 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: Ahmet Asar Fritz_the_Cat

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

Thu, 30 Jul 2026 12:30:00 -0000

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

Thu, 30 Jul 2026 11:30:00 -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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Strangest Narratives of First Contact in History

Thu, 30 Jul 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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First Japanese in Europe: Unforgettable Story of the Tensho Embassy (1582 - 1590) // DOCUMENTARY

Thu, 30 Jul 2026 09:30:00 -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 3:14 Japan: The Idea 6:43 The Journey 10:04 Portugal 14:56 Spain 21:23 Italy and Rome 29:33 Home Again 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: Boscaro, Adriana. 1973. Toyotomi Hideyoshi and the 1587 Edicts Against Christianity Oriens Extremus, 20, 2, pp. 219-241. Cooper, Michael. 2005. The Japanese Mission to Europe, 1582-1590. Folkestone: Global Oriental. Frois, Luis. 2014. The First Description of Japan, 1585. A critical English-language Edition of Striking Contrasts in the Customs of Europe and Japan. Abingdon: Routledge. Lee, Adele. 2018. The English Renaissance and the Far East. Vancouver: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. Markley, Robert. 2006. The Far East and The English Imagination, 1600-1730. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Massarella, Derek (ed.), & Moran, J. F. (tr.). 2012. Japanese Travellers in Sixteenth-Century Europe. A Dialogue Concerning the Mission of the Japanese Ambassadors to the Roman Curia (1590.) Farnham, UK: Ashgate Publishing (on behalf of the Hakluyt Society.) Moran, J. F. 1996. The Japanese and the Jesuits. Alessandro Valignano in sixteenth-century Japan. Abingdon: Routledge. Üçerler, M. Antoni J. 2003. Alessandro Valignano: man, missionary, and writer Renaissance Studies, 17, 3, pp. 337-366 Image credits: Kushima Castle By sk01, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=53312184 Goa Church By Josephdesousa - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=20992284 Guidon of Philip II By Heralder - File:Pendón Real Felipe II.jpg, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=89683250 Samurai sword By SLIMHANNYA - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=95356465 Palazza Capello By I, Sailko, CC BY 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4056909 By I, Sailko, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=25346020 Studio Bianca Capello By I, Sailko, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=14819872 Resurrezione_di_Lazzaro_di_Paolo_Veronese By Mongolo1984 - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=35681962 Sala Regia Photos and Pope Coronation By Sailko - Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=77368497 Azuchi Castle By 名古屋太郎 - 投稿者が撮影。PENTAX K10D + smc PENTAX-A ZOOM 1:4 70-210mm, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=14493827Myokakuji Temple By Follow up on Upload file - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=58095138 Catholics on Cross Pavel Vnenk, 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 then please don't hesitate to contact me and we’ll be more than happy to give the appropriate credit.

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

Thu, 30 Jul 2026 08:30:00 -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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First Indian Visitor Describes England and European Life // 1785 'Wonders of Vilayet' Historical Document

Thu, 30 Jul 2026 07:30:00 -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 -------------- This extract has been taken from the wonderful book: 'The Wonders of Vilayet: Being the Memoir, Originally in Persian, of a Visit to France and Britain in 1765' by Mirza Sheikh I'tesamuddin and translated by Kaiser Haq. Published by Peepal Tree Press Ltd. (2002) https://www.amazon.com/Wonders-Vilayet-Originally-Persian-Britain/dp/1900715155 This video is part of a collaboration with 13 other history youtubers - 'Discovery of India'. Check out Khanubis' video: https://youtu.be/SL6312270Xw And Odd Compass': https://youtu.be/rSo1HrlbXKw And the playlist for a wealth of amazing Indian history: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5Ag9n-o0IZBGFDCZqsHB7NKMR1PyRpQx 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 CMitch - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=62337213 By Femtoquake - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=18292595 English: View from the whispering gallery in St Pauls Cathedral in London. Deutsch: Blick von der Flüstergalerie in der St. Pauls Kathedrale in London. Fecha10 de febrero de 2011FuenteTrabajo propioAutorAiwok

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British Soldier Shares Chaotic Firsthand Account of Zulu War

Thu, 30 Jul 2026 06:30:00 -0000

Go to http://buyraycon.com/votp to get 15% off Raycon´s best-selling Everyday Earbuds. Brought to you by Raycon. ---------------- Extracts taken from: Charlie Harford's Anglo-Zulu War: The Memoir of a British Lieutenant, 1878-1879 Greenhill Books: https://www.amazon.com/-/es/Charlie-Harfords-Anglo-Zulu-War-Lieutenant/dp/1399078488 Rorke's Drift By Those Who Were There, Volume 1: Eyewitness British and Zulu Accounts by Lee Stevenson, Ian Knight, Alan Baynham-Jones Greenhill Books: https://www.amazon.com/Rorkes-Drift-Those-Were-There-ebook/dp/B0BQRR92DV/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0 Editing by Andrew Dixon Narrated by David Kelly Music from Epidemic Sound and Artlist Thumbnail Art by Ettore Mazza Image Credits: Auckland Museum Cornell University Library Dagmar Hollmann, Collectie Wereldmuseum (vh Tropenmuseum), part of the National Museum of World Cultures Davidbena Didier Descouens, David & Emma Payne, Henry Charles Harford Fidodog14 Hans Hillewaert Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen The Swedish History Museum, Stockholm Zaphad1 National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London

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

Thu, 30 Jul 2026 05:30:00 -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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