Templar's Tunnels, HMS Victory and Troy: History's Best Historical Sites with Dan Jones
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Templar's Tunnels, HMS Victory and Troy: History's Best Historical Sites with Dan Jones

B2Upper-intermediateAugust 31, 202632 min
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The two great Dans of history - Dan Snow and Dan Jones - team up to explore the stories behind some of the world's best historical sites. Dan Jones explains the mysteries of the Templars' Tunnels in the Old City of Acre and Dan Snow tells the story of Nelson's last moments on HMS Victory (now in Portsmouth's historic dockyard). They explore the myths and reality of Harselik - believed to be the site of Troy- as well as Easter Island and Runnymede where the Magna Carta was signed. If you want more of Dan Jones, yo...

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Hey folks, welcome down to Stowe's History. If you're in the northern hemisphere like Well, it's guys, it's high summer. Like me, maybe your routine's a little different. The kids are off school. The days are long. We're spending long evenings sitting out, beer in hand, in the pub garden.

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So in that spirit, I'm going to bring you something a little different on the podcast today. Something different to our usual offering. Something a bit loose on these hazy summer days. I'm not sadly in a pub garden, but the vibe is the same. I'm hanging out with my great friend, my fellow history obsessive. of history's other great Dan. Dan Jones. Dan, how are you doing?

1:52

I'm good. I'm good. Thank you for talking to me. Well, this is nice because the last time we were together, we're in a nice cozy studio. We were freezing our little nadgers off in Runnymede at the place where Magna Carta

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