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My new book "Insane Emperors, Sunken Cities, and Earthquake Machines" can be pre-ordered now! It will be published (paperback, e-book, and audiobook) on October 3.

My latest video is a collaboration with History for Granite: youtu.be/LUJcyDbRYrs

In November 2026, I'm going back to Egypt! Learn more about the tour here: trovatrip.com/trip/africa/eg…

@procrastixote Glad you enjoyed the video!

My favorite classicist on YouTube, @toldinstone, posted a great recap of the tour he recently guided around eastern Turkey. It's extremely beautiful out there. Amazing, really. I've wanted to see this side of Anatolia for years. youtube.com/watch?v=jkTy0t…

At long last, the recap video for my recent tour of Eastern Turkey: youtu.be/jkTy0t1snZw

In May 2026, I'm leading a tour that will follow Alexander the Great across Turkey. Learn more here: truebluetour.wetravel.com/i/688f1c9224c0…

From April 24 - May 1, 2026, I will lead a tour through the Roman ruins of Spain, from Seville to Barcelona. Learn more or sign up here: tri.ps/fXvLd

@antonxuiz Thanks for reading! I'm sorry to hear that the Spanish translation is not very good; I've never had a chance to review a copy.

@lukecaverns Whenever you're ready!

@toldinstone Hey dude! Thanks so much. When’s our next adventure?😄

Turning 28 years old — the 18 year old me would never believe the things that would happen. Thank you to everyone who supports my work & has been with me on this adventure🕵🏻‍♂️🪶

@HMilitum @TeamYouTube @Google Of course! If I can help your case with YouTube - as a "character witness" or in any other way - just let me know.

@toldinstone Thank you Garrett! My conversations with @TeamYouTube and @Google have been fairly one sided, but I still hope they can give us a fair chance to recover the channel. For now, I am very grateful that “toldinstone” is working with us once again!

My friends at @HMilitum lost their channel to hackers. Despite weeks of trying, they have not been able to recover it. If anyone reading this has ideas about how they can get back on YouTube, please message them.

@HMilitum @TeamYouTube As a longtime fan of - and collaborator with - your channel, I'm horrified that you're going through this. I will support your efforts in any way I can.

🚨 My YouTube channel with 340K subscribers was hacked. I’ve submitted the recovery forms using my personal phone — but I’m stuck in a loop of my ownership not being verified. @TeamYouTube keeps telling me to “talk to support.” I am; they are not giving me any other options. #YouTubeSupport #CreatorHelp

@TychyWordpress Thanks for the mention! Incidentally, I'm from Chicago, not New York.

A look at the relationship between YouTube, academic production and storytelling: tychy.wordpress.com/2025/07/11/you… Cites the YouTubers toldinstone (@toldinstone ) and Kyle Hates Hiking.

@CeriJPhillips1 Glad you enjoyed the video!

Forget the usual alt-history questions like "what if ancient Greece had steam power?" or "imagine the German moustache man got the nuke first" @toldinstone asks the only important question - what if the Roman Empire had potatoes? Seriously good work 👇 youtu.be/LhDeGcRsBRw?si…

youtu.be/LhDeGcRsBRw April 1 seemed like the right day to release this video...

@WilliamDenis15 Thanks for the kind words! We don't know where most of the columns in the Basilica Cistern came from. Some probably pre-date Constantine's foundation of Constantinople, but I doubt any were brought all the way from the Temple of Artemis.

@toldinstone Fantastic shows , always learn more from you , loved the the one on Constantinople , Have you heard the story that some of the columns in the cistern basilica came from the temple of Artemis in Ephesus , could it be true? I hope you do one on Pergamon, thanks

@natfriedman Fantastic news!

We found some words in Scroll 5, which is from the Bodleian Library collection of Herculaneum papyri. Still work to do to prevent our segmentation algorithm from jumping between adjacent sheets so we can get whole sentences and paragraphs out of this scroll, but this is very promising! Words found include ἀδιάληπτος (‘foolish’), διατροπή (‘disgust’), φοβ (‘fear’), and βίου (‘life’).

@ensi_gudea @DanDavisWrites @ArtifactSpeak @ISAC_UChicago @chrisnaunton @Historysmilo @HarvardMANE @historywithcy Thanks for the mention; I'm glad you enjoy my channel!

Gudea’s official list of YouTube Channel Recommendations: @DanDavisWrites @ArtifactSpeak Dig. @ISAC_UChicago Egypt Exploration Society @chrisnaunton @Historysmilo @HarvardMANE @toldinstone Ancient World Maps @historywithcy Smart history Ancient Americas Kiwi Hellenist

The second tour is going to Rome (with side trips to Ostia and Florence): trovatrip.com/trip/europe/it…

It's my pleasure to announce that I'm leading TWO group tours next year! The first is going to Eastern Turkey, a part of the world almost untouched by mass tourism. Learn more here: tri.ps/uHpzB