First Episode Appearance: 12 Days: Massacre of the Innocents and the Tay Bridge disaster28 Dec 2021
Last Episode Appearance: 346: The Mystery of the Holy Grail29 Jun 2023
Year Range: 66 – 2021

The Rest Is History episodes about Jerusalem

12 Days: Massacre of the Innocents and the Tay Bridge disaster
2021-12-28
In a suitably festive edition, Tom recounts the biblical story of King Herod's massacre of babies in Jerusalem, and Dominic remembers a rail disaster from 1879 and the hilariously bad poetry it inspir…
Herod the Great Jerusalem Tay Bridge, Scotland Biblical History
177. The Jewish Revolt (Part 3)Part 3
2022-04-21 • 66 – 73
From the Crucifixion and Revolt: Rome, Judea, and the Making of History
In the second of two episodes on the Jewish Revolt, Tom and Dominic discuss the burning of the Temple, Vespasian & Titus' triumph, and Masada. Why was it such a landmark revolt for both Christ…
Vespasian Titus Jerusalem Masada Ancient Rome
346: The Mystery of the Holy Grail
2023-06-29 • 1100 – 1500
“Who drinks the water I shall give him, will have a spring inside him welling up for eternal life.” A deeply mysterious object which doesn’t appear in the Bible, was the Holy Grail really the chalice…
Jesus Jerusalem Medieval Europe Holy Grail Mythology