Dan Snow's History Hit · 2026-08-31 · 34 min · 7,060 words

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

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Hey folks, welcome down Snows History Hit. Now if you're in the northern hemisphere like me, well it's guys it's high summer. Well, me maybe your routine's a little different. Uh the kids are off school, the days are long We're spending long evenings sitting out, beer in hand, in the pub garden. So in that spirit, I'm gonna bring you something a little different on the podcast today. Something different to our usual offering. Something 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, history's other great Dan, Dan Jones.

Dan, how you doing? I'm good. I'm good. Thank you for talking to me. Well, this is um this is nice because the last time we were together, we're in a nice cozy studio. Last time we were together, we were freezing our little nadges off in Runnymead at the place where Magna Carta was the to which the seals were affixed to Magna Carta. It was Bone shatteringly cold that day. So much nicer to day. And thank you because you've uh you've invited me to a lovely podcast studio. You're recording This Is History, which is your podcast. Thanks for having me in. We're gonna talk about things we get asked about quite a lot, so that we could just do it together. Well, thank you very much for coming into the studio. Um, one of the things I've been wanting to talk to you about for ages is your favorite places that doing history has taken you around the world. Because one of the great pleasures

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