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Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography & More

Greek Fire

Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography & More

Gary Arndt

History, Education

4.72.3K Ratings

🗓️ 27 September 2020

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

There are many things which have been called ancient mysteries. These are products or techniques which were used in the past which have since been forgotten or lost. Most of these things have been rediscovered, and usually in a way that was better than what originally came before it. There is one thing which truly has been lost in time and we have no idea how it was made. Learn more about Greek Fire, and how it worked, and how we lost the secret on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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There are many things which have been called ancient mysteries. These are products or techniques which were used in the past which have since been forgotten or lost.

0:08.0

Many of these things have been rediscovered and usually in a way which was better than what originally came before it.

0:14.2

There is one thing which truly has been lost in time and we have no idea how it was made.

0:20.4

Learn more about Greek Fire, how it worked, and how we lost the secret on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. This episode is sponsored by G Adventures. These are very troubled times, Even though things are starting to get better and more

0:44.8

countries are opening up, people are still hesitant to travel, and that is totally understandable.

0:50.1

That is why G Adventures has announced its new Travel With Confidence Plus Collection.

0:54.0

The Travel With Confidence Plus Collection are 37 tours in 27 countries

0:58.0

that have increased safety and sanitation protocols to protect you and other travelers.

1:02.0

These tours will have smaller group sizes, private

1:05.1

transportation, and cheaper options to get your own room, as well as more personal space.

1:10.6

G Adventures has also earned the World Travel and Tourism Council safe travel

1:14.4

snap for their health and hygiene protocols and has implemented the

1:17.6

Adventure Travel Trade Association's COVID-19 Health and Safety Guidelines.

1:21.6

The Travel with Confidence Tours are available for

1:24.3

booking today and will be departing from October 2nd 2020 to the end of 2021.

1:29.3

For more information and to book your tour, click on the link in the show notes.

1:35.0

You might have seen some World War II movie where the Nazis tried to develop a super weapon to turn the tide of the war.

1:45.0

There are actually very few cases in history where a new weapon was actually able to change the course of a military conflict.

1:52.0

The atomic bomb was one such weapon and

1:54.1

Greek fire was one of the others. Greek fire was the ancient warfare equivalent

1:59.7

of the atomic bomb or to be more accurate it was the ancient equivalent of Napealm.

2:05.0

Greek fire was a flammable liquid which was used by the Byzantine's, aka the Roman Empire, starting in the year 672 CE. The use of fire and warfare was nothing new.

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