Seven Wonders of the Ancient World: The Temple of Artemis

Ridiculous History

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History, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 30 October 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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It's no secret that the Wonders of the Ancient World were pretty... wonderful -- yet also pretty mischaracterized. In today's episode, Ben, Noel, and Super Producer Max explore the phenonemal Temple of Artemis, which was built not once, not twice, but three separate times before it ultimately disappeared.

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0:00.0	Ridiculous History is a production of IHeart Radio. Welcome back to the show fellow ridiculous historians.
0:29.4	Thank you, as always so much for tuning in.
0:32.6	Let's hear it for the wonder of the podcasting World our super producer, Mr. Max Williams.
0:39.4	Is there anything more wonderful than a wonder?
0:41.9	Max wonders really are wonderful, Williams.
0:45.4	Yeah, that's Noel Brown.
0:47.5	I'm Ben Bowling.
0:48.4	Hello.
0:48.7	We're coming to you live and direct, and we are going to roast our brother and podcast arms a little bit here
0:56.7	because you are the research associate for this one max you wrote the sentence wonders are
1:04.1	really are wonderful and then you appropriately roasted yourself because you knew i was going to do it if you did. That's a wonderful starting line, he says. Wonderful job there, Max. And we're here for you to say the same thing. Thank you, Max. What a wonderful compliment. That's you thanking yourself. But we're also giving it to you as outsiders looking in. Yes. Of course. Noel, can we say this part together, the last sentence of that one?
1:28.1	Oh, gosh, yes.
1:29.3	Of course, Max.
1:32.2	You are just wonderful.
1:34.7	Oh, man.
1:35.3	Let's talk about the Temple of Artemis.
1:38.9	This is an I-Heart podcast.
1:43.5	She said said Johnny.
1:44.8	The kids didn't come home last night.
1:46.9	Along the central Texas plains, teens are dying.
1:51.4	Suicides that don't make sense.
1:53.9	Strange accidents and brutal murders.
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