Poetic Cinema HISTORY: BENEATH OUR FEET
By Vernon Snell
Length1h 43m
About this audiobook
**HISTORY: BENEATH OUR FEET**
*Exploring the Hidden History of the Materials That Built Civilization*
What if the greatest story of human civilization isn't written in books, but buried beneath our feet?
In this thought-provoking Poetic Cinema journey, Vernon Snell explores the extraordinary relationship between humanity and the Earth's natural resources. From ancient civilizations and monumental architecture to minerals, metals, precious stones, and modern cities, discover how the materials beneath us have shaped wealth, power, technology, culture, and human progress.
Blending history, philosophy, science, and artistic storytelling, *History: Beneath Our Feet* invites readers to question the true origins of civilization and reconsider the value of the world we walk upon.
**The ground beneath us holds more than resources. It holds the story of humanity.**
**Vernon Snell | Poetic Cinema**
Audiobook details
GenreHistory, Education and Learning
Length1 hr 43 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateOct 9, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Poetic Cinema History
26The concrete beneath your feet...
2Published in the Poetic Cinema History Collection
27Chapter 1
3Together, these books share one central idea:
28Then one day...
4But deep within the Earth itself.
29Only experience.
5Quite literally...
30Touch a brick wall...
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6Chapter 1
31Poetic Cinema History
7Chapter 2
32Chapter 2
8Chapter 3
33Long before steel.
9Chapter 4
34Better craftsmanship.
10Chapter 5
35Humanity imagines.
11Chapter 6
36Poetic Cinema History
12Chapter 7
37Chapter 3
13Chapter 8
38Clay: The Earth That Became Civilization
14Chapter 9
39Long before steel...
15Chapter 10
40One discovery...
16Chapter 11
41A handful of mud...
17Chapter 12
42A broken pot...
18Chapter 13
43Poetic Cinema History
19Chapter 14
44Chapter 4
20Chapter 15
45Time.
21Chapter 16
46As survival.
22Every morning...
47Not because of weapons...
23Older than memory itself.
48Today...
24Sometimes billions...
49Once again...
25From that moment forward...
50Poetic Cinema History
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