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Our ONLY Ancients live show this year is nearly upon us!
🕖 5 September at 7pm
📌 King's Place, London (@LondonPodFest)
It's going to be special.
We'd love to see you there!
Get your tickets here 👉kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/words…
🕖 5 September at 7pm
📌 King's Place, London (@LondonPodFest)
It's going to be special.
We'd love to see you there!
Get your tickets here 👉kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/words…
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🚨 Caracalla & Geta: The Real Emperors of Gladiator II 🚨
🎙️@AlexImrie23
Listen now! 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/0SQWSo…
🎙️@AlexImrie23
Listen now! 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/0SQWSo…
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🚨 THE ANCIENT AMAZON 🚨
🎙️ @laurieablair
🎧 podfollow.com/the-ancients/e…
💥 We explore the extraordinary cultures that lived all across the ancient Amazon basin!
💥 Great cities in the Upano Valley!
💥 The fish-fulled Marajoara!
💥 Early farming, origins of chocolate and more!
🎙️ @laurieablair
🎧 podfollow.com/the-ancients/e…
💥 We explore the extraordinary cultures that lived all across the ancient Amazon basin!
💥 Great cities in the Upano Valley!
💥 The fish-fulled Marajoara!
💥 Early farming, origins of chocolate and more!
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🚨 DEAD SEA SCROLLS: THE COPPER SCROLL 🚨
🎙️@profjoantaylor
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/5grtAp…
💥 We explore the story of this ancient ‘treasure map’! And why it’s so different to the rest of the Dead Sea Scrolls!
💥 What it says, how it was unravelled, the treasure + more!
🎙️@profjoantaylor
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/5grtAp…
💥 We explore the story of this ancient ‘treasure map’! And why it’s so different to the rest of the Dead Sea Scrolls!
💥 What it says, how it was unravelled, the treasure + more!
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🚨 PYRRHUS 🚨
🎙️ Dr Louis Rawlings
🎧 podfollow.com/the-ancients/e…
💥 The formidable military leader who rose to power after Alexander the Great's death!
💥 The first leader to fight Rome with elephants!
💥 The reason for the saying 'Pyrrhic Victory'!
Inspiring Hannibal & more!
🎙️ Dr Louis Rawlings
🎧 podfollow.com/the-ancients/e…
💥 The formidable military leader who rose to power after Alexander the Great's death!
💥 The first leader to fight Rome with elephants!
💥 The reason for the saying 'Pyrrhic Victory'!
Inspiring Hannibal & more!
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🚨 ORIGINS OF THE INUIT 🚨
🎙️ @digitwithraven
🎧 podfollow.com/the-ancients/v…
💥 Story of the Thule Inuit, who expanded out from present day Alaska east across North America all the way to Greenland more than 1,000 years ago. Arctic masters!
💥 Amazing houses, gadgets + more!
🎙️ @digitwithraven
🎧 podfollow.com/the-ancients/v…
💥 Story of the Thule Inuit, who expanded out from present day Alaska east across North America all the way to Greenland more than 1,000 years ago. Arctic masters!
💥 Amazing houses, gadgets + more!
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🚨 PTOLEMY I 🚨
🎙 Dr Toby Wilkinson
🎧 podfollow.com/the-ancients/e…
💥 The story of Alexander the Great's most successful 'Successor'
💥 Founder of the last extraordinary dynasty that ruled ancient Egypt.
💥 From hijacking Alexander's corpse to being crowned Pharaoh! And more!
🎙 Dr Toby Wilkinson
🎧 podfollow.com/the-ancients/e…
💥 The story of Alexander the Great's most successful 'Successor'
💥 Founder of the last extraordinary dynasty that ruled ancient Egypt.
💥 From hijacking Alexander's corpse to being crowned Pharaoh! And more!
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🚨 THE CIRCUS MAXIMUS 🚨
🎙️ Dr Matthew Nicholls
🎧 podfollow.com/the-ancients/e…
💥 The greatest chariot racing venue in ancient Rome!
💥 Seating more than 100,000 people for incredibly popular chariot races!
💥 Origins, layout of the Circus, a day at the chariot races & more!
🎙️ Dr Matthew Nicholls
🎧 podfollow.com/the-ancients/e…
💥 The greatest chariot racing venue in ancient Rome!
💥 Seating more than 100,000 people for incredibly popular chariot races!
💥 Origins, layout of the Circus, a day at the chariot races & more!
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🚨 ANUBIS AND THE UNDERWORLD 🚨
🎙️ Professor Joyce Tyldesley
🎧 podfollow.com/the-ancients/e…
💥 The story of the Egyptian jackal-headed god Anubis!
💥 The Book of the Dead, mummification and more!
💥 Last episode of our Egyptian Gods & Goddesses miniseries!
🎙️ Professor Joyce Tyldesley
🎧 podfollow.com/the-ancients/e…
💥 The story of the Egyptian jackal-headed god Anubis!
💥 The Book of the Dead, mummification and more!
💥 Last episode of our Egyptian Gods & Goddesses miniseries!
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🚨 DARIUS THE GREAT, PERSIAN KING OF KINGS 🚨
🎙 Prof. Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
🎧 podfollow.com/the-ancients/e…
💥 'Superstar' of Achaemenid Persia. The story of his rise, reign and end.
💥 We cover his background, rise to power, PR prowess, road building, war with Athens and more!
🎙 Prof. Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
🎧 podfollow.com/the-ancients/e…
💥 'Superstar' of Achaemenid Persia. The story of his rise, reign and end.
💥 We cover his background, rise to power, PR prowess, road building, war with Athens and more!
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🚨 THE LEGEND OF OSIRIS, KING OF THE DEAD 🚨
🎙️ @EgyptMcr
🎧 podfollow.com/the-ancients/e…
💥 The most famous story of Egyptian mythology!
💥 The murder of Osiris, usurpation of Seth, the eye of Horus and more!
💥 We go through it step by step with the fantastic Dr Campbell Price!
🎙️ @EgyptMcr
🎧 podfollow.com/the-ancients/e…
💥 The most famous story of Egyptian mythology!
💥 The murder of Osiris, usurpation of Seth, the eye of Horus and more!
💥 We go through it step by step with the fantastic Dr Campbell Price!
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🚨 ISIS AND THE GODDESSES OF EGYPT 🚨
🎙️ Dr Joyce Tyldesley
🎧 podfollow.com/the-ancients/e…
💥 Exploring the stories of Isis, Hathor, Sekhmet, Bastet & more!
💥 Importance of Great Goddesses in Egyptian religion!
💥 The 3rd episode of our Egyptian Gods and Goddesses miniseries!
🎙️ Dr Joyce Tyldesley
🎧 podfollow.com/the-ancients/e…
💥 Exploring the stories of Isis, Hathor, Sekhmet, Bastet & more!
💥 Importance of Great Goddesses in Egyptian religion!
💥 The 3rd episode of our Egyptian Gods and Goddesses miniseries!
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🚨 TYRANNOSAURUS REX 🚨
🎙️ @SteveBrusatte
🎧 podfollow.com/the-ancients/e…
💥 The story of the 'King of the Dinosaurs'!
💥 Where and when it lived, fossil evidence, diet, feathers, poo, anatomy and much more!
🎙️ @SteveBrusatte
🎧 podfollow.com/the-ancients/e…
💥 The story of the 'King of the Dinosaurs'!
💥 Where and when it lived, fossil evidence, diet, feathers, poo, anatomy and much more!
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🚨 RA AND THE SUN GODS 🚨
🎙️ @EgyptMcr
🎧 podfollow.com/the-ancients/e…
💥 The story of the solar deities Ra, Khepri and the Aten!
💥 The sun's voyage across the sky and through the underworld in a boat 🦅🐍
💥 Akhenaten!
💥 The 2nd episode in our Egyptian Gods & Goddesses series
🎙️ @EgyptMcr
🎧 podfollow.com/the-ancients/e…
💥 The story of the solar deities Ra, Khepri and the Aten!
💥 The sun's voyage across the sky and through the underworld in a boat 🦅🐍
💥 Akhenaten!
💥 The 2nd episode in our Egyptian Gods & Goddesses series
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🚨 THE FALL OF ROMAN BRITAIN 🚨
🎙️ @duxBritanniarum & Prof. James Gerrard
🎧 podfollow.com/the-ancients/e…
💥 Exploring the incredibly complex story of the end of Roman Britain & what happened next!
🎙️ @duxBritanniarum & Prof. James Gerrard
🎧 podfollow.com/the-ancients/e…
💥 Exploring the incredibly complex story of the end of Roman Britain & what happened next!
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🚨 ORIGINS OF THE EGYPTIAN GODS 🚨
🎙️ Dr Joyce Tyldesley
🎧 podfollow.com/the-ancients/e…
💥 The start of our new miniseries about the Gods and Goddesses of ancient Egypt!
💥 This first episode covers the story of the Ennead and how the Egyptian gods came to be!
🎙️ Dr Joyce Tyldesley
🎧 podfollow.com/the-ancients/e…
💥 The start of our new miniseries about the Gods and Goddesses of ancient Egypt!
💥 This first episode covers the story of the Ennead and how the Egyptian gods came to be!
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🚨 BATTLE OF THE TEUTOBURG FOREST (PART 2) 🚨
🎙️ @DrJEBall, Dr Peter Heather & Dr Matthew Nicholls
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/75xIyZ…
💥 In depth retelling of the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, day by day!
💥 The narrative, the archaeology that has survived & this ambush's legacy
🎙️ @DrJEBall, Dr Peter Heather & Dr Matthew Nicholls
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/75xIyZ…
💥 In depth retelling of the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, day by day!
💥 The narrative, the archaeology that has survived & this ambush's legacy
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🚨 THE ROMANS AND INDIA 🚨
🎙️ @DalrympleWill
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/0RSacQ…
💥 We explore how ancient India exported its diverse ideas far and wide, including to the Roman Empire!
💥 How India became the largest trading partner of the Roman Empire!
💥 And more!
🎙️ @DalrympleWill
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/0RSacQ…
💥 We explore how ancient India exported its diverse ideas far and wide, including to the Roman Empire!
💥 How India became the largest trading partner of the Roman Empire!
💥 And more!
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🚨 BATTLE OF THE TEUTOBURG FOREST (PART 1) 🚨
🎙️ @DrJEBall, Dr Peter Heather & Dr Matthew Nicholls
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/7acFrs…
💥 Story of one of the worst military defeats the Romans suffered.
💥 Pt 1 covers the run up to the German ambush
⌛️ Pt 2.....
🎙️ @DrJEBall, Dr Peter Heather & Dr Matthew Nicholls
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/7acFrs…
💥 Story of one of the worst military defeats the Romans suffered.
💥 Pt 1 covers the run up to the German ambush
⌛️ Pt 2.....
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🚨PETRA: ANCIENT WONDER OF THE WORLD🚨
🎙️ Special ep ft. Dr Jodi Magness and Dr Matthew Vincent
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/0aZGUE…
💥 We explore how this ancient city at the desert's edge became one of antiquity's greatest trade centres!
💥 And the mysterious Nabataeans who built it!
🎙️ Special ep ft. Dr Jodi Magness and Dr Matthew Vincent
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/0aZGUE…
💥 We explore how this ancient city at the desert's edge became one of antiquity's greatest trade centres!
💥 And the mysterious Nabataeans who built it!
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