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Ancient History Hit @AncientsHH
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22 Aug 2025
Our ONLY Ancients live show this year is nearly upon us! πŸ•– 5 September at 7pm πŸ“Œ King's Place, London (@londonpodfest) It's going to be special. We'd love to see you there! Get your tickets here πŸ‘‰kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/wo…
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🚨 Caracalla & Geta: The Real Emperors of Gladiator II 🚨 πŸŽ™οΈ@AlexImrie23 Listen now! 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/0SQ…
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🚨 THE ANCIENT AMAZON 🚨 πŸŽ™οΈ @laurieablair 🎧 podfollow.com/the-ancients/e… πŸ’₯ We explore the extraordinary cultures that lived all across the ancient Amazon basin! πŸ’₯ Great cities in the Upano Valley! πŸ’₯ The fish-fulled Marajoara! πŸ’₯ Early farming, origins of chocolate and more!
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🚨 DEAD SEA SCROLLS: THE COPPER SCROLL 🚨 πŸŽ™οΈ@profjoantaylor 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/5gr… πŸ’₯ We explore the story of this ancient β€˜treasure map’! And why it’s so different to the rest of the Dead Sea Scrolls! πŸ’₯ What it says, how it was unravelled, the treasure more!
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🚨 PYRRHUS 🚨 πŸŽ™οΈ Dr Louis Rawlings 🎧 podfollow.com/the-ancients/e… πŸ’₯ The formidable military leader who rose to power after Alexander the Great's death! πŸ’₯ The first leader to fight Rome with elephants! πŸ’₯ The reason for the saying 'Pyrrhic Victory'! Inspiring Hannibal & more!
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🚨 ORIGINS OF THE INUIT 🚨 πŸŽ™οΈ @digitwithraven 🎧 podfollow.com/the-ancients/v… πŸ’₯ 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! πŸ’₯ Amazing houses, gadgets more!
Thule Inuit house (with reconstructed bowhead whale roof) image credit: Ansgar Walk / CC.

ALT Thule Inuit house (with reconstructed bowhead whale roof) image credit: Ansgar Walk / CC.

Thule Inuit Snow Goggles.

ALT Thule Inuit Snow Goggles.
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🚨 PTOLEMY I 🚨 πŸŽ™ Dr Toby Wilkinson 🎧 podfollow.com/the-ancients/e… πŸ’₯ The story of Alexander the Great's most successful 'Successor' πŸ’₯ Founder of the last extraordinary dynasty that ruled ancient Egypt. πŸ’₯ From hijacking Alexander's corpse to being crowned Pharaoh! And more!
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🚨 THE CIRCUS MAXIMUS 🚨 πŸŽ™οΈ Dr Matthew Nicholls 🎧 podfollow.com/the-ancients/e… πŸ’₯ The greatest chariot racing venue in ancient Rome! πŸ’₯ Seating more than 100,000 people for incredibly popular chariot races! πŸ’₯ Origins, layout of the Circus, a day at the chariot races & more!
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🚨 ANUBIS AND THE UNDERWORLD 🚨 πŸŽ™οΈ Professor Joyce Tyldesley 🎧 podfollow.com/the-ancients/e… πŸ’₯ The story of the Egyptian jackal-headed god Anubis! πŸ’₯ The Book of the Dead, mummification and more! πŸ’₯ Last episode of our Egyptian Gods & Goddesses miniseries!
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🚨 DARIUS THE GREAT, PERSIAN KING OF KINGS 🚨 πŸŽ™ Prof. Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones 🎧 podfollow.com/the-ancients/e… πŸ’₯ 'Superstar' of Achaemenid Persia. The story of his rise, reign and end. πŸ’₯ 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 🚨 πŸŽ™οΈ @EgyptMcr 🎧 podfollow.com/the-ancients/e… πŸ’₯ The most famous story of Egyptian mythology! πŸ’₯ The murder of Osiris, usurpation of Seth, the eye of Horus and more! πŸ’₯ We go through it step by step with the fantastic Dr Campbell Price!
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🚨 ISIS AND THE GODDESSES OF EGYPT 🚨 πŸŽ™οΈ Dr Joyce Tyldesley 🎧 podfollow.com/the-ancients/e… πŸ’₯ Exploring the stories of Isis, Hathor, Sekhmet, Bastet & more! πŸ’₯ Importance of Great Goddesses in Egyptian religion! πŸ’₯ The 3rd episode of our Egyptian Gods and Goddesses miniseries!
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🚨 TYRANNOSAURUS REX 🚨 πŸŽ™οΈ @SteveBrusatte 🎧 podfollow.com/the-ancients/e… πŸ’₯ The story of the 'King of the Dinosaurs'! πŸ’₯ Where and when it lived, fossil evidence, diet, feathers, poo, anatomy and much more!
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🚨 RA AND THE SUN GODS 🚨 πŸŽ™οΈ @EgyptMcr 🎧 podfollow.com/the-ancients/e… πŸ’₯ The story of the solar deities Ra, Khepri and the Aten! πŸ’₯ The sun's voyage across the sky and through the underworld in a boat πŸ¦…πŸ πŸ’₯ Akhenaten! πŸ’₯ The 2nd episode in our Egyptian Gods & Goddesses series
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🚨 THE FALL OF ROMAN BRITAIN 🚨 πŸŽ™οΈ @duxBritanniarum & Prof. James Gerrard 🎧 podfollow.com/the-ancients/e… πŸ’₯ Exploring the incredibly complex story of the end of Roman Britain & what happened next!
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🚨 ORIGINS OF THE EGYPTIAN GODS 🚨 πŸŽ™οΈ Dr Joyce Tyldesley 🎧 podfollow.com/the-ancients/e… πŸ’₯ The start of our new miniseries about the Gods and Goddesses of ancient Egypt! πŸ’₯ 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) 🚨 πŸŽ™οΈ @DrJEBall, Dr Peter Heather & Dr Matthew Nicholls 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/75x… πŸ’₯ In depth retelling of the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, day by day! πŸ’₯ The narrative, the archaeology that has survived & this ambush's legacy
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🚨 THE ROMANS AND INDIA 🚨 πŸŽ™οΈ @DalrympleWill 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/0RS… πŸ’₯ We explore how ancient India exported its diverse ideas far and wide, including to the Roman Empire! πŸ’₯ How India became the largest trading partner of the Roman Empire! πŸ’₯ And more!
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