The Ancients
A podcast for all ancient history fans! The Ancients is dedicated to discussing our distant past. Featuring interviews with historians and archaeologists, each episode covers a specific theme from antiquity. From Neolithic Britain to the Fall of Rome. Hosted by Tristan Hughes. New episodes every Sunday and Thursday.From History Hit, the world's best history channel and creators of award-winning podcasts Dan Snow's History Hit, Gone Medieval, and Betwixt the Sheets.Sign up to History Hit for hund...
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Inanna: Mesopotamian Sex Goddess
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The Picts: Rulers of the North
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The Permian Extinction: When Life Nearly Died
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541 AD: The Worst Year in History
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Fall of the Sumerians
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The Minoan Eruption: Bronze Age Cataclysm
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How Greece Shaped Rome with Mary Beard
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The Sumerians
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The Sea Peoples
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Origins of Homo Sapiens
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Ashurbanipal: The Last Great King of Assyria
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The White Huns
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Roman Aqueducts
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How to Survive in Carthage
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The Olmec: Mother of Mesoamerican Civilisations
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Livia: Empress of Rome
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Siberian Ice Mummies
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Fall of Roman London
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Irish Mythology
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Megalodon
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The First Sharks
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The Queen of Sheba
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Doggerland: The North Sea Atlantis?
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Hannibal's March on Rome
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Plato's Republic
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The Apocryphal Gospels
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Seahenge
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Rise of Nero
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Pirates of the Mediterranean
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The Amazons
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The Kushan Empire
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Rise of the Minoans
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The Kingdom of Aksum
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Pompeii: The Buried City
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Origins of Astronomy
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Successors of Alexander the Great
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The Saxons
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The Council of Nicaea
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The Last Roman Emperors
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Did Plague Destroy the Roman Empire?
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Barbarian Invaders: The Sacks of Rome
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The Fall of Rome: Origins
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Prehistoric Ireland: Newgrange
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Jason and the Argonauts
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The Birth of Indo-European
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The Praetorian Guard: Rise to Power
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John the Baptist
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Cassandra: Priestess of Troy
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The Great Jewish Revolt
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Rise of Humans
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