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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Herculaneum
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Prehistoric Nigeria: The Nok
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Jurassic America
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The Fall of Athens
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The Iliad
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Rise of Julius Caesar
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Obelisks
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Sodom and Gomorrah
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Göbekli Tepe: The First Temple?
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Elektra: Revenge in Ancient Greece
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The Persian Wars: Xerxes, Thermopylae and Salamis
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End of Ice Age Britain
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The Persian Wars: Darius, Athens and the Battle of Marathon
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The Last Neanderthals
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The Scythians
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Ice Age Australia
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Hieroglyphs
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Woolly Mammoths
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The Chinese Zodiac
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The Kingdom of Kush
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Babylon's Epic of Creation
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The Franks
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The Roman Invasion of Britain
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Sargon of Akkad
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Rome's Crisis of the Third Century
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Atlantis
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Who Was the Real King Arthur?
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Emperor Constantine
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Tomb of King Herod
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Druids
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The Birth of Money
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The Thracians
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The Wise Men
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Hanukkah & the Maccabees
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Origins of the Wheel
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The First South Americans
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Fall of the Etruscans
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Tower of Babel
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Ice Age America
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Emperor Macrinus: Usurper of Rome
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Caracalla & Geta: The Real Emperors of Gladiator II
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The Minotaur
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The Ancient Amazon
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Prehistoric Japan
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Dead Sea Scrolls: The Copper Scroll
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Pyrrhus: Warlord of Ancient Greece
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Origins of the Inuit
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Ptolemy I: The First Greek Pharaoh
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The Circus Maximus
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The Edomites
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