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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Episodes (656)
Alexander The Great's Sex Life
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King Midas
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Lilith: Mesopotamian Demoness
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Athens: Birthplace of Democracy?
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Knossos
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The First Toolmakers
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Iron Age Scotland: Clachtoll Broch
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The Great Fire of Rome
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Athena: Goddess of Wisdom
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Rise of the Assyrians
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Alexandria: The Sunken City
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Troy
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Roman Beast Hunts
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Sardinia: Mysteries of the Bronze Age
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Shetland: Edge of the Prehistoric World
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The Philistines
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Ares: God of War
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Septimius Severus
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Dinosaurs: The Last Days
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The First Humans
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Shirin: Heroine of Iran
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The Origins of Buddhism
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The Bantu Expansion
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The Colossus of Rhodes
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Cleopatra's Daughter
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Homo Erectus
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Aphrodite: Goddess of Love
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The Nazca Lines
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Feathered Dinosaurs
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Babylon
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The Great Serpent Mound
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The Parthenon
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Orkney: Centre of the Stone Age
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The Kings of Rome
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Hephaestus: God of Fire
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The First Writing
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Spartacus
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The First Britons
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The Rise and Fall of Crassus
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Hammurabi: Rise of the Babylonians
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Hera: Queen of the Gods
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Carausius: The Pirate King
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Bethlehem
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Uruk: The First Cities
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Alexander the Great: Man and Myth
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The Legacy of Tutankhamun
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Rise of the Etruscans
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Valley of the Kings
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Zeus: King of the Gods
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The Tomb of Tutankhamun
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