Ancient History Hit

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…

We have a special LIVE SHOW of The Ancients coming up on 5 September! We'll be at @LondonPodFest at King's Place, 7pm! And we'll be talking all things ancient CARTHAGE, with Dr Eve MacDonald (@gevemac). Really hope to see you there! Get tickets 👉 kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/words…

🚨 Caracalla & Geta: The Real Emperors of Gladiator II 🚨 🎙️@AlexImrie23 Listen now! 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/0SQWSo…

🚨 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!

🚨 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!

🚨 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!

🚨 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!

🚨 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!

🚨 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!

🚨 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!

🚨 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!

🚨 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!

New Ancients Ep! 🚨 THE FALL OF CARTHAGE 🚨 🎙️ @gevemac 🎧 podfollow.com/the-ancients/e…… 💥The brutal story of how Rome destroyed Carthage! 💥Cato & 'Carthago delenda est!' 💥Larger than life Masinissa! 💥Background to the sack 💥Gruesome details of the Siege of Carthage!

🚨 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!

🚨 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!

🚨 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

🚨 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!

🚨 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!

🚨 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

🚨 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!