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🚨 New Ancients Ep! 🚨 Dr Alison Sheridan unravels the story of THE BEAKER PEOPLE. How groups of people arriving from the continent c.4,500 years ago dramatically transformed Britain and introduced metalworking to this island 🎙️

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Tristan Hughes

@ancientstristan

3 months

This is the oldest and most complete set of Roman armour ever discovered! Found at Kalkriese, this Lorica Segmentata is more than 2,000 years old. Team @HistoryHit and I received special access to see it being assembled at the @britishmuseum for their brand new #LegionExhibition

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New Ancients Ep! The Picts🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿! Professor Gordon Noble is here to explain what the latest archaeology is revealing about these elusive people who lived in northern Britain in late antiquity 🎙️

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Today, 2499 (!) years ago THE most decisive, most significant naval battle in history occurred. 480 BC, off the island of Salamis south of Athens, Themistocles' 'wooden wall' of ships routed Xerxes' powerful Armada. It was the turning point of the Great King's invasion No biggie

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Tristan Hughes

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1 year

Alexander the Great left his own mark on the biggest temple complex in ancient Egypt. Even though he almost certainly never visited here. One of the biggest highlights of visiting Karnak for me was seeing this small room 😎

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Tristan Hughes

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3 years

New Ancients Podcast! Professor David Graf talks through the history of Petra. In this first part he explains how archaeological fragments are teaching us more about the Rose City's early history and the early history of its people: the Nabataeans 🎧

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Tristan Hughes

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11 months

New Ancients Ep! Dr Irving Finkel explains all about the fascinating artefact that is the Cyrus Cylinder! Highlighting what the cuneiform text reveals about the Persian King Cyrus the Great and his conquest of Babylon in the mid 6th century BC 🎙️

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Tristan Hughes

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3 years

Always a pleasure to visit Ardoch Roman Fort in Perthshire, one of the most stunning Roman sites in Britain. It might even get a mention in tomorrow's Ancients podcast 🤪🎧 (cc. @andrewtibbs )

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Tristan Hughes

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2 months

Varus' Playmobil Legions at @LWLRoemermuseum Such an ingenious and fun little way to learn about ancient history!

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5 years

The Greek cities in Sicily: c.350 BC. They stretched from Selinus in the west to Messana in the north-east.

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Tristan Hughes

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1 year

A small video from one of my favourite places in Britain.... Clachtoll Broch, the remains of a more than 2,000 year old Iron Age tower! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Tristan Hughes

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4 years

Enjoyable day filming at the mightily impressive Richborough Castle. A site that has Roman history stretching from the Claudian invasion to the Roman departure from Britain almost 4 centuries later

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Tristan Hughes

@ancientstristan

10 months

Time for an upgrade 😎

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Tristan Hughes

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4 years

New Ancients Podcast! @andrewtibbs comes on the show to talk through the history / archaeology of the Antonine Wall and why we must NOT call it the northernmost physical barrier of the Roman Empire

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Tristan Hughes

@ancientstristan

9 months

At the centre of Luxor Temple is a shrine to none other than Alexander the Great. Depicted as an ancient Egyptian pharaoh, no different to the likes of Ramesses II and Tutankhamun. It's insane. My new documentary 'Alexander the Great in Egypt' is now released on @HistoryHit !

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Tristan Hughes

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5 years

The Greek cities in Asia Minor: 670 BC. By 670 BC, Greek cities dominated Asia Minor's western shoreline, although the lion's share were situated in Ionia

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Tristan Hughes

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1 year

New Ancients Episode! Today we're talking through the story behind one of my favourite archaeological sites in Britain. The remains of a c.2,500 year old Iron Age tower nestled away in the northwest Highlands of Scotland, in Assynt: Clachtoll Broch. 🎙️

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Tristan Hughes

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4 years

New Ancients Podcast! I catch up with Professor Jim Crow from Edinburgh University to chat through the extraordinary archaeology at Housesteads Roman Fort and what it can tell us about life along Hadrian's Wall

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Tristan Hughes

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5 years

The Mediterranean World: 217 BC. 217 BC was a year of total war in the Mediterranean. To the west in central Italy the Carthaginian general Hannibal Barca annihilated a Roman army at Trasimene. To the east, 2 warlords clashed at Raphia in one of the largest battles of antiquity.

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Tristan Hughes

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1 year

New Ancients Podcast! We're off to Orkney to talk all about its world-renowned Stone Age remains. Including the story of one of the most exciting excavations currently ongoing on the British Isles - @NessofBrodgar - with Dr Nick Card and Roy Towers. 🎙️

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Tristan Hughes

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3 years

New Ancients Podcast! The legendary Dr Andrew Birley from @VindolandaTrust shows me around the site and museum at Vindolanda, one of the best Roman (and early medieval) sites in Britain

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Tristan Hughes

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1 year

Small video from the Pompeii amphitheatre, the oldest stone amphitheatre in the Roman world! Our new documentary on Pompeii has just been released on @HistoryHit , featuring the brilliant @pompei79 and more! 🖥

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Tristan Hughes

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3 years

Wonderful to see the new Epic Iran exhibition at the @V_and_A earlier today. A must see!

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Tristan Hughes

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5 months

The iconic ancient Greek shield was absolutely massive in size. Designed to protect the classic heavy Greek spearman when they fought in dense formations called phalanxes. Here's Dr Andrew Bayliss showing his replica

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Tristan Hughes

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1 year

The team didn't go near me for a week, but if there's a chance to go and explore an ancient sewer I'm taking it. Great fun exploring the Roman remains of Colchester with @ColMuseums a few weeks back. All coming soon! 💩😄

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Tristan Hughes

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3 years

New Ancients Podcast! Professor Ted Kaizer talks through the history of Palmyra. Ted explains what we know about its growth, its position on a crossroads of culture and its unique relationship with Ancient Rome 🎧

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Tristan Hughes

@ancientstristan

5 years

The Macedonian Empire at the time of King Philip II's assassination - 336 BC. Purple - Macedonian Kingdom and Dependent States Pink - The Thessalian League Red - The League of Corinth Green - The Molossian Koinon, ruled by Alexander I of Molossia 'the Other Alexander'

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Tristan Hughes

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3 years

New Ancients Podcast! An honour to have the enthralling Professor Jodi Magness on the podcast, talking about the famous Roman Siege of Masada and the remarkable archaeology that survives at the site in this special two part podcast 🎧

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Tristan Hughes

@ancientstristan

1 year

Broch exploring! C. 2,000 year old Iron Age towers iconic of Northern Scotland. We recorded this little video during our 'Mysteries of Prehistoric Scotland' doc series for @HistoryHit last year. Broch on! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🪨

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Tristan Hughes

@ancientstristan

8 months

I've been out in Kazakhstan the last week, exploring its ancient history and archaeology in the Altai Mountains. Think nomadic ancient peoples such as the Saka and the Pazyryks. Something special coming to The Ancients very soon! 🇰🇿🐎⛰️ Here's a little taster...

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Tristan Hughes

@ancientstristan

9 months

What a joy to have the one and only @pompei79 on the pod, helping kick off our special miniseries on Pompeii. More eps dropping all through August! Ep 1 🎙

Dr Sophie Hay

@pompei79

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Delighted to see the latest @AncientsHH episode is ‘Pompeii: Life before the Eruption’. Was a genuine joy piecing together the archaeological evidence to reveal the details and vibrancy of the lives of the inhabitants with @ancientstristan & Elena Guthrie

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Tristan Hughes

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8 months

Absolutely delighted to say that The Ancients has been nominated for the Best Individual Episode for History at this year's Signal Awards. It's our awesome Achilles episode with my old Prof and all time legend @AlastairBlan Please vote for us below! ⬇️

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Tristan Hughes

@ancientstristan

1 year

. @Durotrigesdig in his prime 👌⚔️🪖. More with Miles coming soon...

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Tristan Hughes

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3 years

The capital of Roman Britain until Boudica sacked it, Colchester – ancient Camulodonum – is Britain’s oldest town. Frank Hargrave from @ColMuseums talks through the finds revealing more about this town's ancient history: from the Bronze Age to Boudica 🎧

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Tristan Hughes

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1 year

New Ancients Podcast! Incredible ep - The First Britons! @ChrisStringer65 returns to the pod to talk through almost a million years of British prehistory. From the c.900,000 year old Happisburgh footprints to mammoth-hunting Neanderthals at Lynford 🎙️

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Tristan Hughes

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1 year

More than 3,000 years of Trojan history packed into 45 minutes, with the awesome Prof C. Brian Rose of @Penn . From the Early Bronze Age to Roman times, Brian explains what archaeology has revealed about Troy. And yes, we talk about the Trojan War 😎 🎙️

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Tristan Hughes

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1 year

New Ancients Ep! We're exploring the life of Babylon's most well-known king - Nebuchadnezzar II! Prof Paul-Alain Beaulieau explains all. From Nebuchadnezzar's conquests to his mentions in the Bible and how he transformed Babylon into a world capital. 🎙️

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1 year

Incredible, hot off the press! Researchers think they’ve figured out the meaning of c.20,000 year old Ice Age markings and that it's a form of proto writing – the first know writing! And here's our new ep with researcher Prof Paul Pettit all about it 🎙️

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Tristan Hughes

@ancientstristan

11 months

New Ancients Ep! Prof Fred Spoor from @NHM_London is talking all about Australopithecus! An early hominin genus that lived in Africa between c.2 and 4 million years ago. Covering extraordinary discoveries such as Lucy, the Dikika Child and footprints! 🎙️

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Tristan Hughes

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1 year

A small video from another of my favourite places in Britain - Ardoch Roman Fort. A multi-layered Roman fort in Central Scotland! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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5 years

The Greek cities in Sicily: c.630 BC. Just over 100 years since Greek colonists established their first colony at Naxus in c. 735 BC, nearly 15 Hellenic city-states had settled on Sicily's shorelines.

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Tristan Hughes

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3 years

New Ancients Podcast! Terror in the Teutoburg Forest! @DrJEBall came on the podcast to talk through one of the most successful ambushes in history and the extraordinary archaeology that has been discovered from the (possible) battlefield. 🎧

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1 year

The story of the Löwenmensch (Lion-man) figurine, the first myth that we know of. Brilliantly explained by Professor John Mcnabb (Mac). So cool! 😎🦁

CAHO

@CAHO_uk

1 year

Prof. John McNabb (Mac) joined @ancientstristan in the Wymer Lab to talk about the Löwenmensch (Lion-man) figurine 🦁 "the oldest science fiction story". Check out the TikTok below 👇

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Tristan Hughes

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6 years

The Greek cities established around the Black Sea by 600 BC. They stretched from Phasis to Apollonia

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6 months

3 amazing treasures of the Boudican Revolt that you can go and see today at @ColMuseums ! One of my favourite museums in the UK.

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5 years

The Greek World in 500 BC. It was a world which stretched from eastern Spain to southern Russia

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Tristan Hughes

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1 year

At the heart of Karnak Temple today is a shrine dedicated to a 4th century BC Macedonian ruler. NOT Alexander the Great. But his elder half bro Philip Arrhidaeus III, who briefly ruled after Al's death. For a Successors man like myself, this was very exciting to see... 😎

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Tristan Hughes

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3 years

Praetorians @britishmuseum #neroexhibition P.S: If anyone knows any Praetorian Guard experts, please let me know! #podcast 🎙

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Tristan Hughes

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1 year

New Ancients Podcast! A great privilege to interview Dr Stephanie Dalley on all things Babylon, one of the most famous cities in all ancient history. From the Epic of Creation to the Kassites to the Hanging Garden to Nebuchadnezzar II! 🎙

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1 year

Exploring Maeshowe, one of the best preserved Stone Age tombs in Western Europe. Filmed on our Prehistoric 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 ventures last year!

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1 year

Sometimes the smallest objects hold the greatest value... More archaeological goodness from @Durotrigesdig 😎

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5 years

The Successor Kingdoms in 301 BC, following the Battle of Ipsus The victors of Ipsus enjoyed the spoils of war, dividing the defeated Antigonus’ vast lands in Asia Minor and Syria between them. Yet almost straight away, dividing these battle-won territories caused new quarrels

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Tristan Hughes

@ancientstristan

10 months

New Ancients Ep! Achilles! @AlastairBlan returns to talk all about the life and legacy of this Greek mythical hero, with a focus on his relationship with Patroclus. Homer, Aeschylus' Myrmidons, Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida and more! 🎙️

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Tristan Hughes

@ancientstristan

2 months

Incredible to think these mummy portraits are almost 2,000 years old! What a treat to see them at the 'Golden Mummies of Egypt Exhibition', currently ongoing at @McrMuseum Kudos to @EgyptMcr for curating such a stellar exhibition!

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4 months

Such a pleasure and honour to be doing this trip with the incredible @pompei79 (team blue!). Promises to be a really fun tour; hope to see you there! Details ⬇️:

History Hit💥

@HistoryHit

4 months

Join Dr Sophie Hay ( @pompei79 ) & Tristan Hughes ( @ancientstristan ) on an unforgettable historical trip to Pompeii & Herculaneum. Spend 4 nights at a 4-star hotel & gain an unparalleled insight into the history of ancient Rome. Secure your spot now:

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Tristan Hughes

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3 years

New Ancients Podcast! Adrian Goldsworthy, @gevemac and Louis Rawlings tell you everything you need to know and more about the rise of Hannibal Barca. From the possible origins of the Barcid family in Libya to the immortalised crossing of the Alps 🎧

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Tristan Hughes

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10 months

New Ancients Ep! Homo naledi is the talk of the town right now - some big claims! So today we're chatting to @LeeRberger to highlight the amazing story behind naledi and its discovery. And why he believes they have found evidence of burial! 🎙️

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Tristan Hughes

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5 years

The western coastline of Asia Minor: 500 BC. The cities in white represent those in the Ionian League. For the past century, these cities had represented the beating heart of Greek culture. Yet by 500 BC, times were changing

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5 years

The Greek cities in Asia Minor: 670 BC. By 670 BC, Greek cities dominated Asia Minor's western shoreline, although the lion's share were situated in Ionia

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Tristan Hughes

@ancientstristan

3 years

New Ancients Podcast! Dr Rachael Dann came on the show to talk about her team’s work at El Kurru (in Northern Sudan), a royal cemetery used by Ancient Egypt’s 25th Dynasty, also known as the Nubian Dynasty. 🎧

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Tristan Hughes

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9 months

The second of our special Pompeii es! And this time we're talking all things gladiators in Pompeii. From the amphitheatre to the gladiator barracks to the story of the gladiators Marcus Attilius and Hilarus. Featuring @pompei79 and Dr Mario Grimaldi 🎙

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@pompei79

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The second episode of @AncientsHH on life in #Pompeii is out now! @ancientstristan & Elena Guthrie explore the world of #gladiators & I talk about the infamous riot of AD59 that broke out at the amphitheatre between local rivals & was captured in a fresco.

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2 months

Visiting the reconstructed Roman fort of Aliso, at Haltern am See in Germany. My thanks to @LWLRoemermuseum

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1 year

We've just passed an absolutely MASSIVE milestone on The Ancients. Incredibly grateful to work alongside an incredibly dedicated and passionate team who made it all possible 👍👍 @schmelena @anniecoloe

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11 months

New Ancients Ep! @theDuncanMackay is here to talk through the story of Boudica and what the archaeology has revealed about her revolt so far! Including theories as to where she fought her final battle against the Romans, along Watling Street. 🎙️

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1 year

New Ancients Ep! @mythsbaby is our guest today, continuing our special Greek Gods and Goddesses series, to explain all things Aphrodite, the Goddess of Love. From Aphrodite's origins to her role in the Trojan War, this was great fun to record! 🎙️

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Tristan Hughes

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1 year

New Ancients Ep! We're only talking about the most insane set of ancient geoglyphs! The legendary, mysterious Nazca Lines! A monkey, a killer whale, a spider, a hummingbird and so many others. Dr Sara Morrissett is here to explain all about them. 🎙️

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5 months

Unstan Cairn - one of the oldest Stone Age tombs on the Orkney Mainland. Pleasure to learn more about it from Dr Antonia Thomas last year. Here's a clip!

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4 years

New Ancients Podcast! The one and only Paul Cartledge comes on the show to chat through the famous Battle of Thermopylae, which occurred around this time 2,499 years ago.

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Tristan Hughes

@ancientstristan

2 years

New Ancients Podcast! @JoanaValdez is on the pod today, talking all about the incredible prehistoric rock art that archaeologists have discovered along the Atlantic seaboard. From Scotland to Spain; from cup marks to stag depictions 🎧

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2 years

To everyone who has been kind enough to rate The Ancients podcast on Spotify, thank you. It means a lot to the whole team and I as we continue our mission to share these incredible stories from our distant past. Let's keep it going 🔥

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3 years

New Ancients Podcast! Adrian Goldsworthy came on the show to talk all things Alexander the Great, and explain why this figure's enduring fame has much to do with his remarkable father Philip 👉

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10 months

New Ancients Ep! Professor John McNabb (Mac) is back to talk about an extraordinary Ice Age statuette that likely depicts the oldest known mythical figure in the World. Lion Man! c.38,000 years old! Carved on the tusk of a mammoth! 🦣🦁👨 🎙️

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5 years

The Iberian Peninsula: 218 BC. In 219 BC Hannibal Barca attacked the Rome-allied city of Saguntum, marking the start of the Second Punic War.

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1 year

Small video from Clachtoll Broch! And some of its Iron Age features that you can still see if you go there today! Our most recent Ancients episode is all about this prehistoric site, nestled away in the northwest Scottish Highlands. And the awesome archaeology found there 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿.

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3 years

New Ancients Podcast! Renowned military historian @mikeloades is back on the pod to talk all things ancient chariots! We focus in on the ‘golden age’ of chariot warfare in the 2nd millennium BC. New Egyptian, Mycenaean, Chinese chariots and more! 🎧

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2 years

New Ancients Podcast! To mark the opening of the stellar, new #HieroglyphsExhibition @britishmuseum , I chatted to its curator @ilonareg about the Rosetta Stone and why it was so important in kickstarting the race to crack the hieroglyph code 🎙️

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3 years

New Ancients Podcast! A pleasure to chat to Dr Felicia Beardsley about the incredible, enigmatic site of Nan Madol, ‘Venice of the Pacific’. Covered with monumental megalithic architecture, it was an ancient Micronesian city built off shore on corals 🎧

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3 years

New Ancients Podcast! Professor Polly Low came on the show to talk about the Athenian Empire, and how it was viewed by the great ancient historian Thucydides. 👉

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1 year

New Ancients Episode! We're continuing our Greek gods and goddesses series today with an episode on Athena! Goddess of wisdom, weaving, warfare and more! With the fantastic Professor Rachel Kousser 🎙️ …

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4 years

New Ancients Podcast! I was delighted to be joined by Gareth Sampson to talk through one of Rome’s greatest military defeats: the Battle of Carrhae 👉

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1 year

New Ancients Episode! We're re-releasing a special Betwixt the Sheets x Ancients crossover episode about Alexander the Great's Sex Life! Featuring myself and the brilliant @k8_lister ! Enjoy! 🎙️

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4 years

New Ancients Podcast! A great pleasure to have Dr Jacke Phillips on the show, to provide a brilliant overview of the Kingdom of Aksum. At its height this ancient African kingdom was considered one of the four great powers of the Ancient World 👉

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3 years

New Ancients Podcast! It’s @KaraCooney talking about women and power in ancient Egypt, focusing on six key figures. From Merneith and the 1st Dynasty all the way down to the famous Cleopatra 🎧

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4 years

New Ancients Podcast! Professor David Potter tells the story of Constantine the Great’s remarkable (and brutal) rise to become sole Roman Emperor and why you wouldn't rate your chances of survival if you were part of his family. 👉

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7 months

A pleasure to visit the Nabataean centre of Hegra a few weeks back, home to some of the most stunning rock-cut tombs in the world 🌎 . Pod coming soon! 🎙

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🚨 New Ancients Ep! 🚨 The black market trade of illegally-obtained artefacts has been, and remains, a massive problem in archaeology. Prof. Valerie Higgins is today's guest, explaining this darker side of archaeology and the fight against it. 🎙️

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5 years

HUGE day in Hellenistic history... 217 BC: Two warlords fight for control of Syria in one of the largest clashes of the period at Raphia. 168 BC: The Battle of Pydna, resulting in the fall of the Kingdom of Macedonia, caused by Rome

How the Battle of Pydna Signalled the End of Macedonian Power

The Kingdom of Macedonia once boasted the most powerful empire in the world – when Alexander the Great conquered the Persian Achaemenid Empire...

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2 years

Pleasure to meet @pompei79 and @AllisonEmmerson at Pompeii this week, with @HistoryHit . Such an incredible place. Content coming soon 🔥

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3 years

New Ancients Podcast! It’s the brilliant @LloydLlewJ on the Persepolis Fortification Texts, an incredible set of cuneiform administrative documents that tell us so much about how the Achaemenid Persians ran their empire. And more! 🎧

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1 year

New Ancients Ep! @JLDraycott is back on the pod, talking all about the extraordinary figure of Cleopatra Selene, the daughter of Antony and Cleopatra who went on to become a powerful North African queen in her own right 🎙️

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2 years

New Ancients Podcast! It’s the one and only @officialnhaynes ! A pleasure to chat to Natalie a couple of weeks back about the many versions of Helen of Troy that existed in antiquity. 🎧

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3 years

New Ancients Podcast! A great episode with @DrJEBall about one of the most overlooked rebels of the Roman Empire. Tacfarinas, 'the Desert Hydra' and the Emperor Tiberius' worst nightmare 🎧

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@ancientstristan

7 months

New Ancients Ep! We're talking about the insane topic that is Glacial Archaeology & the Holy Grail of this discipline: Ötzi the Iceman! A real privilege to interview @GlacialArchaeo1 about Ötzi, plus his team's amazing work in Norway @brearkeologi 🎙️

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Tristan Hughes

@ancientstristan

5 years

The Golden Age of Athenian Power: The Delian League - also known as the Athenian Empire - in 433 BC, prior to the eruption of hostilities at Potidaea and, ultimately, the outbreak of the Peloponnesian War

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Tristan Hughes

@ancientstristan

10 months

New Ancients Ep! We're going back 4.5 billion years! Dr Lydia Hallis is here to talk all about the origins of water on Earth. And her incredible expedition to find samples of primordial water from an uninhabited Arctic island. It's a great story 🎙️

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Tristan Hughes

@ancientstristan

3 years

New Ancients Podcast! @SimonElliott20 came on the show to talk through 7,500 years of ancient military history….in just under an hour. From the first wall circuit at Jericho constructed some 10,000 years ago to the brutal Assyrian king Ashurbanipal. 🎧

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Tristan Hughes

@ancientstristan

7 months

New Ancients Ep! Gladiators in Britain! I headed up to @ColMuseums to find out from @GlynnJCDavis what we know about these fighters on this edge of the Roman Empire. With a special look at the stunning Colchester Vase and the new info it's revealed! 🎙️

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Tristan Hughes

@ancientstristan

2 months

🚨New Ancients Ep!🚨 A really exciting Ice Age excavation is happening beneath Pembroke Castle! Unearthing evidence for some of the earliest Homo sapiens that reached Britain! I headed to @WoganCavern to interview the team about discoveries so far. 🎙️

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Tristan Hughes

@ancientstristan

4 years

New Ancients Podcast! It’s the enthralling @aa51_ansari explaining the Persian viewpoint of Alexander the Great. A once-hated figure, overtime he was adopted into Iranian legend. Immortals, Persepolis, Persians, Parthians and more! 👉

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