A podcast for all ancient history fans! The Ancients is dedicated to discussing our distant past. Fe
The Tower of Babel story is iconic. Featured in the Book of Genesis, it explains how different langu
A group of hunter-gatherers encounter diverse habitats full of creatures they’ve never seen before.
Denzel Washington stars as Emperor Macrinus in the epic new movie Gladiator II, but who exactly was
The new Hollywood blockbuster Gladiator II features two of Rome's most villainous emperors - the bro
Half man and half bull, the Minotaur is one of the most famous, and scariest, monsters of Greek myth
Today, we often see the Amazon basin as an endless expanse of trees and rainforest. But 2,000 years
From the arrival of the first humans reaching the Japanese archipelago some 50,000 years ago to the
When they were discovered in the Qumran Caves in the mid-20th century, the Dead Sea Scrolls revoluti
It’s 279 BC. On a large plain in Southern Italy near the town of Asculum, a famous Greek warlord lik
In this instalment of The Ancients we're going north of the Arctic circle to uncover the incredible
In the aftermath of Alexander the Great’s death his former generals carved out their own kingdoms in
What was the most popular sporting spectacle in ancient Rome? Gladiator bouts? Beast hunts? It was i
The Edomites are in the Old Testament, an ancient people who lived around Petra, Jordan before the N
Tristan Hughes and his guest Dr. Joyce Tyldesley OBE are heading to the Underworld for the final ins
One of the most famous and recognisable Persian kings of antiquity, Darius the Great was an Achaemen
The story of Osiris and how he became King of the Dead is a gruesome tale and one of the most famous
It’s 146 BC. Fire rises high over the North African coast. The once-thriving port city of Carthage i
Isis, Hathor, Sekhmet and Bastet were adored and honoured in Ancient Egypt, with their stories passe
67 million years ago the most famous meat-eating dinosaur prowled the earth - the Tyrannosaurus Rex.
Of all the Egyptian Gods it is Ra, the God of the Sun, who is perhaps most well known in the popular
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