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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 hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week and ad-free podcasts. Sign up at https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe. Hos...

The Praetorian Guard: Rise to Power

65 hours 0 mins; April 19, 2025

John the Baptist

55 mins; April 16, 2025

Cassandra: Priestess of Troy

45 mins; April 12, 2025

The Great Jewish Revolt

53 mins; April 09, 2025

Rise of Humans

58 mins; April 05, 2025

Herculaneum

63 hours 59 mins; April 02, 2025

Prehistoric Nigeria: The Nok

54 mins; March 29, 2025

Jurassic America

43 mins; March 26, 2025

The Fall of Athens

57 mins; March 22, 2025

The Iliad

53 mins; March 19, 2025

Rise of Julius Caesar

51 mins; March 15, 2025

Obelisks

55 mins; March 12, 2025

Sodom and Gomorrah

39 mins; March 08, 2025

Göbekli Tepe: The First Temple?

50 mins; March 05, 2025

Elektra: Revenge in Ancient Greece

56 mins; March 01, 2025

The Persian Wars: Xerxes, Thermopylae and Salamis

78 hours 10 mins; February 26, 2025

End of Ice Age Britain

48 mins; February 22, 2025

The Persian Wars: Darius, Athens and the Battle of Marathon

58 mins; February 19, 2025

The Last Neanderthals

53 mins; February 15, 2025

The Scythians

51 mins; February 12, 2025

Ice Age Australia

59 mins; February 08, 2025

Hieroglyphs

52 mins; February 05, 2025

Woolly Mammoths

63 hours 31 mins; February 01, 2025

The Chinese Zodiac

39 mins; January 29, 2025

The Kingdom of Kush

55 mins; January 25, 2025

Babylon's Epic of Creation

54 mins; January 22, 2025

The Franks

50 mins; January 18, 2025

The Roman Invasion of Britain

46 mins; January 15, 2025

Sargon of Akkad

43 mins; January 11, 2025

Rome's Crisis of the Third Century

62 hours 47 mins; January 08, 2025

Atlantis

35 mins; January 04, 2025

Who Was the Real King Arthur?

53 mins; January 01, 2025

Emperor Constantine

51 mins; December 28, 2024

Tomb of King Herod

55 mins; December 25, 2024

Druids

45 mins; December 21, 2024

The Birth of Money

42 mins; December 18, 2024

The Thracians

48 mins; December 14, 2024

The Wise Men

40 mins; December 11, 2024

Hanukkah & the Maccabees

41 mins; December 07, 2024

Origins of the Wheel

52 mins; December 04, 2024

The First South Americans

46 mins; November 30, 2024

Fall of the Etruscans

55 mins; November 27, 2024

Tower of Babel

47 mins; November 23, 2024

Ice Age America

49 mins; November 20, 2024

Emperor Macrinus: Usurper of Rome

56 mins; November 16, 2024

Caracalla & Geta: The Real Emperors of Gladiator II

54 mins; November 13, 2024

The Minotaur

50 mins; November 10, 2024

The Ancient Amazon

50 mins; November 06, 2024

Prehistoric Japan

53 mins; November 02, 2024

Dead Sea Scrolls: The Copper Scroll

58 mins; October 30, 2024

Pyrrhus: Warlord of Ancient Greece

67 hours 51 mins; October 26, 2024

Origins of the Inuit

46 mins; October 23, 2024

Ptolemy I: The First Greek Pharaoh

46 mins; October 19, 2024

The Circus Maximus

40 mins; October 16, 2024

The Edomites

38 mins; October 12, 2024

Anubis and the Underworld

47 mins; October 09, 2024

Darius the Great, Persian King of Kings

50 mins; October 05, 2024

The Legend of Osiris, King of the Dead

46 mins; October 02, 2024

The Fall of Carthage

60 hours 6 mins; September 28, 2024

Isis and the Goddesses of Egypt

46 mins; September 25, 2024

Tyrannosaurus Rex

35 mins; September 21, 2024

Ra and the Sun Gods

46 mins; September 18, 2024

The Fall of Roman Britain

82 hours 41 mins; September 14, 2024

Origins of the Egyptian Gods

46 mins; September 11, 2024

Massacre at Teutoburg Forest

53 mins; September 07, 2024

The Romans and India with William Dalrymple

48 mins; September 04, 2024

Battle of Teutoburg Forest: The Roman Invasion

41 mins; August 31, 2024

Petra: Ancient Wonder of the World

44 mins; August 28, 2024

The Sirens

39 mins; August 24, 2024

Origins of Beer

44 mins; August 21, 2024

The First Cats

36 mins; August 17, 2024

The Parthenon: Wonder of Athens

58 mins; August 14, 2024

Mycenae: Cradle of Bronze Age Greece

52 mins; August 10, 2024

Commodus: The Gladiator Emperor

54 mins; August 07, 2024

Origins of the Olympics

32 mins; August 03, 2024

Hestia: Goddess of Hearth & Home

49 mins; July 31, 2024

The Maya Collapse

43 mins; July 27, 2024

The Roman Gladiator

62 hours 23 mins; July 24, 2024

Neanderthal Britain

47 mins; July 20, 2024

Pyramid of the Sun

47 mins; July 17, 2024

Roman Roads

47 mins; July 13, 2024

Birth of the Iron Age

62 hours 28 mins; July 10, 2024

The Bronze Age Brotherhood of Kings

41 mins; July 06, 2024

Domina: Women Who Shaped Rome

51 mins; July 03, 2024

Temple Mount

61 hours 26 mins; June 28, 2024

The Biblical Kingdom of Israel

59 mins; June 25, 2024

Heracles

52 mins; June 22, 2024

The Ark of the Covenant

47 mins; June 18, 2024

Origins of the Celts

49 mins; June 15, 2024

Moses & The Exodus

44 mins; June 11, 2024

The Parthians

54 mins; June 08, 2024

Noah's Ark and the Flood

59 mins; June 04, 2024

The Fall of Mark Antony: From Caesar to Cleopatra

45 mins; June 01, 2024

The Rise of Mark Antony

42 mins; May 29, 2024

Hadrian's Wall

51 mins; May 24, 2024

Spartacus: Life or Legend

47 mins; May 21, 2024

Dionysus: God of Wine

54 mins; May 18, 2024

Caligula

47 mins; May 14, 2024

The Cleopatras: A Dynasty of Rule Breakers

47 mins; May 10, 2024

Nineveh

53 mins; May 07, 2024

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