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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. History Hit is part of Little Dot Studios, a Certified B Corp™ 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 . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episodes

The Catiline Conspiracy

02 Aug 2026

1h 4m

Alexander the Great's Mad Scientist

30 Jul 2026

1h 12m

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The siege of Tyre in 332 BC represents a pivotal moment in military history, driven by the innovative engineering of Diades of Pella. As a key figure in Alexander the Great’s campaign, Diades transformed siege warfare by constructing a kilometer-long artificial promontory to reach the island city, effectively altering ...

The second half of Homer’s Odyssey depicts Odysseus’s harrowing journey from the underworld back to Ithaca, where he confronts a palace overrun by 108 predatory suitors. This narrative arc transitions from fantastical encounters with monsters like the Sirens and Scylla to the brutal reality of reclaiming his kingdom. C...

Caral: Oldest City in the Americas?

16 Jul 2026

57m

Odyssey | Cyclops, Circe and Calypso

12 Jul 2026

1h 4m

Egypt's Book of the Dead

09 Jul 2026

50m

The Trojan War

05 Jul 2026

1h 9m

The Flood Myth

02 Jul 2026

56m

Delphi: Centre of the Ancient World

28 Jun 2026

55m

Stonehenge with Ken Follett

25 Jun 2026

46m

The Library of Alexandria

21 Jun 2026

42m

Boudica and the Iceni

18 Jun 2026

56m

The Cambrian Explosion: When Life Began?

14 Jun 2026

1h 0m

The Pharisees

11 Jun 2026

47m

The Rosetta Stone

07 Jun 2026

44m

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The Rosetta Stone serves as a critical linguistic bridge, enabling the decipherment of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs through its parallel inscriptions in Greek, Demotic, and hieroglyphic scripts. Issued as a priestly decree in 196 BC, the stone became the focal point of a 19th-century intellectual race between polymath ...