Dr. Owen Rees
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We don't even know if he's necessarily even real. which is quite frustrating, but I like to assume he is.
We don't even know if he's necessarily even real. which is quite frustrating, but I like to assume he is.
So Bielsk is a chapter from my latest book, The Far Edges of the Known World. And it sits within a series of chapters that looks at life at the edge or beyond the edges of the ancient world as it's normally taught. So the world of Greece, the world of Rome and the world of pharaonic Egypt. I wanted to kind of look at what life was like for everyone else.
So Bielsk is a chapter from my latest book, The Far Edges of the Known World. And it sits within a series of chapters that looks at life at the edge or beyond the edges of the ancient world as it's normally taught. So the world of Greece, the world of Rome and the world of pharaonic Egypt. I wanted to kind of look at what life was like for everyone else.
So Bielsk is a chapter from my latest book, The Far Edges of the Known World. And it sits within a series of chapters that looks at life at the edge or beyond the edges of the ancient world as it's normally taught. So the world of Greece, the world of Rome and the world of pharaonic Egypt. I wanted to kind of look at what life was like for everyone else.
So, you know, what was life like as a Greek living so far away from Greece, places like Olbia, places in Ukraine. But also I wanted to get the other cultural perspectives as well. So actually, what is actually going on in Scythian land when we don't necessarily just listen to the Greeks?
So, you know, what was life like as a Greek living so far away from Greece, places like Olbia, places in Ukraine. But also I wanted to get the other cultural perspectives as well. So actually, what is actually going on in Scythian land when we don't necessarily just listen to the Greeks?
So, you know, what was life like as a Greek living so far away from Greece, places like Olbia, places in Ukraine. But also I wanted to get the other cultural perspectives as well. So actually, what is actually going on in Scythian land when we don't necessarily just listen to the Greeks?
So it sits alongside other towns, whether it be Naucatus, a Greek city in Egypt, or Hadrian's Wall in the Roman life up in northern England, but also places like Taxila, which is in Pakistan, and Colois, which I know you've had a fantastic podcast on as well, in ancient Vietnam. So it really looks at life at the edge and beyond the edge of the known world as the Greeks and Romans perceived it.
So it sits alongside other towns, whether it be Naucatus, a Greek city in Egypt, or Hadrian's Wall in the Roman life up in northern England, but also places like Taxila, which is in Pakistan, and Colois, which I know you've had a fantastic podcast on as well, in ancient Vietnam. So it really looks at life at the edge and beyond the edge of the known world as the Greeks and Romans perceived it.
So it sits alongside other towns, whether it be Naucatus, a Greek city in Egypt, or Hadrian's Wall in the Roman life up in northern England, but also places like Taxila, which is in Pakistan, and Colois, which I know you've had a fantastic podcast on as well, in ancient Vietnam. So it really looks at life at the edge and beyond the edge of the known world as the Greeks and Romans perceived it.