The Persian Wars: Darius, Athens and the Battle of Marathon
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 03:00:00 GMT
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490 BC. On the plains of Marathon, Athens faced down a mighty army of the Persian Empire - the super...
The Persian Wars: Darius, Athens and the Battle of Marathon
20 Feb 2025
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490 BC. On the plains of Marathon, Athens faced down a mighty army of the Persian Empire - the super...
The Last Neanderthals
Sun, 16 Feb 2025 03:00:00 GMT
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For hundreds of thousands of years Neanderthals have roamed the lands of what is today Europe and we...
The Last Neanderthals
16 Feb 2025
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For hundreds of thousands of years Neanderthals have roamed the lands of what is today Europe and we...
The Scythians
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 03:00:00 GMT
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Known as the barbarians of the north, the Scythians were expert horsemen that roamed the great stepp...
The Scythians
13 Feb 2025
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Known as the barbarians of the north, the Scythians were expert horsemen that roamed the great stepp...
Ice Age Australia
Sun, 09 Feb 2025 03:00:00 GMT
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Giant kangaroos. Killer wombats. Carnivorous lions. These beasts once roamed the barren landscape of...
Ice Age Australia
09 Feb 2025
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Giant kangaroos. Killer wombats. Carnivorous lions. These beasts once roamed the barren landscape of...
Hieroglyphs
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 03:00:00 GMT
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From twisted flax to one-legged ibises, Egyptian hieroglyphs offer a window into the heart of ancien...
Hieroglyphs
06 Feb 2025
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From twisted flax to one-legged ibises, Egyptian hieroglyphs offer a window into the heart of ancien...
Woolly Mammoths
Sun, 02 Feb 2025 03:00:00 GMT
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Towering over 11 feet tall and weighing 6 tonnes, the Woolly Mammoth ruled the Ice Age. But how did ...
Woolly Mammoths
02 Feb 2025
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Towering over 11 feet tall and weighing 6 tonnes, the Woolly Mammoth ruled the Ice Age. But how did ...
The Chinese Zodiac
Thu, 30 Jan 2025 03:00:00 GMT
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The Year of the Snake is here! But how did a legendary tale of twelve animals shape Chinese astronom...
The Chinese Zodiac
30 Jan 2025
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The Year of the Snake is here! But how did a legendary tale of twelve animals shape Chinese astronom...
The Kingdom of Kush
Sun, 26 Jan 2025 03:00:00 GMT
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Beyond the ancient Nile’s fertile banks lay a civilisation that rivalled Egypt in power and presti...
The Kingdom of Kush
26 Jan 2025
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Beyond the ancient Nile’s fertile banks lay a civilisation that rivalled Egypt in power and presti...
Babylon's Epic of Creation
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 03:00:00 GMT
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The biblical story of creation is famous - but did you know an even older myth may have influenced i...
Babylon's Epic of Creation
23 Jan 2025
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The biblical story of creation is famous - but did you know an even older myth may have influenced i...
The Franks
Sun, 19 Jan 2025 03:00:00 GMT
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How did the Franks rise to power in the fragmented Western Roman Empire?Tristan Hughes explores the ...
The Franks
19 Jan 2025
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How did the Franks rise to power in the fragmented Western Roman Empire?Tristan Hughes explores the ...
The Roman Invasion of Britain
Thu, 16 Jan 2025 03:00:00 GMT
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43 AD. A large Roman armada sails across the perilous English Channel intent on conquest. It is the ...
The Roman Invasion of Britain
16 Jan 2025
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43 AD. A large Roman armada sails across the perilous English Channel intent on conquest. It is the ...
Sargon of Akkad
Sun, 12 Jan 2025 03:00:00 GMT
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Over 4,000 years ago, Sargon of Akkad carved his name into history by forging what many consider the...
Sargon of Akkad
12 Jan 2025
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Over 4,000 years ago, Sargon of Akkad carved his name into history by forging what many consider the...
Rome's Crisis of the Third Century
Thu, 09 Jan 2025 03:00:19 GMT
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What happens when emperors are murdered more often than they die of natural causes? Tristan Hughes i...
Rome's Crisis of the Third Century
09 Jan 2025
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What happens when emperors are murdered more often than they die of natural causes? Tristan Hughes i...
Atlantis
Sun, 05 Jan 2025 03:00:38 GMT
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The story of Atlantis is one of history's enduring legends. So what’s the actual, ancient tale of ...
Atlantis
05 Jan 2025
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The story of Atlantis is one of history's enduring legends. So what’s the actual, ancient tale of ...
Who Was the Real King Arthur?
Thu, 02 Jan 2025 03:00:46 GMT
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Was King Arthur a real historical figure or merely a mythical hero?Tristan Hughes and Dr. Miles Russ...
Who Was the Real King Arthur?
02 Jan 2025
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Was King Arthur a real historical figure or merely a mythical hero?Tristan Hughes and Dr. Miles Russ...
Emperor Constantine
Sun, 29 Dec 2024 03:00:24 GMT
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How did Constantine the Great conquer his rivals and shape the Roman Empire?Tristan Hughes discusses...
Emperor Constantine
29 Dec 2024
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How did Constantine the Great conquer his rivals and shape the Roman Empire?Tristan Hughes discusses...
Tomb of King Herod
Thu, 26 Dec 2024 03:00:49 GMT
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Did Herod really order the massacre of thousands of infants? Tristan Hughes revisits the scandalous ...
Tomb of King Herod
26 Dec 2024
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Did Herod really order the massacre of thousands of infants? Tristan Hughes revisits the scandalous ...
Druids
Sun, 22 Dec 2024 03:00:32 GMT
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Aligning with the winter solstice of 2024, Tristan Hughes and Professor Ronald Hutton delve into the...
Druids
22 Dec 2024
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Aligning with the winter solstice of 2024, Tristan Hughes and Professor Ronald Hutton delve into the...
The Birth of Money
Thu, 19 Dec 2024 03:00:52 GMT
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Gold has shaped human history for several millennia. But how and when did it first turn into currenc...
The Birth of Money
19 Dec 2024
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Gold has shaped human history for several millennia. But how and when did it first turn into currenc...
The Thracians
Sun, 15 Dec 2024 03:00:37 GMT
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They were ancient masters of cavalry, creators of dazzling treasures, and the ancestors of the legen...
The Thracians
15 Dec 2024
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They were ancient masters of cavalry, creators of dazzling treasures, and the ancestors of the legen...
The Wise Men
Thu, 12 Dec 2024 03:00:10 GMT
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The Three Wise Men were kings, magicians, more than three, on camels, walking across deserts and the...
The Wise Men
12 Dec 2024
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The Three Wise Men were kings, magicians, more than three, on camels, walking across deserts and the...
Hanukkah & the Maccabees
Sun, 08 Dec 2024 03:00:34 GMT
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It's perhaps the best known Jewish festival of the year, but what exactly are Hanukkah's origins, an...
Hanukkah & the Maccabees
08 Dec 2024
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It's perhaps the best known Jewish festival of the year, but what exactly are Hanukkah's origins, an...
Origins of the Wheel
Thu, 05 Dec 2024 03:00:58 GMT
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It is one of the most pivotal inventions in human history - the wheel.New research suggests that the...
Origins of the Wheel
05 Dec 2024
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It is one of the most pivotal inventions in human history - the wheel.New research suggests that the...
The First South Americans
Sun, 01 Dec 2024 03:00:49 GMT
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The prehistoric archaeology of South America is fascinating and constantly developing.Tristan Hughes...
The First South Americans
01 Dec 2024
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The prehistoric archaeology of South America is fascinating and constantly developing.Tristan Hughes...
Fall of the Etruscans
Thu, 28 Nov 2024 03:00:03 GMT
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Before Rome came the Etruscans - they were the dominant culture in ancient Italy in the centuries be...
Fall of the Etruscans
28 Nov 2024
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Before Rome came the Etruscans - they were the dominant culture in ancient Italy in the centuries be...
Tower of Babel
Sun, 24 Nov 2024 03:00:18 GMT
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The Tower of Babel story is iconic. Featured in the Book of Genesis, it explains how different langu...
Tower of Babel
24 Nov 2024
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The Tower of Babel story is iconic. Featured in the Book of Genesis, it explains how different langu...
Ice Age America
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 03:00:42 GMT
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A group of hunter-gatherers encounter diverse habitats full of creatures they’ve never seen before...
Ice Age America
21 Nov 2024
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A group of hunter-gatherers encounter diverse habitats full of creatures they’ve never seen before...
Emperor Macrinus: Usurper of Rome
Sun, 17 Nov 2024 03:00:08 GMT
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Denzel Washington stars as Emperor Macrinus in the epic new movie Gladiator II, but who exactly was ...
Emperor Macrinus: Usurper of Rome
17 Nov 2024
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Denzel Washington stars as Emperor Macrinus in the epic new movie Gladiator II, but who exactly was ...
Caracalla & Geta: The Real Emperors of Gladiator II
Thu, 14 Nov 2024 03:00:11 GMT
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The new Hollywood blockbuster Gladiator II features two of Rome's most villainous emperors - the bro...
Caracalla & Geta: The Real Emperors of Gladiator II
14 Nov 2024
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The new Hollywood blockbuster Gladiator II features two of Rome's most villainous emperors - the bro...
The Minotaur
Sun, 10 Nov 2024 06:54:11 GMT
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Half man and half bull, the Minotaur is one of the most famous, and scariest, monsters of Greek myth...
The Minotaur
10 Nov 2024
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Half man and half bull, the Minotaur is one of the most famous, and scariest, monsters of Greek myth...
The Ancient Amazon
Thu, 07 Nov 2024 03:00:17 GMT
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Today, we often see the Amazon basin as an endless expanse of trees and rainforest. But 2,000 years ...
The Ancient Amazon
07 Nov 2024
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Today, we often see the Amazon basin as an endless expanse of trees and rainforest. But 2,000 years ...
Prehistoric Japan
Sun, 03 Nov 2024 03:00:52 GMT
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From the arrival of the first humans reaching the Japanese archipelago some 50,000 years ago to the ...
Prehistoric Japan
03 Nov 2024
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From the arrival of the first humans reaching the Japanese archipelago some 50,000 years ago to the ...
Dead Sea Scrolls: The Copper Scroll
31 Oct 2024
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When they were discovered in the Qumran Caves in the mid-20th century, the Dead Sea Scrolls revoluti...
Pyrrhus: Warlord of Ancient Greece
27 Oct 2024
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It’s 279 BC. On a large plain in Southern Italy near the town of Asculum, a famous Greek warlord l...
Origins of the Inuit
24 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this instalment of The Ancients we're going north of the Arctic circle to uncover the incredible ...
Ptolemy I: The First Greek Pharaoh
20 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the aftermath of Alexander the Great’s death his former generals carved out their own kingdoms ...
The Circus Maximus
17 Oct 2024
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What was the most popular sporting spectacle in ancient Rome? Gladiator bouts? Beast hunts? It was i...
The Edomites
13 Oct 2024
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The Edomites are in the Old Testament, an ancient people who lived around Petra, Jordan before the N...
Anubis and the Underworld
10 Oct 2024
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Tristan Hughes and his guest Dr. Joyce Tyldesley OBE are heading to the Underworld for the final ins...
Darius the Great, Persian King of Kings
06 Oct 2024
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One of the most famous and recognisable Persian kings of antiquity, Darius the Great was an Achaemen...
The Legend of Osiris, King of the Dead
03 Oct 2024
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The story of Osiris and how he became King of the Dead is a gruesome tale and one of the most famous...
The Fall of Carthage
29 Sep 2024
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It’s 146 BC. Fire rises high over the North African coast. The once-thriving port city of Carthage...
Isis and the Goddesses of Egypt
26 Sep 2024
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Isis, Hathor, Sekhmet and Bastet were adored and honoured in Ancient Egypt, with their stories passe...
Tyrannosaurus Rex
22 Sep 2024
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67 million years ago the most famous meat-eating dinosaur prowled the earth - the Tyrannosaurus Rex....
Ra and the Sun Gods
19 Sep 2024
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Of all the Egyptian Gods it is Ra, the God of the Sun, who is perhaps most well known in the popular...
The Fall of Roman Britain
15 Sep 2024
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In the early 5th century AD, after almost four centuries of iron-fisted Roman rule, the empire in Br...
Origins of the Egyptian Gods
12 Sep 2024
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The legends of Ra and Hathor, of Osiris and Isis, of Anubis and Set have been passed from mouth to e...
Massacre at Teutoburg Forest
08 Sep 2024
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2000 years ago, in the year 9 AD, a Roman Army walked into a trap deep in wilds of Germania. Over 15...
The Romans and India with William Dalrymple
05 Sep 2024
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Ancient India was the single greatest trading partner of the Roman Empire. For centuries, Indian sai...
Battle of Teutoburg Forest: The Roman Invasion
01 Sep 2024
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Tristan Hughes travels to the site of the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, one of the most epic defea...
Petra: Ancient Wonder of the World
29 Aug 2024
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Despite being one of the most visited historic spots on the planet today, Petra was once a so-called...
The Sirens
25 Aug 2024
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The word 'Sirens' conjures up many images, possibly of beautiful mermaid-like creatures luring sailo...
Origins of Beer
22 Aug 2024
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It's one of the most popular alcoholic drinks in the world. But did you know that beer is also one o...
The First Cats
18 Aug 2024
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Cats! These much loved furry friends have brightened people’s lives for millenia. And it was the s...
The Parthenon: Wonder of Athens
15 Aug 2024
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It is the most famous monument of ancient Greece. Its remains standing tall above modern Athens toda...
Mycenae: Cradle of Bronze Age Greece
11 Aug 2024
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Overlooking the Argolid Plain in the eastern Peloponnese, Mycenae was once the envy of the Mediterra...
Commodus: The Gladiator Emperor
08 Aug 2024
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Known as one of Rome's worst emperors, Commodus is famed for both his infamy and bravado. Ascending ...
Origins of the Olympics
04 Aug 2024
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The Olympics. It’s the most famous sporting event in the world, and the 33rd Olympiad is taking pl...
Hestia: Goddess of Hearth & Home
01 Aug 2024
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As both the eldest and youngest child of the great titan Kronos, and the Greek goddess of hearth and...
The Maya Collapse
28 Jul 2024
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Just over 1,000 years ago, the ancient Maya world in Mesoamerica was turned upside down. Prominent c...
The Roman Gladiator
25 Jul 2024
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The ferocious, professional fighters who fought in great arenas all across the Roman Empire for the ...
Neanderthal Britain
21 Jul 2024
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For more than 100,000 years, Neanderthals made their home in Ice Age Britain, right on the edge of t...
Pyramid of the Sun
18 Jul 2024
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The Pyramid of the Sun is ancient America’s Great Pyramid of Giza. Built in the legendary city of ...
Roman Roads
14 Jul 2024
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Do all roads lead to Rome? We find out in today's episode all about one of the Roman Empire's greate...
Birth of the Iron Age
11 Jul 2024
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It’s the end of the 12th century BC, and a once remarkable Near eastern world lay in ruin. Drought...
The Bronze Age Brotherhood of Kings
07 Jul 2024
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More than 3,000 years ago, a coalition of Bronze Age rulers existed across the Near Eastern world. K...
Domina: Women Who Shaped Rome
04 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The crisis of the Roman Republic is a period littered with iconic male power players. Julius Caesar,...
Temple Mount
29 Jun 2024
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Temple Mount is one of the most sacred places in Jerusalem. A rocky outcrop that has become importan...