Ancient History Hit

Official Twitter page of The Ancients Podcast, hosted by @ancientstristan

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Our ONLY Ancients live show this year is nearly upon us!

🕖 5 September at 7pm

📌 King's Place, London (@londonpodfest)

It's going to be special.

We'd love to see you there!

Get your tickets here 👉https://t.co/TlNfw5nU4U

[Tristan Hughes @ancientstristan]

We have a special LIVE SHOW of The Ancients coming up on 5 September!

We'll be at @LondonPodFest at King's Place, 7pm!

And we'll be talking all things ancient CARTHAGE, with Dr Eve MacDonald (@gevemac).

Really hope to see you there!

Get tickets 👉 https://t.co/epxbDfI6KB

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🚨 Caracalla & Geta: The Real Emperors of Gladiator II 🚨

🎙️@AlexImrie23

Listen now! 🎧 https://t.co/nDJ785lsx7

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🚨 THE ANCIENT AMAZON 🚨

🎙️ @laurieablair

🎧 https://t.co/CJpwtnPacq

💥 We explore the extraordinary cultures that lived all across the ancient Amazon basin!

💥 Great cities in the Upano Valley!

💥 The fish-fulled Marajoara!

💥 Early farming, origins of chocolate and more!

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🚨 DEAD SEA SCROLLS: THE COPPER SCROLL 🚨

🎙️@profjoantaylor

🎧 https://t.co/WZB7fdDxxj

💥 We explore the story of this ancient ‘treasure map’! And why it’s so different to the rest of the Dead Sea Scrolls!

💥 What it says, how it was unravelled, the treasure + more!

[Ancient History Hit @AncientsHH]

🚨 PYRRHUS 🚨

🎙️ Dr Louis Rawlings

🎧 https://t.co/xFyeiqxVKM

💥 The formidable military leader who rose to power after Alexander the Great's death!

💥 The first leader to fight Rome with elephants!

💥 The reason for the saying 'Pyrrhic Victory'!

Inspiring Hannibal & more!

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🚨 ORIGINS OF THE INUIT 🚨

🎙️ @digitwithraven

🎧 https://t.co/oKEv8m6lpw

💥 Story of the Thule Inuit, who expanded out from present day Alaska east across North America all the way to Greenland more than 1,000 years ago. Arctic masters!

💥 Amazing houses, gadgets + more!

[Ancient History Hit @AncientsHH]

🚨 PTOLEMY I 🚨

🎙 Dr Toby Wilkinson

🎧 https://t.co/HywoY07B7c

💥 The story of Alexander the Great's most successful 'Successor'

💥 Founder of the last extraordinary dynasty that ruled ancient Egypt.

💥 From hijacking Alexander's corpse to being crowned Pharaoh! And more!

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🚨 THE CIRCUS MAXIMUS 🚨

🎙️ Dr Matthew Nicholls

🎧 https://t.co/qmaKVpWQpy

💥 The greatest chariot racing venue in ancient Rome!

💥 Seating more than 100,000 people for incredibly popular chariot races!

💥 Origins, layout of the Circus, a day at the chariot races & more!

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🚨 ANUBIS AND THE UNDERWORLD 🚨

🎙️ Professor Joyce Tyldesley

🎧 https://t.co/bvZLpDLNYa

💥 The story of the Egyptian jackal-headed god Anubis!

💥 The Book of the Dead, mummification and more!

💥 Last episode of our Egyptian Gods & Goddesses miniseries!

[Ancient History Hit @AncientsHH]

🚨 DARIUS THE GREAT, PERSIAN KING OF KINGS 🚨

🎙 Prof. Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones

🎧 https://t.co/e8TqbnKSW0

💥 'Superstar' of Achaemenid Persia. The story of his rise, reign and end.

💥 We cover his background, rise to power, PR prowess, road building, war with Athens and more!

[Ancient History Hit @AncientsHH]

🚨 THE LEGEND OF OSIRIS, KING OF THE DEAD 🚨

🎙️ @EgyptMcr

🎧 https://t.co/VHPUrC9Db3

💥 The most famous story of Egyptian mythology!

💥 The murder of Osiris, usurpation of Seth, the eye of Horus and more!

💥 We go through it step by step with the fantastic Dr Campbell Price!

[Tristan Hughes @ancientstristan]

New Ancients Ep!

🚨 THE FALL OF CARTHAGE 🚨

🎙️ @gevemac

🎧 https://t.co/hCMZyKpcNu…

💥The brutal story of how Rome destroyed Carthage!

💥Cato & 'Carthago delenda est!'

💥Larger than life Masinissa!

💥Background to the sack

💥Gruesome details of the Siege of Carthage!

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🚨 ISIS AND THE GODDESSES OF EGYPT 🚨

🎙️ Dr Joyce Tyldesley

🎧 https://t.co/mioJnBu4m8

💥 Exploring the stories of Isis, Hathor, Sekhmet, Bastet & more!

💥 Importance of Great Goddesses in Egyptian religion!

💥 The 3rd episode of our Egyptian Gods and Goddesses miniseries!

[Ancient History Hit @AncientsHH]

🚨 TYRANNOSAURUS REX 🚨

🎙️ @SteveBrusatte

🎧 https://t.co/TKMfxjt8Mv

💥 The story of the 'King of the Dinosaurs'!

💥 Where and when it lived, fossil evidence, diet, feathers, poo, anatomy and much more!

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🚨 RA AND THE SUN GODS 🚨

🎙️ @EgyptMcr

🎧 https://t.co/drsfSqRRCZ

💥 The story of the solar deities Ra, Khepri and the Aten!

💥 The sun's voyage across the sky and through the underworld in a boat 🦅🐍

💥 Akhenaten!

💥 The 2nd episode in our Egyptian Gods & Goddesses series

[Ancient History Hit @AncientsHH]

🚨 THE FALL OF ROMAN BRITAIN 🚨

🎙️ @duxBritanniarum & Prof. James Gerrard

🎧 https://t.co/7fGnE6LERQ

💥 Exploring the incredibly complex story of the end of Roman Britain & what happened next!

[Ancient History Hit @AncientsHH]

🚨 ORIGINS OF THE EGYPTIAN GODS 🚨

🎙️ Dr Joyce Tyldesley

🎧 https://t.co/TzJnBZh8Le

💥 The start of our new miniseries about the Gods and Goddesses of ancient Egypt!

💥 This first episode covers the story of the Ennead and how the Egyptian gods came to be!

[Ancient History Hit @AncientsHH]

🚨 BATTLE OF THE TEUTOBURG FOREST (PART 2) 🚨

🎙️ @DrJEBall, Dr Peter Heather & Dr Matthew Nicholls

🎧 https://t.co/rtpE0k4Whv

💥 In depth retelling of the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, day by day!

💥 The narrative, the archaeology that has survived & this ambush's legacy

[Ancient History Hit @AncientsHH]

🚨 THE ROMANS AND INDIA 🚨

🎙️ @DalrympleWill

🎧 https://t.co/JDekMDXdLF

💥 We explore how ancient India exported its diverse ideas far and wide, including to the Roman Empire!

💥 How India became the largest trading partner of the Roman Empire!

💥 And more!