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The Legend of Osiris, King of the Dead
Episode 473
The story of Osiris and how he became King of the Dead is a gruesome tale and one of the most famous legends from Egyptian mythology.
Tristan Hughes i…
1 year, 11 months ago
The Fall of Carthage
Episode 472
It’s 146 BC. Fire rises high over the North African coast. The once-thriving port city of Carthage is burning. Thousands of Roman soldiers have breac…
1 year, 11 months ago
Isis and the Goddesses of Egypt
Episode 471
Isis, Hathor, Sekhmet and Bastet were adored and honoured in Ancient Egypt, with their stories passed between thousands of followers and down through…
1 year, 11 months ago
Tyrannosaurus Rex
Episode 470
67 million years ago the most famous meat-eating dinosaur prowled the earth - the Tyrannosaurus Rex. At it's full size, this prehistoric apex predato…
1 year, 11 months ago
Ra and the Sun Gods
Episode 469
Of all the Egyptian Gods it is Ra, the God of the Sun, who is perhaps most well known in the popular imagination. He is said to have voyaged across t…
1 year, 11 months ago
The Fall of Roman Britain
Episode 468
In the early 5th century AD, after almost four centuries of iron-fisted Roman rule, the empire in Britain was beginning to fade. Franks, Saxons and R…
1 year, 11 months ago
Origins of the Egyptian Gods
Episode 466
The legends of Ra and Hathor, of Osiris and Isis, of Anubis and Set have been passed from mouth to ear in Egypt for millennia. They were painted on t…
1 year, 11 months ago
Massacre at Teutoburg Forest
Episode 465
2000 years ago, in the year 9 AD, a Roman Army walked into a trap deep in wilds of Germania. Over 15,000 men were massacred at Teutoburg Forest, maki…
1 year, 11 months ago
The Romans and India with William Dalrymple
Episode 464
Ancient India was the single greatest trading partner of the Roman Empire. For centuries, Indian sailors navigated the Indian Ocean and Red Sea to br…
2 years ago
Battle of Teutoburg Forest: The Roman Invasion
Episode 463
Tristan Hughes travels to the site of the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, one of the most epic defeats of the Roman army when an alliance of Germanic…
2 years ago