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The Library of Alexandria
Episode 674
The Library of Alexandria was one of the most important and most celebrated buildings of the ancient Mediterranean. It was a great hub of learning an…
2 months, 1 week ago
Boudica and the Iceni
Episode 672
In 60 AD Roman Britain was very nearly brought to the brink. Cities burned, authority crumbled, and for a brief moment one woman challenged the might…
2 months, 1 week ago
The Cambrian Explosion: When Life Began?
Episode 671
538 million years ago, life on Earth changed forever. In an evolutionary burst known as the Cambrian Explosion, complex animals rapidly appeared in t…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
The Pharisees
Episode 670
The Pharisees are one of the most familiar names in the ancient world, but are they also one of the most misunderstood?
Tristan Hughes is joined by Dr…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
The Rosetta Stone
Episode 669
In July 1799, French soldiers unearthed a stone that would transform our understanding of the ancient world. Discovered in a fort at Rashid, the Rose…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Neanderthal Art
Episode 668
Fifty thousand years ago, Neanderthal artists in Ice Age Europe painted symbols and handprints deep inside caves, leaving behind some of the oldest k…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Spartacus
Episode 667
In 73 BC, a gladiator escaped slavery and launched a rebellion that shook the Roman Republic to its core. His name was Spartacus, and his uprising be…
3 months ago
The Fall of Hadrian's Wall
Episode 666
When the Romans left Britain in the early 5th century AD, Hadrian’s Wall did not simply collapse into ruin. Its forts and ramparts endured, becoming …
3 months ago
Iron Age Britain
Episode 665
What if Iron Age Britain was never a land of barbarians at all, but a world of skilled farmers, powerful women, trade, ritual, and spectacle? Tristan…
3 months, 1 week ago
Prehistoric Greenland
Episode 663
What can a frozen island reveal about the people who thrived there for thousands of years? Tristan Hughes is joined by Dr. Asta Mønsted to explore pr…
3 months, 1 week ago