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Bronze Age Star Map: The Nebra Sky Disk
Episode 640
In 1999, a mysterious bronze disc buried for millennia in central Europe transformed how we see the prehistoric world. The Nebra Sky Disk - forged 3,…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
The Age of Dinosaurs with Henry Gee
Episode 639
Before Tyrannosaurus and Triceratops, Earth was rebuilding from catastrophe. Out of the ashes of the Great Dying rose a new prehistoric world and wit…
5 months, 4 weeks ago
Ramesses the Great: Death of a Dynasty
Episode 638
“Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair.” Ramesses II reigned as Egypt's unchallenged champion for more than sixty years. But within decades the dy…
6 months ago
Alexander the Great | Lord of Asia
Episode 637
As friendships fracture and old alliances break, Tristan Hughes and Dr Adrian Goldsworthy chronicle the epic downfall of Alexander the Great.
Alexand…
6 months, 1 week ago
The House of Ramesses II: Egypt's Greatest Pharaoh?
Episode 636
The name of Ramesses the Great is etched deeper into Egypt than almost any other ruler. Colossal statues moulded in his image tower over the Nile. Re…
6 months, 1 week ago
The Fall of Persia | Alexander the Great
Episode 635
Tristan Hughes and Dr Adrian Goldsworthy continue the special series on Alexander the Great, delving into the epic sieges of Tyre and Gaza in 332 BC,…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
The Skulls of Jericho
Episode 634
In the depths of ancient Jericho, beneath layers of earth dating back 10,000 years, archaeologists uncovered something extraordinary: human skulls ca…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
The Invasion of Persia | Alexander the Great
Episode 632
In spring 334 BC, a young Macedonian king sets out to conquer the Persian Empire.
Tristan Hughes and Dr Adrian Goldsworthy explore Alexander the Great…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
How to Write Cuneiform with Dr. Irving Finkel
Episode 631
More than 5,000 years ago, a revolutionary script emerged in the fertile lands of Mesopotamia that would transform how people counted, governed, wors…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Alexander the Great | Rise to Power
Episode 630
NEW SERIES! Journey through the early life of Alexander the Great, from his education under Aristotle to his first military experiences and rise to M…
6 months, 4 weeks ago