A podcast for all ancient history fans! The Ancients is dedicated to discussing our distant past. Featuring interviews with historians and archaeologists, each episode covers a specific theme from antiquity. From Neolithic Britain to the Fall of Rome. Hosted by Tristan Hughes. New episodes every Sunday and Thursday. From History Hit, the world's best history channel and creators of award-winning podcasts Dan Snow's History Hit, Gone Medieval, and Betwixt the Sheets. Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week and ad-free podcasts. Sign up at https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
What this show covers
archaeologyAncient warfareancient historyAncient RomeHomerOdysseyPrehistoryPaleontologyAntarcticaMesoamericaMayaCarthagemigrationAncient EgyptRoman Empire
What listeners will find here
Before Boudicca: the British king who stalled Rome for seven years
Caratacus takes center stage as Tristan Hughes and Dr. Miles Russell explore the British leader who resisted Rome long before Boudicca. The episode follows his guerrilla campaign, his betrayal and capture, and the speech in Rome that saved his life.
When Antarctica Was Green: Fossils from a Lost World
Antarctica is the focus here not as an icy wilderness, but as a former landscape of forests, rivers, and rich ecosystems. Tristan Hughes and paleontologist Professor John Long explore what fossils of trilobites, dinosaurs, early sharks, and early marsupials reveal about this vanished world and Gondwana.
From dinosaur extinction to giant sea hunters: the rise of prehistoric penguins
Prehistoric penguins traces how penguins emerged after the asteroid impact, evolved on ancient Zealandia, and transformed from flying birds into massive marine predators. Tristan Hughes and Dr Steve Brusatte follow their journey from post-dinosaur survival to Antarctica.
Ancient Babylon beyond the palaces: crowded streets, taverns, demons and daily survival
Ancient Babylon comes into focus as a lived-in city, not just a monument of kings and temples. Tristan Hughes and Professor Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones explore everyday realities in Hammurabi's Babylon, from marriage and childbirth to disease, danger, taverns and beliefs about household demons.
How historical are the Gospels—and what can they tell us about Jesus?
The episode explores how historians approach Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John as sources for the life of Jesus. Tristan Hughes and Professor Helen Bond examine when the Gospels were written, who wrote them, and how closely they reflect first-century Judea.
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