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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. History Hit is part of Little Dot Studios, a Certified B Corp™ 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 for more information.

Episodes

Old Babylonian life in the 18th century BCE centered on a chaotic, canal-intersected urban landscape where residents lived in modest, windowless mud-brick houses organized around courtyards. Cuneiform records reveal a society that relied on a subsistence diet of seasonal produce, insects, and beer, which served as a sa...

The Gospels: Are They Historical?

27 Sep 2026

1h 3m

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The historicity of the four canonical Gospels—Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John—centers on their function as Greco-Roman biographies rather than objective eyewitness reportage. While these texts share significant material, particularly the Synoptic Gospels, their distinct theological agendas and literary styles reveal how ...

Maya Hieroglyphs Decoded

24 Sep 2026

48m

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Maya hieroglyphs serve as a window into the complex political and intellectual landscape of the ancient Maya civilization. Decipherment, a decades-long process, reveals a sophisticated script used primarily by elites to record historical narratives, dynastic rivalries, and ritual performances. The enduring conflict bet...

Human Sacrifice in Ancient Britain

20 Sep 2026

1h 1m

Ice Age America: The Clovis Culture

17 Sep 2026

57m

The First Punic War

13 Sep 2026

1h 1m

Iron Age Ireland

10 Sep 2026

52m

Human Origins: Did We Begin in Africa?

06 Sep 2026

58m

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The "out-of-Africa" theory of human origins has evolved from a simple model of a single migration into a complex, multi-layered narrative. While Africa remains the primary source of our species' ancestry, recent genetic data and fossil discoveries—such as the 300,000-year-old Jebel Irhoud remains—reveal a deeper, messi...