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Zoroastrianism
20 November 2025A faith born in the distant prehistoric past, rooted in ancient Iranian texts over 4,000 years old, Zoroastrianism is one of the world’s oldest...
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Raleigh and the Lost Colony of Roanoke
20 November 2025What happened to the lost colony of Roanoke?
In the 1580s Sir Walter Raleigh set about establishing a permanent English colony on Roanoke...
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Could you Survive the Medieval Apocalypse?
20 November 2025For Medieval Europe, the Apocalypse wasn’t just a metaphor - it was very real and very imminent.
We are talking about the four horsemen,...
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How the Wind Blew Up The Middle Ages
18 November 2025From the tactical nautical decisions of the Normans and Vikings to medieval monks' meticulous wind records, medieval civilisations have always...
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The Truth About Roald Dahl
18 November 2025The Twits, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda. Roald Dahl wrote some of the world's most loved children's books.
But what do we know...
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What if the Texas Republic survived?
17 November 2025In 1845, the Republic of Texas stood at a crossroads. In our history, they chose to join the USA… but what if they chose another path? Was this...
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Nuremberg: The Trial of Göring
17 November 2025Warning: This episode contains discussion of suicide.
When the Nuremberg Trials began in November 1945, Hermann Göring was the...
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Tudor True Crime: Who Murdered Lord Darnley?
17 November 2025**Contains accounts of murder and sexual violence**
After an explosion rocked Edinburgh in February 1567, Lord Darnley - husband to Mary,...
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Why Did Henry VIII Kill Catherine Howard?
17 November 2025In 1540 Henry VIII was getting old, and his eyes turned to teenager Catherine Howard.
He fell hard and fast for Catherine - his "rose...
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Who Were The Nabataeans?
17 November 2025Assassin's Creed Mirage: Valley of Memory takes players to the haunting tomb city of Hegra, a remarkable memento of the Nabataeans. Hewn from the...
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Decline & Fall of the Ancient World
16 November 2025Tristan Hughes invites Matt Lewis, host The Ancients's sister podcast Gone Medieval, for a lively debate with about the blurred boundary between...
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The Birth of the Medieval World
14 November 2025Matt Lewis pays a visit to Gone Medieval's sister podcast The Ancients for a lively debate with Tristan Hughes about the blurred boundary between...
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