🎧 How Ancient Egypt Stayed Egyptian
🎧 The Ancients • 55m
The length of time between the rule of Cleopatra and the erection of the Pyramids is the same as that between now and the birth of Jesus Christ. With that in mind, it is perhaps no surprise that some periods of Ancient Egypt fall beneath the radar. The Late Period of Ancient Egypt, however, is not without drama. These final centuries are characterised by repeated invasions and leadership by foreign rulers. Chris Naunton is an Egyptologist, writer and broadcaster. He spoke to Tristan about the influence of external forces on Ancient Egyptian society from the Third Intermediate Period through the Late Period. This included Libyan, Assyrian, Persian and, notably, an Ancients’ favourite, the Macedonian Alexander the Great.
Up Next in 🎧 The Ancients
-
🎧 Battle by the Trebia: Hannibal's Wi...
It’s 218 BC, and Hannibal has made the mammoth journey across the Alps en route to Italy, accompanied by his army, their horses, and their elephants. But the real battle is yet to come, and in this fantastic second episode with Louis Rawlings, he takes us onto the battlefield with the Carthaginia...
-
🎧 Oppian's Halieutica: Creatures of t...
The deep blue ocean is the subject of speculation to this day but, in this episode, we have access to the mysteries, myths and misgivings that were associated with the sea in the Second Century AD. The Halieutica was written in Hexameter by the Greek poet Oppian, and dedicated to the then Roman E...
-
🎧 Roman Military Tombstones: Uncoveri...
From Northern Britain to the Near East, Roman tombstones have been uncovered on various far flung frontiers of the Roman Empire. Dedicated to those auxiliaries and legionaries that perished far from home, guarding a distant border of this ancient empire. These objects provide an extraordinary ins...
