This week our understanding of when humans first inhabited the American continent has been turned on its head … by a set of footprints. In this episode, hear how footprints can form crucial evidence for populations of people and animals, and what a set of adolescent and child prints have shown about their society and its relationship with its environment. Tristan is joined by Dr Sally Reynolds who, alongside her team, has been investigating this groundbreaking discovery, often before breaking any ground.
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🎧 Werewolves and Strix-Witches
It’s werewolf time on the Ancients! In this episode Exeter University’s Professor Daniel Ogden highlights how these mythical creatures have their origins in ancient times and thrived in a story world shared by witches, ghosts, demons and dragons. Join Tristan and Daniel as they shine a light on w...
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🎧 Roman Weaponry
Legendary leaders and notorious battles, we imagine the sound of clinking armour. But what did the Romans take with them into battle. In the second of our episodes recorded at Chalke Valley History Festival, Legio II Augusta's David Richardson talks through a selection of iconic weapons and deadl...
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🎧 Fortress Cilicia: Megastructures of...
In the aftermath of Alexander the Great’s death, his empire became the subject of the huge wars of succession. In this episode of the podcast, Dr Nick Rauh takes us through some of the monumental Hellenistic superfortresses built during this period and now uncovered in ancient Cilicia, on the sho...
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