Episode 371: 'Twilight Cities' with Katherine Pangonis, taped live at Aaliya's Books.
Click to watch: https://youtu.be/4KAoSvi9BeA
A conversation with author Katherine Pangonis on her recently published 'Twilight Cities' with a focus on Tyre and Carthage and topics that transcend antiquity with modern history.
The discussion covers Phoenician city-states ... Show More
Jul 2023
Episode 271 - Twilight Cities with Katherine Pangonis
I talk to Katherine Pangonis about her new book - Twilight Cities: Lost Capitals of the Mediterranean. In it she travels to Tyre, Carthage, Syracuse, Ravenna and Antioch to tell their stories and experience what remains.It's a fantastic book for those who want to learn more about ... Show More
45m 55s
Nov 2021
Lebanon: Anatomy of a failed state
Lebanon is in economic crisis with shortages of food, medicine and electricity on the ground. Today, how did the country, whose capital was once described as the Paris of the Middle East, get here? And is there hope for the future?This podcast was brought to you thanks to the sup ... Show More
30m 27s
Jul 2021
Épisode 53 - Alexis et l'Adriatique au Moyen Âge
Dans cet épisode du podcast Passion Médiévistes, Alexis Midol-Monnet vous parle de son travail sur l’Adriatique médiévale. Son mémoire de Master 2, soutenu en 2020 sous la direction de Dominique Valérian et d’Ingrid Houssaye Michienzi, s’intitulait « Raguse devant l’avancée ottom ... Show More
33m 57s
Apr 2023
Alexandria: The Sunken City
<p>The Egyptian city of Alexandria was one of the greatest cities of the ancient Mediterranean world. Founded by Alexander the Great himself in 323BC, the metropolis was nurtured by his successors in Egypt, the Ptolemies, and flourished throughout the Late Hellenistic and Roman I ... Show More
36m 47s