Aug 18

Yeti: The Search for the Abominable Snowman

From ancient Himalayan legends to the legendary expeditions of the 1950s and 60s, explore Yeti sightings, mysterious footprints, bizarre evidence, daring hunters, and the enduring mystery of the Abominable Snowman. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

50m 34s

Aug 4

When the Leading US Anti-Gravity Researcher Just Disappeared

Discover the mysterious disappearance of anti-gravity pioneer Dr. Ning Li, separating conspiracy from documented facts while exploring groundbreaking research, classified military work, and the truth behind her remarkable life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm ... Show More

49m 25s

Jun 25

Here's Why We Probably Live in a Simulation

Could reality be a simulation? Explore Nick Bostrom's groundbreaking argument, The Matrix parallels, consciousness, posthuman civilizations, and compelling evidence challenging everything you believe about existence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

52m 23s

Aug 2025

The Sea Peoples

Tristan Hughes sits down with Professor Eric Cline to explore the enigmatic Sea Peoples, often blamed for the catastrophic Bronze Age collapse over 3,000 years ago.Together they explore surviving sources from ancient Egypt to find out who the Sea Peoples were, and how they swept ... Show More

1h 11m

Jun 2021

Episode C5 – The Sea Peoples

Synopsis: The Sea Peoples cut a swath of devastation across the Levant before their final confrontation with the pharaoh Ramesses III of Egypt. The Hittite Great King Suppiluliuma II abandons the capital of Hattusas before its final destruction. “Regarding what you wrote me be ... Show More

24m 54s

Jun 2025

Pirates of the Mediterranean

As Rome rose to power, pirates seized the seas - wreaking havoc from Spain to Syria and challenging Roman dominance in the ancient Mediterranean. In this episode of The Ancients, Tristan Hughes is joined by Dr Nick Rauh and Dr Adam Dawson to explore the expl ... Show More

1h 3m

May 2025

209: Ramesses II vs the Sea Peoples

Delta raiders. Decades before their famous migrations, the "Sea Peoples" were already active and visible in the eastern Mediterranean; and Ramesses II had his own dealings with these groups. In year 2 of his reign, Ramesses II (Usir-Ma'at-Ra) dealt with a coastal raid by the Sher ... Show More

24m 54s

Dec 2024

Vol 4 Ep 84 - Easter Island

1200 - 1722 - Understanding the hazy origins of a society isolated in the Pacific Ocean and their motivations and capabilities for creating some of the most iconic stone statues in the history of humankind.

39m 7s

Jun 2016

The Bronze Age Collapse

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss The Bronze Age Collapse, the name given by many historians to what appears to have been a sudden, uncontrolled destruction of dominant civilizations around 1200 BC in the Aegean, Eastern Mediterranean and Anatolia. Among other areas, there were gre ... Show More

47m 12s

Jun 2025

Rise of the Minoans

Tristan Hughes journeys into the heart of one of history's most intriguing civilisations: the Minoans. With Professor Nicoletta Momigliano, he explores the origins and rise of these Bronze Age titans on Crete around 7,000 BC, their early settlements, and the emergence of compl ... Show More

44m 44s

Jul 2024

Birth of the Iron Age

It’s the end of the 12th century BC, and a once remarkable Near eastern world lay in ruin. Drought, warfare, famine, earthquakes, plague - all had combined to brutally devastate ancient civilisations stretching from Mesopotamia to Egypt to mainland Greece.  It w ... Show More

1h 2m

Feb 2024

421. Ancient Carthage: Lords of the Sea (Part 1)

“Carthago delenda est.” Carthage must be destroyed: this was the rallying cry of Cato the Elder, the senator endlessly pushing for war against Rome’s sworn enemy, Carthage. But what are the origins of this supposedly decadent and sinister city, and did the Carthaginians really sa ... Show More

58m 17s

Who Were the Sea Peoples?