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501

Cannibalism

502

Alexander The Great vs Julius Caesar

503

How Julius Caesar Changed Time

504

Race & Identity in the Ancient Greek Novel

505

Hannibal's Winter War

506

King Herod

507

How to Party Like a Roman

508

Songlines: Australia's Book of Genesis

509

Homosexuality & Ancient Greece

510

The Bronze Age Burials at Stonehenge

511

The Origins of Life on Earth

512

Vindolanda's 2021 Excavation

513

Menka: Village of the Breadfruit Goddess

514

Caracalla's Macedonian Phalanx

515

The Legacy of the Minoans

516

The Rise of the Praetorian Guard

517

Ancient Globalisation? Life and Death at Ai Khanum

518

The First Astronomers

519

Glasgow's Roman Remains & Hadrian's Wall

520

The Truth About the Roman Orgy (And More!)

521

The End of the Severan Dynasty

522

Mavia: Arabia's Warrior Queen

523

Ancient Kazakhstan: Gold of the Great Steppe

524

Caracalla: The Common Enemy of Mankind?

525

Ai Khanum: A Greek City in Afghanistan?

526

Alexander the Great's Greatest Victory

527

Nefertiti

528

The Lost Tomb of Alexander the Great

529

The Oldest Human Footprints in North America

530

Roman Weapons

531

Werewolves and Strix-Witches

532

Fortress Cilicia: Megastructures in the Near East

533

Clodius: Best Villain of the Roman Republic?

534

Maya Warfare and Sacrifice

535

The Origins of Civilisation

536

Sex in Ancient Rome

537

Romans vs Caledonians: The Battle of Mons Graupius

538

Roman Camps in Britain

539

Nan Madol: Venice of the Pacific

540

The Lost Tomb of Cleopatra

541

The Rise of Marseilles: France's Oldest City

542

The Rise of Hannibal

543

Colchester: From Bronze Age to Boudica

544

Tacfarinas: The Desert Hydra

545

Palaces in Paradise: Centres of the Persian World

546

Pompeii’s Indian Statuette

547

10 Key Roman Emperors

548

Sisters at War: The Rise and Fall of Elagabalus

549

The Lost Baths of Cleopatra

550

The Gladiatrix

551

Alexander the Great’s Corpse & the Greatest Heist in History

552

The Sacred Band of Thebes

553

The Begram Hoard: Treasures of the Silk Road

554

Decoding the Roman Dead

555

Life in Sparta

556

The Oldest Known Shark Attack

557

The Romans in Brittany

558

Scythed Chariots

559

Carthage vs Greeks? The First Sicilian War

560

Julius Caesar’s Invasions of Britain

561

Begram: Crossroads of the Ancient World

562

Between a Rock and a Hard Place: The Strait of Messina

563

Persepolis: Jewel of Persia

564

Divorced, Murdered, Survived: Nero's Wives

565

The Truth About Spartan Society

566

Vindolanda: Jewel of Roman Britain

567

Artemis of Ephesus: The Great Mother Goddess

568

Dirty Love: The Ancient Greek Novel

569

Ancient Brittany with Sir Barry Cunliffe

570

Scotland's Earliest Animal Carvings: An Incredible New Discovery

571

Berenike and the Red Sea Spice Route

572

Nero: Taking to the Stage

573

Iron Age British and Roman Racing Chariots

574

Polynesian Mythology

575

The Golden Age of Chariots

576

Alexander the Great's First Persian Victory

577

Ancient Polynesia: Pioneers of the Pacific

578

The Truth About King Arthur

579

Olympia: The Golden Age

580

Ancient Afghanistan: The Land of a Thousand Cities

581

The Rise of Olympia

582

How the Romans Treated Eye Infections

583

How Corinth Became Christian

584

The Truth About The Huns

585

The Olympic Games

586

Cicero’s Fight for the Roman Republic

587

Roman Prisoners of War

588

Introducing 'Leonardo: The Official Podcast'

589

The Legacy of Thermopylae

590

Edges of Empire: Chesters Roman Fort

591

Lessons from the Antonine Plague

592

Persia's Untapped Source: The Persepolis Fortification Texts

593

Jewish Burial at the Time of Jesus

594

The Xiongnu: History's First Nomadic Empire?

595

Music in Ancient Greece

596

The Rise of Cicero

597

Boudica: Through Roman Eyes

598

Petra: The Rose City

599

The Ides of March

600

Women and Power in Ancient Egypt