55 episodes
Ancient Heroes Patrick Garvey
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- History
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4.7 • 52 Ratings
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Exploring the history and mythology of the ancient world. Archaeologists and scholars join to discuss ancient Greece, Rome, Egypt, and other civilizations of the distant past.
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#55 - Collapse of Civilizations and the Aftermath (w/ Eric Cline)
What was the Late Bronze Age Collapse? What happened to the grand civilizations of the time, including Egypt and Greece? Archaeologist and best selling author Eric Cline joins to discuss.
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#54 - History's Holiest City (w/ Jodi Magness)
Classical and Biblical archaeologist Jodi Magness joins to talk about the history of Jerusalem, a sacred city in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. We talk about the city's origins, its development into a major religious site, the lost Ark of the Covenant, and much more.
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#53 - The Dangerous Obsession with Human Origins (w/ Stefanos Geroulanos)
What is meant by human "prehistory" and how do we understand the story of our species? Historian Stefanos Geroulanos makes the case that modern ideas about human prehistory often say more about us than they do about our ancestors from the distant past.
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#52 - Reaction to Netflix's "Alexander: The Making of a God"
My thoughts on the controversial new miniseries about the campaign of Alexander the Great.
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#51 - Songs of Achilles and the Trojan War (w/ Joe Goodkin)
Modern-day traveling bard Joe Goodkin joins to talk about Homer, Achilles, and the legendary war at the heart of Greek mythology. He also performs a few of his original songs inspired by the Iliad.
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#50 - Ranking the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
I rank these seven legendary structures from least impressive to most impressive.
Customer Reviews
For serious history lovers
Dives deep into ancient history. Not the usual history 101 served up by many other podcasts. I enjoy the unique authors that have researched their subjects beyond simple facts. Like I said, deep. Well spoken, completely professional production.
Best part is learning so much about our favorite subject. That’s exciting!
Love this
I love this podcast! It’s so interesting and Patrick is well spoken and goes out of his way to have all the facts.
Work in progress
The host does an admirable job of presenting a wide range of authors and experts on various areas of ancient history. Further, no ideology is included. Just a discussion of ancient history.
Unfortunately, the host asks rambling, run on questions (inevitably including “you know,“ and “I guess”) which are unprofessional and distracting. The podcast would be far better if concise, insightful questions were asked which would prompt more thoughtful responses from the interviewees.