Ancient Heroes
By Patrick Garvey
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Episodes: 70
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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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#70 - Lost tales of King Arthur & Merlin (w/ Irene Fabry-Tehranchi)
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Jun 23, 2025 |
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#69 - Plato, Tyranny, and the Origins of Western Thought (w/ James Romm)
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May 27, 2025 |
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#68 - Alexander the Great: Monsoons & Mutinies in Mysterious Lands (w/ Rachel Kousser)
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Nov 12, 2024 |
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#67 - Centaurs, Minotaurs and Mythological Hybrids (w/ Jeremy McInerney)
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Oct 14, 2024 |
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#66 - Early Years of Alexander the Great and Hephaestion (w/ Christopher Cosmos)
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Sep 30, 2024 |
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#65 - The Heir of Achilles, Chapter 3 (Author Reading)
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Sep 23, 2024 |
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#64 - The Heir of Achilles, Chapter 2 (Author Reading)
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Sep 21, 2024 |
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#63 - The Heir of Achilles, Chapter 1 (Author Reading)
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Sep 16, 2024 |
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#62 - One Thousand Years of Byzantium (w/ Anthony Kaldellis)
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Aug 12, 2024 |
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#61 - Heroines of the Trojan War (w/ A.D. Rhine)
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Jul 18, 2024 |
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#60 - The Heir of Achilles (my new thriller novel)
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Jul 09, 2024 |
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#59 - The World's First Empire (w/ Eckart Frahm)
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Jun 24, 2024 |
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#58 - The Spear of Destiny, mysterious relics, and storytelling (w/ J.F. Penn)
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Jun 04, 2024 |
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#57 - Traveling through the Medieval World (w/ Anthony Bale)
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May 22, 2024 |
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#56 - Herod the Great and the Kingdom of Judea (w/ Martin Goodman)
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May 15, 2024 |
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#55 - Collapse of Civilizations and the Aftermath (w/ Eric Cline)
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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#54 - History's Holiest City (w/ Jodi Magness)
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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#53 - The Dangerous Obsession with Human Origins (w/ Stefanos Geroulanos)
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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#52 - Reaction to Netflix's "Alexander: The Making of a God"
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Feb 18, 2024 |
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#51 - Songs of Achilles and the Trojan War (w/ Joe Goodkin)
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Jan 30, 2024 |
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#50 - Ranking the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
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Dec 29, 2023 |
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#49 - Hidden Tombs and Buried Treasure (w/ Douglas Preston)
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Dec 12, 2023 |
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#48 - Seven Wonders: Lighthouse of Alexandria (w/ Michael Denis Higgins)
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Nov 18, 2023 |
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#47 - Fossils, Amazons, and Folklore (w/ Adrienne Mayor)
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Nov 03, 2023 |
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#46 - Should museums return their foreign artifacts?
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Oct 17, 2023 |
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#45 - Pandemic in the Roman Empire (w/ Colin Elliott)
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Oct 04, 2023 |
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#44 - The Inca Empire, Machu Picchu, & Mummies (w/ Christopher Heaney)
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Sep 20, 2023 |
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#43 - The Roman and Persian Empires (w/ Adrian Goldsworthy)
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Sep 07, 2023 |
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#42 - Plato: The man behind Socrates, Atlantis, and much more (w/ Angie Hobbs)
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Feb 20, 2023 |
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#41 - Atlantis 101
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Feb 05, 2023 |
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#40 - Mummies & Mysteries of Ancient Egypt (w/ Campbell Price)
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Jan 18, 2023 |
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#39 - Update on the Graham Hancock Controversy
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Dec 07, 2022 |
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#38 - We need to talk about "Ancient Apocalypse" on Netflix
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Nov 21, 2022 |
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#37 - The World's First Superpower (w/ Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones)
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Apr 22, 2022 |
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#36 - Ukraine & the Heroes of Snake Island
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Mar 04, 2022 |
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#35 - Achilles, the Greatest Greek Warrior (w/ Marta González González)
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Feb 17, 2022 |
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#34 - Exercise & the Ancients (w/ Bill Hayes)
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Feb 05, 2022 |
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#33 - Ancient Pandemics (w/ Lee Mordechai)
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Dec 02, 2021 |
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#32 - The End of Roman Empire (w/ Michele Salzman)
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Nov 26, 2021 |
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#31 - Early Followers of Jesus (w/ Erin Vearncombe)
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Nov 18, 2021 |
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#30 - Greek Civilization through the Ages (w/ Roderick Beaton)
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Nov 09, 2021 |
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#29 - The Persian Empire vs. Greece (w/ John Hale)
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Oct 28, 2021 |
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#28 - Decoding the Rosetta Stone (w/ Edward Dolnick)
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Oct 20, 2021 |
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#27 - The Mysterious Final Days of Alexander the Great (w/ David Grant)
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Sep 30, 2021 |
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#26 - Brutal Arena Spectacles of Ancient Rome (w/ Chris Epplett)
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Sep 24, 2021 |
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#25 - Absolute Power in Ancient Egypt and Today (w/ Kara Cooney)
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Sep 17, 2021 |
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#24 - Odysseus, Homeric Myth, and the Age of Heroes (w/ Jonathan Burgess)
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Sep 04, 2021 |
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#23 - The Earliest Pharaohs & their Legacy (w/ Aidan Dodson)
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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#22 - Monsters, Ghosts, & Oracles: Beliefs in the Ancient World (w/ Garrett Ryan)
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Aug 21, 2021 |
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#21 - Ancient Egypt, Pyramids, & Rewriting History (w/ Jason Colavito)
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Aug 10, 2021 |
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#20 - Could an Ancient Fighter Defeat Jon Jones?
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Jul 01, 2021 |
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#19 - Where is the Lost Ark of the Covenant?
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Jun 20, 2021 |
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#18 - The Unique Army that Defeated Sparta (w/ James Romm)
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Jun 09, 2021 |
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#17 - The Greatest Hero of All (w/ Emma Stafford)
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May 31, 2021 |
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#16 - Wait...is Everything We Thought About Sparta a Lie? (w/ Myke Cole)
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May 22, 2021 |
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#15 - Why & How I Started Ancient Heroes
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May 17, 2021 |
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#14 - Racism In The Classics?
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May 06, 2021 |
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#13 - The Big Problem with the film 300
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Apr 30, 2021 |
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#12 - Searching for the Historical Socrates (w/ Robin Waterfield, Part II)
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Apr 21, 2021 |
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#11 - Origins of the Olympics (w/ Robin Waterfield, Part I)
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Apr 16, 2021 |
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#10 - Forgotten Ancient Peoples (w/ Maty Matyszak)
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Apr 07, 2021 |
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#9 - Black Sea Empire (w/ Duane Roller)
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Mar 29, 2021 |
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#8 - What Ancient Cities Were Really Like (w/ Greg Woolf)
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Mar 22, 2021 |
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#7 - 17 Questions for an Underwater Archaeologist (w/ Peter Campbell)
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Oct 23, 2020 |
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#6 - The Rise of Macedon (w/ Adrian Goldsworthy)
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Oct 13, 2020 |
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#5 - The Forgotten City of Ancient Greece (w/ Paul Cartledge)
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Oct 06, 2020 |
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#4 - Who Were the REAL Heroes of Early Greece? (w/ Josho Brouwers)
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Sep 13, 2020 |
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#3 - Mysteries of the Bronze Age & Trojan War (w/ Eric Cline)
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Aug 25, 2020 |
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#2 - Achilles & Patroclus
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Aug 16, 2020 |
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#1 - Breakthroughs in the Search for Alexander's Lost Tomb
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Aug 01, 2020 |