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Cutting-Edge Archaeology on the Eurasian Steppe: Gino Caspari on the Scythians
Oct 26, 2023In excavating massive Iron Age burial mounds in southern Siberia, Dr. Gino Caspari is doing some of the most innovative archaeology in the world, and he's doing it in one of the most remote places on ...
The Greco-Persian Wars, Part 3: Athens in Flames and the Battle of Salamis
Oct 19, 2023The Persian invasion of Greece aimed to do one thing above all else: punish Athens for its transgressions against the Great King. After defeating Leonidas, the vast army descended on Attica and burned...
The Greco-Persian Wars, Part 2: Xerxes and the Invasion of Greece
Oct 12, 2023In 480 BC, the Persian Great King Xerxes descended on mainland Greece with one of the largest armies and navies the world had ever seen. The Persians swept through the approaches to Greece, winning al...
Thinking Like a Persian King: Professor John Hyland on the Persian Perspective of the Greco-Persian Wars
Sep 28, 2023When we think about the wars between the Persians and the Greeks, our perspective is quite explicitly that of the Greeks. But how did the Persians view these conflicts, and what were they after? Profe...
Persia Ascendant
Sep 21, 2023While Cyrus the Great built the Persian Empire from the ground up, his successors expanded it until the new state stretched from the Indus Valley of Pakistan to the Upper Nile, Kazakhstan to the Aegea...
Midas, Croesus, and the Lost Kingdoms of Iron Age Anatolia
Sep 14, 2023The kingdoms of Iron Age Anatolia survive only as whispers in the archaeological and historical record; others exist through enigmatic references and legends in the writings of foreigners; and still o...
The Archaeology of Ancient Israel and Judah: Interview with Professor Avraham Faust
Sep 07, 2023What was life like in the ancient kingdoms of Israel and Judah? Few people are better qualified to answer that question than Professor Avraham Faust, who has excavated and written extensively about th...
Patrick is Hosting a New Show! Check out the "Pursuit of Dadliness" Now!
Sep 05, 2023Welcome to "The Pursuit of Dadliness." This is a podcast for folks who want to enjoy their passions and their hobbies, whatever those might be, and genuinely strive to get better at doing stuff and mo...
Cyrus the Great and the Rise of the Persian Empire
Aug 31, 2023The Persians were unlikely successors to the Assyrians and Babylonians, a fringe people of no particular importance, until Cyrus the Great became the most successful conqueror the world had ever seen....
Theocracy, Fragmentation, and the Kushite Kings: Egypt after the New Kingdom
Aug 24, 2023Egypt's New Kingdom, the peak of its monumental building and international power, ended in the aftermath of the Bronze Age Collapse. Once again, Egypt fragmented into multiple smaller states. Yet mill...