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| Oct 21 | #34 | #33 | #40 | #33 | #34 |
| Oct 20 | #37 | #37 | #43 | #37 | #36 |
| Oct 19 | #36 | #35 | #44 | #35 | #37 |
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About the show
The ancient world was full of wonders.
Engineering marvels like the Great Wall of China and Stonehenge. Remarkable peoples like the Aztecs, the Romans and the Mongols. Infamous leaders such as Cleopatra, Julius Caesar and Herod the Great. Inventors, explorers, builders, pioneers and philosophers who shaped the world we live in today.
Welcome to Ancient Civilisations - the podcast that takes you back in time to discover the ancient world, one story at a time.
A Noiser production, narrated by Paul McGann and John Hopkins.
As featured on Short History Of... and Real Dictators.
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