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• The Story of Tutankhamun with Garry Shaw

  October 2, 2026 · 22 min

  Join World History Encyclopedia as they sit down with author and Egyptologist Garry Shaw to hear all about his new book The Story of Tutankhamun: An Intimate Life of the Boy who Became King The discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb in 1922…

• Rome: An Empire's Story with Greg Woolf

  September 18, 2026 · 22 min

  In our interview with Greg Woolf, we chat all about the second edition of his book Rome: An Empire's Story. What's the book about? Well, It's a total history of Rome. It starts with the 8th century BCE, when it's just a scatter of…

• Why Roman Society Feels Surprisingly Familiar Today with Mark Cartwright

  September 5, 2026 · 22 min

  Buy the book here - https://www.worldhistory.org/static/book-the-romans/en/ In this interview, Mark Cartwright, Publishing Director at World History Encyclopedia, discusses his new book, The Romans: Antiquity’s Ultimate Transformative…

• The Ancient Lyre and Kithara | Michael Levy

  February 6, 2026 · 44 min

  Michael Levy, a prolific composer of the ancient lyre and kithara, shares his inspiration and deep knowledge of these remarkable instruments. A few tortoiseshell lyres have survived—most famously the Elgin Lyre in the British Museum—and…

• The Roman Invasion of Britain | Richard Hingley

  January 23, 2026 · 31 min

  In our interview with Richard Hingley, we chat all about his new book Conquering The Ocean: The Roman Invasion of Britain. What's the book about? It's about the Roman conquest of Britain, but that takes some explaining because I suppose in…

• The First Black Archaeologist: A Life of John Wesley Gilbert | John Lee

  January 9, 2026 · 29 min

  The First Black Archaeologist: A Life of John Wesley Gilbert by John Lee is a story of a boy who grows up in poverty, facing racism and violence, a boy who seemed like he would have no opportunities. But thanks to dedicated teachers – both…

• Queens of Jerusalem | Katherine Pangonis

  December 26, 2025 · 34 min

  Katherine Pangonis' new book Queens of Jerusalem: The Women Who Dared to Rule sheds light on the somewhat overlooked women, queens and princesses of Outremer (the Crusader States). The book is about a dynasty of women who ruled in the…

• Rome: Strategy of Empire | James Lacey

  December 12, 2025 · 36 min

  Join World History Encyclopedia as they sit down with author and historian James Lacey to chat all about Rome: Strategy of Empire, the first work to lay out Roman strategic thinking from its start under Augustus until its final demise in…