In this episode we meet the Fourth Dynasty pharaohs, their pyramids, and a magnificent ship buried next to Khufu's Great Pyramid at Giza. From the story of its discovery and restoration, to the intricate construction methods used on the ship, down to the theories about the ship's original purpose, this episode looks at what may be the world's finest surviving example of ancient maritime technology.
In today's episode the curtain rises on a young man named Themistocles. He's always recognized for the role that he played at Salamis and...
This week we follow the fleeing Elissa, princess of Tyre, to Qart-ḥadašt, the "New City" that would come into wider fame as Carthage. We...
This supplemental episode is a reading of the Report of Wenamun, also called the Misadventures of Wenamun.
