Ancient Historian: Global history, ancient disability, veteran studies, etc. Also runs Bad Ancient: Fact-checking common claims about the ancient world.
Website: www.badancient.com
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Bad Ancient/ Owen Rees
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I have been giving talks on my book for over a year now and the one thing that is guaranteed to get an audience reaction is the Berenike Buddha in Egypt. People seem amazed it exists and then what it tells us about the ancient world.
So I wrote the whole thing up as a Bad Ancient article:
I have been giving talks on my book for over a year now and the one thing that is guaranteed to get an audience reaction is the Berenike Buddha in Egypt. People seem amazed it exists and then what it tells us about the ancient world.
So I wrote the whole thing up as a Bad Ancient article:
Coming up on the show this week!
On Wednesday we're joined by @debscavator.bsky.social, who reveals how much we've learned about disability in the Greek world... Make sure to subscribe on your podcast player of choice because you don't want to miss this!
Really glad to see a new review out for the Dutch translation of Far Edges.
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No, we absolutely don't. And the picture really changes when we look at ancient history through the lens of genocide.
I’m midway through this excellent book. I strongly recommend it. It’s opening whole new vistas for me. It’s an excellent companion to Barry Cunliffe’s books: for example, The Scythians and Facing the Sea of Sand.
I am doing this talk tomorrow, both in person and online. It is an 'in conversation' all about my book. Starts 5.30pm!
Gave a talk last night at Wolfson College (Cambridge) all about my book. Always fun when it is done as a conversation ... I never know what I am going to say at any given moment 😅.
People got around in the Ancient World much more than we often think of. I remember an account of an Egyptian religious token (small statue of one of the gods) found along the silk road in far west China, African elephant tusks in a 3rd-c BCE tomb in Guangdong, etc...
