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Peopling the Past
Join hosts Dr. Chelsea Gardner and Dr. Melissa Funke for a journey through under-explored aspects of archaeology, history, and everyday life in the ancient Mediterranean. Every week we feature an expert whose cutting-edge research sheds light on the real people who lived in ancient Greece, Rome, Egy...
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Looking Forward: Ethical Futures for Archaeological Practice with Yannis Hamilakis
Join us for the final episode of season 4, featuring Dr. Yannis Hamilakis, who talks to Chelsea and Melissa about his vision for a decolonial future f...
Protecting Heritage in Times of Conflict with Isber Sabrine
In times of ongoing war, how can antiquities be protected from damage and looting? On today's episode, Dr. Isber Sabrine, the co-founder of Heritage f...
Between the Tigris and the Thames: Heritage Practice with Zena Kamash
How can archaeologists connect to the communities that share the cultural heritage they work on? Dr. Zena Kamash joins Chelsea and Melissa this week t...
Critical Futures for Ancient Studies with Mathura Umachandran
How should we confront modern inequities in ancient Mediterranean studies? Is it possible to reenvision the place of Greece and Rome in the ancient wo...
Selective Salvage: Archaeology and Hydropolitics
What happens to people and antiquities when giant dams are built and lands are flooded? In this week's episode, Dr. William Carruthers joins Chelsea a...
Hired Hands, Silenced Voices: Archaeology and Local Communities with Allison Mickel
Who counts as an archaeologist? Contrary to images from popular culture, excavation teams are a diverse group working to produce knowledge of the past...
Classics, the Grand Tour, and Invented Legacies with Hardeep Dhindsa
What makes Classics classic? How did members of elite British society use ancient Greek and Roman culture to shape their own identities on the Grand T...
Naturalizing Inequalities: The Colonial Museum with Dan Hicks
How did objects from around the globe and across millenia end up in major museums, far from their places of origin? What role has empire played in sha...
Curating with Care: Transparency in Museums with Lisa Saladino Haney
The story of natural history museums and their relationship to ancient objects, but also people, is entangled with colonialism and capitalism. How sho...
Communities on Display: Re-centering Egyptian Voices with Heba Abd el-Gawad
What happens when Egyptomania overshadows contemporary Egyptian people? This week Heba Abd el-Gawad joins Chelsea and Melissa to discuss the relations...
Fragments and Falsehoods: The Papyrus Trade with Roberta Mazza
Forged provenance, forensic investigations, and placing ancient papyri in dish soap! In this episode, scholar Dr. Roberta Mazza shares tales from the...
Trafficking through the Metaverse: The Antiquities Trade in the Internet Age with Katie Paul
For the first episode of our season on cultural heritage and legacies of colonialism, we look at the role of messaging apps and social media in the bl...
Season 4 Promo Episode!
Peopling the Past Podcast is BACK for a fourth season on a very exciting topic: Cultural Heritage and Legacies of Colonialism.
Join your hosts...
Special Episode - Let's Talk About Podcasts, Baby! with Liv Albert
On this special episode of the Peopling the Past Podcast, we are joined by Liv Albert, creator and host of Let's Talk About Myths, Baby!, the long run...
How do you Solve a Problem like Cleopatra? : Shelley Haley and the last Egyptian Pharoah
For the final episode of our season on women in the ancient Mediterranean, we feature the most famous woman in antiquity: Cleopatra! Dr. Shelley Haley...
These Boots were Made for Walking: Women's Mobility and Migration in the Roman Empire with Marie-Adeline Le Guennec
Travel, displacement, religious pilgrimage - these are just some of the motivations for ancient migration, but how and why did people move from one pl...
(Not so) Risky Business: the Potential Perils of Childbirth in ancient Rome with Anna Bonnell Freidin
In today's episode, Dr. Anna Bonnell Freidin joins Melissa and Chelsea to talk about risk, pregnancy, and childbirth in the ancient Roman empire. List...
Not a Puella, Not Yet a Femina: Roman Girlhood with Lauren Caldwell
Ah, youth! We are all familiar with that mysterious and formative period of life between childhood and adulthood, but how did the ancient Romans descr...
Do Not Afflict the Widow: the Women of Ancient Nubia with Jacke Phillips
We're celebrating Black History and African Heritage month with a very special episode on the women of ancient Nubia! Join Chelsea and Melissa as they...
Beyond the Bare Bones: Women in the Osteological Record with Efthymia Nikita
What better way to understand the real lives of everyday folk in the ancient Mediterranean than to look at the bones of the people themselves? On this...
Portrait of a Lady: Discovering Seianti with Judith Swaddling
Countless faces of real people survive in ancient portraiture, but how often do we know their names, or anything about their lives? In this episode, D...
Nevertheless, She Persisted: Boudicca and Imperial Resistance with Caitlin Gillespie
What can we say about Boudicca, one of the most famous women from the ancient world? Who was she, and was she even real? Why is she still so important...
Sisters are Doing it for Themselves: Mesopotamian Free Women with Stephanie Budin
What does it mean to be a "free woman" in the ancient Mediterranean world? Listen in as our guest, Dr. Stephanie Budin, joins Chelsea and Melissa to d...
Call the (Roman) Midwife: Ancient Delivery and Childbirth with Tara Mulder
In today's episode, our featured guest Dr. Tara Mulder tells us all about the oldest profession in the world: midwifery! Listen in on a discussion bet...
So Long as There is Hope: Wonder Women in Classics and Comics with Natalie Swain
Welcome to the first ever LIVE episode of Peopling the Past! Join our featured expert, Dr. Natalie Swain, and hosts Drs. Chelsea Gardner and Melissa F...
Season Three Trailer!
Peopling the Past Podcast is BACK for a third season on a very exciting topic: Women in the Ancient Mediterranean!
Join your hosts Dr. Chelsea...
Breaking the Bond: Forced Marriage and Cursed Freedom in Ancient Rome with Katharine Huemoeller
What does it mean to be free? In our Season 2 finale episode, archaeologist and historian Dr. Katharine Huemoeller joins the podcast to tell us all ab...
Seize the Clay: Pottery Workshops in Sagalassos with Elizabeth Murphy
You might call ceramics the "plastics" of the ancient world...ubiquitous, indestructible, and incredibly useful! But how do we identify the spaces whe...
There's Something about Mary: Early Cult and Veneration of the Virgin with Sabrina Higgins
It's all about Mary this week on the podcast! We are joined by archaeologist and PtP webmaster Dr. Sabrina Higgins, who takes us through catacombs, ch...
Rolling in the Dough: Bread-Making and Roman Bakeries with Jared Benton
The sights, smells, and sounds of an ancient Roman bakery might surprise you...in this episode, historian and archaeologist Dr. Jared Benton joins the...
Breaking the Mold: Quasi-Official Coinage in Roman Egypt with Irene Soto Marín
Money makes the ancient Mediterranean world go round...but what happens when there's not enough metal to make official coinage? In this episode, archa...
Practical Magic: Ancient Roman Smells and Spells with Britta Ager
Today's episode is simply magical! Join us as we welcome Dr. Britta Ager - an expert in ancient Mediterranean magic, spells, and curses - to the show...
Using Olive It: Sustainable Fuel Production in the Ancient Mediterranean with Erica Rowan
Waste not, want not! In this episode, learn all about ancient Mediterranean olive oil production and how real people producing this delicious food use...
In Living Colour: Painting and Pigments with Hilary Becker
Ever wonder how ancient artists created the vividly-coloured frescoes that adorned the houses of Pompeii and Herculaneum? Dr. Hilary Becker joins Chel...
Going with the Flow: Water Systems in North Africa with Mark Locicero
Water, water, everywhere...but how much of it can we drink? In this episode, Chelsea and Melissa chat with Dr. Mark Locicero about Roman drainage sys...
Portrait of a Palmyran Man: Ancient Syrian Identity with Blair Fowlkes Childs
What do our choices say about who we are? In this episode, Dr. Blair Fowlkes Childs joins Chelsea and Melissa to talk about clothing, status, dress, i...
Grave Matters: Resting Places for Regular People with Liana Brent
In this episode, Dr. Liana Brent joins Chelsea and Melissa to talk about the archaeological remains of burials in Roman Italy at the ancient cemetery...
If the (Roman) Shoe Fits: Elizabeth Greene and Footwear from Vindolanda
In the Season 2 premiere episode, Dr. Elizabeth Greene joins Chelsea and Melissa to talk about the archaeological remains of Roman shoes from the site...
Season Two Trailer!
Join your Season 1 host, Dr. Chelsea Gardner, as she welcomes new co-host Dr. Melissa Funke for an introduction to the second season of the Peopling t...
Thrown Together: Potters, Painters, and Ceramic Production with Sanchita Balachandran
In this episode, Sanchita Balachandran joins us to speak about the sensory experience of ancient potters and painters, her experimental archaeology pr...