After the Battle of Actium, Egypt became a Roman province - but what was the relationship between the two ancient superpowers like before that?

And how did that dynamic evolve over time?

In this episode I interview Kristine Bülow Clausen - scholar and expert, with a special focus on Egypt outside of Egypt, and the way Rome and Egypt interacted around the fall of the Roman Republic and during the Flavian dynasty.

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What were the original sports at the ancient Olympics?

Why did the ancient Greeks hold funeral games, and what can we learn about these games from ancient texts?

These are some of the questions were looking into in this episode of Let's Dig Deeper, where I interview philologists Thomas Heine Nielsen and Marcel Lysgaard Lech about sport and athletics in antiquity, particularly in ancient Greece.

So tune in to the full episode now.

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Welcome back to another episode of Let's Dig Deeper podcast!

This episode is a bit of a special one, as its from the first ever live episode of Let's Dig Deeper, which was held in collaboration with ASF Association at the University of Copenhagen. Our delightful audience was joined by two scholars, Seraina Nett (Assyriologist) and Sofie Schiødt (Egyptologist) for a talk about two of the most remarkable ancient civilisations, namely Ancient Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt.

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What was the ancient Roman equivalent of Malibu beach?

Where did the very wealthiest Romans escape to for their luxury retreats?

And how did their luxury maritime villas merge the land and the sea?

Tune in to this episode and find out the answer to all these questions and more, when I interview Wolfgang Filser, associate professor at UCPH and an expert in Roman maritime villas. Since 2014 Wolfgang has lead excavations at the Cape of Sorrento near Naples, and today he's sharing some of his special insights into the seaside estates of the Roman elites.

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This is the first episode of Season 2 of the podcast, and we're celebrating International Women's Day with none other than Katrine Balsgaard Juul.

So tune in to hear all about what it was like to be a female archaeologist in the early days (and who was the first female archaeologist anyway?). We also talk about the field today, role models, and about gender-archaeology as a concept. What's not to like?

Let's Dig Deeper had a short hiatus after Season 1 ended, but we're back with 10 new episodes released every other Saturday. And we're super excited that the University of Copenhagen's School of Archaeology is now an official supporter of the podcast!

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Today is the final episode of season 1 of the podcast - we're wrapping up with the 10th episode of the podcast, which also happens to be the final of the Athens episodes.

Today we're talking with philologist Rasmus Sevelsted about Plato! More specifically, his views on art and culture. How did the forms play a role in his worldview? What responsibility does art and artists have in society? What ideals should we teach our children?

These are some of the questions we're gonna answer in this episode.

On a more personal note, I'm so happy that so many of you have tuned in for episodes of Let's Dig Deeper in the past year. Following today's episode, I'll be taking a hiatus to start production on season 2 of the podcast. There is already a lot of exciting stuff in the pipeline, and I look forward to making it as great as possible for you guys - so stay tuned! We'll dig deeper together soon x

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On this special episode from the Athens recordings, I'm talking with philologist Tue Søvsø about some of the most famous Roman poets - Catullus, Vergil and Ovid. We're gonna talk about:

⭐ Why Ovid was exiled by the emperor Augustus

⭐ How Vergils Aeneid became Romes national epic

⭐ Whether Catullus ever really showed himself in his poems - or if it was just a persona

And more! So make sure you tune in to the full episode, and remember to rate/review the podcast 5 stars (and if you REALLY like it - share the episode with a friend! :-) )

This is the 9th episode out of 10 for this very first season of Let's Dig Deeper - stay tuned for the next episode, which will be all about Plato

If you're further interested in todays topic, Tue recommends this book: R. O. A. M Lyne, Further voices in Virgils Aeneid

This time on Let's Dig Deeper I'm talking with prof. Georgios Vavouranakis from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. The topic of today is the ancient Minoan civilisation on Crete - maybe you've heard of King Minos, Theseus and the Minotaur or maybe even the palace of Knossos. Well today, we're talking about all that and more!

Back in September I had a short stipend at the Danish Institute in Athens, where I recorded a series of podcast episodes with some of the coolest scholars in the city.

This episode is the third in a series of five, that will complete season 1 of Let's Dig Deeper and bring us up to 10 episodes total!

So tune in! It's gonna be great

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