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Ai Khanum: A Greek City in Afghanistan?
FromThe Ancients
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Length:
32 minutes
Released:
Oct 14, 2021
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Podcast episode
Description
A theatre, a gymnasium and houses with colonnaded courtyards: these are the hallmarks of an Ancient Greek city. So what are they doing in the city of Ai Khanum, far east of their origins in present day Afghanistan? In this first part of Tristan’s chat with Milinda Hoo, she takes us through the structures found in this ancient city, and what they tell us about the infrastructure and origins of Ai Khanum. Milinda is a global and ancient historian at the University of Freiberg, specialized in globalization and Hellenism across Central and West Asia.Listen out for part two, where Milinda challenges whether this can really be seen as a Greek city. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
Released:
Oct 14, 2021
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Podcast episode
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