Ancient History is a lecture series by historian Gregory Aldrete, produced by The Great Courses, surveying the history of the ancient world. Commenters point to it as a route into the subject for listeners interested in antiquity.

One commenter says they heartily recommend Aldrete's Great Courses lectures to anyone at all interested in ancient history.

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1. Strongly recommendsRcouF1uZ4gsC2022in “Unraveling the linothorax mystery, or how linen armor came to dominate our lives (2013)”

   Alicia Aldrete is coauthor, with Gregory S. Aldrete and Scott Bartell, of Reconstructing Ancient Linen Body Armor: Unraveling the Linothorax Mystery. The website of the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay’s Linothorax Project contains more behind-the-scenes information on this unparalleled effort, including an eight-minute mini-documentary and additional images.

   As an aside, Gregory Aldrete has a bunch of courses on Audible under “Great Courses”. (You can also get them from The Teaching Company now call Wondrium).

   I heartily recommend that you listen to them if you are at all interested in ancient history.

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