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Hey all, welcome to the ancient. Spring is here. Summer is just around the corner in the UK.

The weather is turning up, and we are turning

on the ancients today to Armageddon.

Now, why do you ask?

Well, it is no secret.

We know how much you love it when we do episodes on ancient catastrophes and collapses.

We've seen the stats.

You're Pompeys, your Maya collapses, your Sodom and Gomorras, your, or what else is there, Bronze and collapses. We've seen the stats. Your Pompeys, your Maya collapses,

your Sodom and Gomorres, your, or what else is that? Bronze Age collapses,

prehistoric plagues, etc. Look, I get it. I am equally fascinated by those topics.

But the team and I realised a few weeks back now, we realised that we haven't ever covered

one of the biggest carnage words in our

dictionary, Armageddon, which has its own fascinating ancient story, the story of a biblical event,

but more importantly, of an actual place. And that is what we're delving into today with a guest

who certainly fits into the category of fan favourite on the ancients.

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