Scott is a lucid teacher who brings the past to life with his effortlessly engaging style.
- The Mail on Sunday.
Michael charmed us all with his huge expertise, deep knowledge and extremely personable approach to history.
- Sarah Rigby, Hutchinson Senior Editor
Michael Scott deftly steers the study of ancient history into the twenty-first century.
- Prof. Walter Scheidel, Stanford University
This is a properly exciting state of the art History TV.
- DAILY EXPRESS
Fashion in the Ancient World
I am writing a chapter on Fashion in the Ancient World for the new multi volume Cambridge Global History of […] Read More
M. I. Finley: An Ancient Historian and his Impact
“M. I. Finley: An Ancient Historian and his Impact.” Cambridge Classical Studies, October 2016.
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Up Close with the Only Surviving Wonder of the Ancient World: Magdalene Matters
“Our first day of filming in Cairo was unforgettable”
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Ancient Invisible Cities: Cairo, Athens, Istanbul
Invisible Cities airs on BBC2 in late 2018. In the latest series of Invisible Cities, Michael heads to Cairo, Istanbul and Athens across 3 episodes, to uncover the forgotten, hard to reach and invisible aspects of these extraordinary cities and in so doing, offers new perspectives on their dramatic and important histories.
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Buckingham History Festival 27th April 2019 – Ancient Worlds: Greece, Rome, and Interactions with the Worlds Beyond
In this wide-ranging talk, Michael Scott reveals how the world of the ancient Mediterranean – the world that came to […] Read More
Seeing yourself in Lego
In January 2019, I was lucky enough to be re-born as a Lego figure thanks to the incredible work of @legoclassicists (historical archivist Liam D. Jensen). Legoclassicist has worked tirelessly over the last decade to […] Read More