History was invented as a tool, an engineered road down which human society could advance. — Bettany Hughes Copy Share Image
“Herodotus, the ‘Father of History’, records the moment – and you can hear the emotion in his voice as he does so,… — Bettany Hughes Copy Share Image
I cannot write about the past unless I go where history happened. Some make very good armchair historians, I'm not one of… — Bettany Hughes Copy Share Image
The technological revolution is itself a direct descendant of the Ancient Greeks' historia, and the web is populated by young people who… — Bettany Hughes Copy Share Image
Time and time again in history, it's the emotional argument that wins. Probably since 70,000 BC we've been making decisions in a… — Bettany Hughes Copy Share Image
“…often women aren’t allowed to be characters in history, they have to be stereotypes. Cleopatra was a poet and a philosopher, she… — Bettany Hughes Copy Share Image
A number of politicians have failed to recognise the consistent truth of history: that we're both an emotional and a rational species,… — Bettany Hughes Copy Share Image
I cannot write history unless I travel to the places where it happened. I spent a lot of time walking around the… — Bettany Hughes Copy Share Image
I wrote my first history book when I was four. I still have it so I can prove it. — Bettany Hughes Copy Share Image
I do think that history lived, and a life lived, is as much to do with the birdsong you heard that morning… — Bettany Hughes Copy Share Image
Name the 10 most influential men in history and the debate can rage for hours; when it comes to women, after number… — Bettany Hughes Copy Share Image
Peter Jones's is a vital public service. He reminds us that while we shouldn't live in the past, we are wiser and… — Bettany Hughes Copy Share Image
Maybe it is not just social history - the belt buckles and soup ladles - that connects us to the past, but… — Bettany Hughes Copy Share Image
When you look at Istanbul, from Byzantium to the present day, it's striking how it has always been a city of the… — Bettany Hughes Copy Share Image
After I graduated, I carried on with my academic work, via grants but I often had a market stall on Camden Market selling hand-painted… — Bettany Hughes Copy Share Image
I think it's ironic when Plato makes the learned woman Aspasia Socrates' teacher, but I think women crop up more in the Platonic dialogues… — Bettany Hughes Copy Share Image
Even the picturesque prehistoric settlements at Akrotiri on the Greek island of Santorini were an exercise in problem-solving; white-washed homes and town halls built… — Bettany Hughes Copy Share Image
For the Spartans, it wasn’t walls or magnificent public buildings that made a city; it was their own ideals. In essence, Sparta was a… — Bettany Hughes Copy Share Image
Of all the human figurines discovered so far from 30,000-3,000BC, 92% are of the female form. This is not to say there was any… — Bettany Hughes Copy Share Image
I think Socrates was fascinated by Alcibiades. It's almost the opposite of hypocrisy. I think it's like when you can see the potential in… — Bettany Hughes Copy Share Image
Sophia - a mystical female presence whose appearance is only fleeting in the Hebrew Bible and New Testament - was clearly once a household… — Bettany Hughes Copy Share Image
Ancient Egyptian women had rights under the law. They could own land. Many were literate. — Bettany Hughes Copy Share Image
The word 'America' probably didn't appear in the Persian language until the end of the 18th century - but then with a documented past… — Bettany Hughes Copy Share Image
History was invented as a tool, an engineered road down which human society could advance. — Bettany Hughes Copy Share Image
“Herodotus, the ‘Father of History’, records the moment – and you can hear the emotion in his voice as he does so, a mixture… — Bettany Hughes Copy Share Image
