Reverend Professor Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones

Chair of Ancient History at Cardiff University and a specialist in the history and culture of the ancient Near East and Greece. Lloyd has published widely on the history of Iran, Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, and other times and cultures in global history. His books include Creating a Hellenistic World, King and Court in Ancient Persia, The Hellenistic Court, Persians: the Age of the Great Kings, Ancient Persia and the Book of Esther, and The Cleopatras: the Forgotten Queens of Egypt. His next publication is about the great city of Babylon and he is currently engaged in a research project on the royal harem in ancient Egypt and the Near East. Lloyd has contributed to TV documentaries for the BBC, Netflix and others and is a regular guest on podcasts including ‘The Ancients and Empires’ Podcast. He is an ordained minister in the Church in Wales.