Spoken Past
Caiden Pannell - Spoken Past Creator and Author
BA Ancient History | Site Founder

Caiden Pannell

Australia
Creator of Spoken Past, an independent ancient history and mythology platform built around source-driven research, accuracy, and clear explanation. Based in Perth, Western Australia, with formal training in Ancient History and experience at institutions including the British Museum, I write to make the ancient world understandable without oversimplifying the evidence.
Expertise
Ancient RomeClassical GreeceGreek Mythology

Recent articles by Caiden Pannell

Ancient Roman foods including fish sauce, dormice, snails, peacock, flamingo, lentils, bread, and spiced wine

5 Ancient Roman Foods That Sound Strange Today

Ancient Egyptian pregnancy test using urine on wheat and barley seeds to predict birth

Ancient Egyptian Pregnancy Tests: How Accurate Were They?

Ancient Roman pets shown through dogs, birds, monkeys, and cats in domestic and funerary art

Ancient Roman Pets and the Late Arrival of Cats

Roman fullers working with cloth in a Pompeii laundry, showing how urine helped clean clothes

Roman Fullers: Did Rome Use Urine to Clean Their Clothes?

Vindolanda Tablets with Roman cursive writing beside a frontier fort context in Britain

Vindolanda Tablets: Everyday Letters From Roman Britain

Caesarion, son of Julius Caesar and Cleopatra VII, last pharaoh of Egypt and Ptolemaic dynasty

Caesarion: How Caesar’s Only Son Became a Pawn of Empire

Tollund Man's preserved face and neck with noose still in place, a bog body recovered from a Danish peat bog

How Were Europe’s Bog Bodies So Perfectly Preserved?

Muspelheim

Muspelheim: The Fire Realm Norse Gods Could Never Control

Pythia Delphi Prophecies

How Geology Proved the Pythia Delphi Prophecies Were Real