Curated Video
Israel, Masada
Masada was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2001. Its inscription on this prestigious list epitomizes its outstanding universal significance, which must be protected for the benefit of all humanity. Its fall signaled the...
Curated Video
Turkey, Aphrodisias Sebasteion
The Sebasteion, or Augusteum, was jointly dedicated, according to a 1st-century inscription on its propylon, "To Aphrodite, the Divine Augusti and the People". A relief found in the ruins of the south portico represented a...
IDG TECHtalk
What’s going on with the Studio Display, and who should use it?
Users and reviewers have expressed some frustration with the new Studio Display, wondering why its components and software mirror that of an iPhone without touch capability. Apple is known for recycling its products, but is the Studio...
Schooling Online
Shakespeare Today: Julius Caesar - Key Quotes 1
After watching this lesson, you will be able to support your discussion of Julius Caesar’s themes with detailed textual analysis! This lesson unpacks the most famous and significant quotes uttered by Brutus, the main character. These...
Curated Video
I WONDER - What Were The Roman Baths?
This video is answering the question of what were The Roman Baths.
NASA
Michelle Thaller Explains Cosmic Dawn
Bringing astrophysics into everyone’s home: That is the goal with NASA’s Roman Space Telescope series “Celestial Sunday.” In this video, astronomer and science communicator Michelle Thaller explains the complex topic of Cosmic Dawn....
Two Minute Music Theory
What Do Chord Inversion Numerals Mean? | TWO MINUTE MUSIC THEORY #72
It's Two Minute Music Theory's 7th Birthday! I thought it would be appropriate to release a good old fashioned TMMT episode that's not 2 minutes long. Thanks to everyone for all of your support the last 7 years. Here's to the next 7.
Curated Video
Italy, Pompeii - Marina gate
Researchers believe that the town was founded in the 7th or 6th century BC by the Osci or Oscans. It came under the domination of Rome in the 4th century BC, and was conquered and became a Roman colony in 80 BC after it joined an...
Curated Video
Mastering Microsoft Word 365 - Font and size
Learn some quick tips for adjusting text font and size to fit any project in Word 365.
Curated Video
Italy, Paestum, Temple of Athena (Ceres)
The Temple of Athena or Temple of Ceres (c. 500 BC) is a Greek temple found at Paestum, built near the so-called Basilica which is much larger than it. It has a high pediment and a Doric frieze, made up of large blocks of limestone. The...
60 Second Histories
A Roman legionary's helmet
A legionary describes a galea, an Imperial Gallic helmet, showing where its strength lies and how it protected the Roman soldiers.
Curated Video
Turkey, Aphrodisias Stadium
The Stadium was built in the later first century AD and with the Theatre completed the town's need for large-capacity spectator buildings. Unusually for a Greek stadium, it is closed at both ends. It measures c. 270 X 60 m, and has...
Curated Video
Italy, Pompeii Odeon
The Odeon was a smaller roofed theatre, theatrum tectum, that sat 1500 spectators built in 80 BC. The theatre follows the plan of other Roman theatres and odeon structures. Where the Large Theatre was used primarily for staging drama,...
Curated Video
Italy, Rome, Roman Forum - Basilica Julia
The Basilica Julia was a structure that once stood in the Roman Forum. It was a large, ornate, public building used for meetings and other official business during the early Roman Empire. Its ruins have been excavated. What is left from...
History Hit
Hadrians Wall: The walls characteristics
What were the characteristics of the wall? What else was created along the wall? How was the wall patrolled? Hadrians Wall, Part 2
Mr Henry's Music World
Thanksgiving for Music Class: Boomwhackers, Rhythms & Body Percussion [Beginner Version]
A super fun thanksgiving song for music class!
60 Second Histories
A Roman legionary's clothing
This short video explores the basic clothing worn by a legionary using latin names such as bracae for the trousers and caligae for the sandals
Curated Video
Turkey, Aphrodisias - the Theatre
The original theatre of Aphrodisias in Asia Minor in Turkey, dates from the Late Hellenistic period, but it was extensively renovated between 38 and 28 BC. An architrave inscription records that the remodeled theater was dedicated to...
Weird History
What It Was Like To Live In Ancient Rome During Its Golden Age
Ancient Rome was at its apex from the second century BC through the second century AD. During the Pax Romana of the first and second centuries AD, Rome benefited from the expansion of its empire, with vast amounts of wealth and diverse...
Curated Video
Turkey, Aphrodisias - the Bouleuterion (Odeon)
The bouleuterion (council house), or odeon, is centered on the north side of the North Agora. As it stands today, it consists of a semicircular auditorium fronted by a shallow stage structure about 46 m wide. The lower part of the...
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Turkey, Aphrodisias - Hadrian's Baths
Hadrian, the Roman Emperor, came to Aphrodisias in one of his travels in Anatolia. The city council had erected these baths the memory of this visit. Baths consists of two large sections of men and women, who washed separately. There is...
Amor Sciendi
The School of Athens: Visually Representing the Flow of Knowledge
We begin a two part series on Raphael's The School of Athens, located inside the Vatican Museum in Vatican City. Originally this painting sat above the philosophy books owned by Pope Julius II.