60 Second Histories
Ancient Greek gods
A priestess describes the Olympians; the Ancient Greek gods like Zeus, Apollo, Artemis and Poseidon.
Mythology & Fiction Explained
Ovid's Metamorphoses: A Collection of Roman Myths Everyone Must Read! - (Roman/Greek Mythology)
Mythology & Fiction Explained explores five tales from Ovid's Metamorphoses.
Curated Video
Turkey, Ancient city of Priene
Priene was an ancient Greek city of Ionia at the base of an escarpment of Mycale, about 6 kilometres north of the then course of the Maeander River, 67 kilometres from ancient Anthea, 15 kilometres from ancient Aneon and 25 kilometres...
Bloomberg
Athenahealth CEO: We Need Silence on Obamacare Mandates
Dec.16 -- Jonathan Bush, co-founder and chief executive officer at Athenahealth, explains how his company stands to benefit from potential changes by President-elect Donald Trump to the Affordable Care Act. He speaks with Bloomberg's...
Curated Video
South Africa - Olympic Committee annual dinner
The President of the Athens 2004 Olympic bid, Gianna
Angelopoulos Daskalaki, addressed a banquet held by the National
Olympic Committee of South Africa (NOCSA) on Saturday (1/11).
In her speech, Mrs Daskalaki tried to encourage South...
Curated Video
Acropolis Caryatid statues get laser face-lift
AP Television
Athens, Greece - 28 March 2014
1. Medium of the Acropolis Parthenon, view from the Acropolis Museum
2. Wide of the Acropolis, view from the Acropolis Museum
3. Wide of the interior of the museum and the floor where the...
Curated Video
Migrants set-up makeshift camp near Idomeni
Migrants in an improvised camp near the Greek town of Evzoni, close to Idomeni, said they would prefer to stay in illegal camps rather than go to organised shelters which, they believe, have worse conditions.Jahina al Ali from Syria said...
Curated Video
Athens' first official mosque scheduled to open in April
LEAD INAthens, the only European Union capital without an official place of worship for Muslims, will get its first state-funded mosque at the end of April. STORY-LINE:Tzistarakis Mosque sits in the shadow of the Acropolis.But no Muslims...
Curated Video
Migrants face difficult conditions in Libyan detention centre
Detained migrants at a main detention centre in the Libyan capital Tripoli received medical examinations on Sunday after international pressure was put on officials there to improve conditions and the treatment of detainees.
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Curated OER
Engineering an Empire - Greece, Part 4/5
How do you lift a 10 ton drum of marble block? How do you get blocks of marble to stay together without mortar? Part four of this five-part series focuses on the engineering challenges involved in building the Parthenon. Once again, the...
Curated OER
Engineering an Empire - Greece, Part 5/5
"There are no straight lines in the Parthenon." The series concludes with a look at the optical illusions involved in the engineering of the Parthenon. Mixing animated images and current video, the producers bring alive this famous...
Curated OER
Ancient Athens Part 2
Mixing modern day footage with beautifully animated reconstructions, this History Channel video focuses on the Acropolis, the high point, or citadel, of Athens. A great introduction to this wonder of the ancient world for your world...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Ancient Greece: Lesson 2
This lesson will present an overview of Ancient Greece. It is 2 of 3 in the series titled "Ancient Greece."
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Bonnie Greer on the Parthenon Sculptures at the British Museum
Playwright, author and British Museum trustee, Bonnie Greer celebrates the enduring beauty and humanity of the Parthenon Sculptures.The Parthenon was built as a temple dedicated to the goddess Athena. It was the centerpiece of an...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Can I Learn About Greek Mythology at the Met?
Join Iren, age 9, in the Greek and Roman galleries as she shares what she knows about ancient Greek gods and goddesses!
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Tracing the Colors of Ancient Sculpture
In this video [3:07] using ultraviolet and raking light, archaeologist Vinzenz Brinkmann examines sculptures of Athena and Paris from the Temple of Aphasia, in the Glyptothek in Munich revealing evidence of their original color.