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Instructional Video12:05
Jabzy

Did Ancient People Sail around Africa? | Phoenicians, Carthage, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Africa

12th - Higher Ed
Did Ancient People Sail around Africa? | Phoenicians, Carthage, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Africa
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Instructional Video4:20
SciShow

The Ancient Footprints that Changed The Timeline of Human History

12th - Higher Ed
In the history of our species, we still don’t know exactly how and when early humans migrated across the world, but some ancient footprints might be helping us figure it out.
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Instructional Video11:26
TED Talks

TED: The timeless, ancient language of art | Wangechi Mutu

12th - Higher Ed
Using found materials and mesmerizing structures that unearth deep-rooted emotions, Wangechi Mutu's visual creations celebrate our collective history and explore how art communicates into the future. From ancient rock carvings in the...
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Instructional Video12:07
TED Talks

TED: How I'm discovering the secrets of ancient texts | Gregory Heyworth

12th - Higher Ed
Gregory Heyworth is a textual scientist; he and his lab work on new ways to read ancient manuscripts and maps using spectral imaging technology. In this fascinating talk, watch as Heyworth shines a light on lost history, deciphering...
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Instructional Video15:34
TED Talks

TED: A forgotten ancient grain that could help Africa prosper | Pierre Thiam

12th - Higher Ed
Forget quinoa. Meet fonio, an ancient "miracle grain" native to Senegal that's versatile, nutritious and gluten-free. In this passionate talk, chef Pierre Thiam shares his obsession with the hardy crop and explains why he believes that...
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Instructional Video4:37
Curated Video

Amaranth: From Ancient Staple to Modern Superfood

Pre-K - Higher Ed
This video explores the fascinating history and resilience of the ancient grain, amaranth. From its origins in Mesoamerica and its importance to the Aztec civilization, to its condemnation by the Spanish conquistadors and subsequent...
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Instructional Video3:00
Curated Video

Exploring the Ancient Wonders of Luxor, Egypt

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Explore the ancient wonders of Luxor, Egypt. Travel into the desert to witness the Valley of the Kings and Queens, where legendary pharaohs and royalty rest in sacred tombs adorned with mesmerizing reliefs and hieroglyphics. Luxor offers...
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Instructional Video5:21
TED-Ed

3 bizarre (and delightful) ancient theories about bird migration | Lucy Cooke

Pre-K - Higher Ed
In 1822, Count von Bothmer shot down a stork in Germany. However, the bird had already been impaled by a yard-long wooden spear. The stork had been speared in Africa and then flew over 2,500 km. This astonishing flight proved to be an...
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Instructional Video19:54
TED Talks

TED: The powerful stories that shaped Africa | Gus Casely-Hayford

12th - Higher Ed
In the vast sweep of history, even an empire can be forgotten. In this wide-ranging talk, Gus Casely-Hayford shares origin stories of Africa that are too often unwritten, lost, unshared. Travel to Great Zimbabwe, the ancient city whose...
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Instructional Video10:22
Brave Wilderness

We DISCOVERED Ancient Cave Paintings!

6th - 8th
In this episode of On Location, Coyote and the team discover ancient cave paintings while exploring in South Africa! Well known for its historical significant in early human culture, South Africa is home to some of the most important...
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Instructional Video3:52
SciShow

Humanity's New Cousin & An Ancient Giant Virus

12th - Higher Ed
SciShow News shares two amazing things from the deep past that have been discovered: a new ancient human relative, and a 30,000-year-old giant virus.
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Instructional Video5:16
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: The hidden treasures of Timbuktu | Elizabeth Cox

Pre-K - Higher Ed
On the edge of the vast Sahara desert, citizens snuck out of the city of Timbuktu and took to the wilderness. They buried chests in the desert sand, hid them in caves, and sealed them in secret rooms. Inside these chests was a treasure...
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Instructional Video26:40
Curated Video

Punic Wars from the Carthaginian Perspective | Animated History

Pre-K - Higher Ed
The ancient Mediterranean was the scene of an epic clash between two empires to determine who would control the area: the Roman Republic and Carthaginian Empire. In this video, we will examine the Punic Wars from the Cathaginian...
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Instructional Video5:07
SciShow

An Unexpected Tool to Track Ancient Civilizations...Bacteria

12th - Higher Ed
Scientists have used a bacteria that commonly infects us to track how ancient humans spread to the Americas from Siberia. And other scientists have discovered a new species of hyrax in the forests of Africa by listening to their barks...
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Instructional Video3:27
Curated Video

The Sand People: From Ancient Knowledge to Exploitation

Pre-K - Higher Ed
This video highlights the ancient culture of the Sand People in southern Africa, who possess extensive knowledge of the Kalahari desert and its plant life. Their expertise in identifying over 300 plant species, including the...
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Instructional Video4:04
Cerebellum

The Age Of Discovery - Ancient Voyages Of Discovery

9th - 12th
This program examines the important figures of this period, their motivations for exploring new lands, and their tragedies and successes. This video looks at early explorers from the Ancient Greek, Egyptian, Babylonians, Viking, and...
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Instructional Video8:33
Curated Video

Locating the Ancient Land of Punt

3rd - Higher Ed
New ReviewResearchers have discovered a 3,300-year-old baboon skull, believed to be the first clear example of a treasure brought back from the mythical Land of Punt by ancient Egyptians. Chemical analysis suggests the animal originated from a...
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Instructional Video7:41
Curated Video

Did An Ancient Pathogen Reshape Our Cells?

12th - Higher Ed
There is one - and only one - group of mammals that doesn’t have alpha-gal: the catarrhine primates, which are the monkeys of Africa and Asia, the apes, and us.
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Instructional Video8:10
TED Talks

Saki Mafundikwa: Ingenuity and elegance in ancient African alphabets

12th - Higher Ed
From simple alphabets to secret symbolic languages, graphic designer Saki Mafundikwa celebrates the many forms of written communication across the continent of Africa. He highlights the history and legacy that are embodied in written...
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Instructional Video12:07
Cerebellum

Prehistoric Man Human Evolution Lower Paleolithic - Homonids Leave Africa

9th - 12th
Experts now agree that Africa was the birthplace of humankind. Many of the oldest fossils have been discovered in Africa. Climatic changes and the Ice Age, which began close to three million years ago, gave rise to the spread of our...
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Instructional Video9:40
AllTime 10s

10 Archaeological Discoveries That Rewrote History

12th - Higher Ed
These 10 amazing archaeological discoveries changed the way we think about the modern world! From finding the first ever computer to finding ancient humans the size of Hobbits.
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Instructional Video11:43
Weird History

The Scariest Prisons In History

12th - Higher Ed
The concept of prisons as we know them today is relatively modern. In antiquity, jails served less as places of penitence and more as a purgatory before the final judgment of guilt, which was often punished either by enslavement or...
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Instructional Video3:38
The Africa Channel

The Soul of Ashanti: The history of the Golden Stool in Ghana

12th - Higher Ed
Trace the history of the Ashanti Kingdom’s Golden Stool -- one of the most important sacraments of the kingdom -- from the time it is believed to have arrived in 1695 to present day Ghana.
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Instructional Video4:35
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: The history of the world according to cats - Eva-Maria Geigl

Pre-K - Higher Ed
In ancient times, wildcats were fierce carnivorous hunters. And unlike dogs, who have undergone centuries of selective breeding, modern cats are genetically very similar to ancient cats. How did these solitary, fierce predators become...

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