Getty Museum
The Making of a Roman Silver Cup
Ancient Roman silversmiths developed their craft to the highest levels of refinement and beauty. Applying fire and basic tools to the shaping of precious metals, many of their sophisticated techniques are still used today. This video...
60 Second Histories
Egyptian gods - part 3
An Egyptian priestess describes some of the more unusual animal gods the Egyptians prayed to like Bast, the cat goddess and Sobek who has the head of a crocodile.
NativLang
Thoth's Pill - an Animated History of Writing
My animation takes you through the birth and evolution of writing. Watch the story of the world's scripts unfold, from the early cave days to modern writing systems. But only if you choose to take Thoth's Pill... This animated...
Curated Video
Fragments As Clues - Roman Funerary Monuments (1/7)
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Weird History
What Was It Like In Rome's Golden Age
What was Ancient Rome like? It had a little bit of everything. The city of Rome was a bustling urban center full of commoners, animals, and politicians - all running into each other on crowded streets, in public buildings, and at any...
Curated Video
Easy Math Trick No One Taught You - How Ancient Egyptians Divided Numbers
The ancient Egyptians used a division method we call "partial quotients." It's a quick an intuitive way to do division. Also check out how ancient Egyptians multiplied numbers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHXsKyVSPOU Then read why...
Free School
All About the Olympics for Kids - The History and Symbols of The Olympics: FreeSchool
https://patreon.com/freeschool - Help support more content like this! The Olympics are a famous world-wide sporting event that takes place every few years. They have a history based in the ancient Greek Olympics, but there are new...
Curated Video
History of Turkey Documentary
Turkey is positioned uniquely on the globe. The beautiful peninsula is sited between the continents of Europe and Asia. Historically, Turkey has a rich background and although it is modern you can see its traditions and ethnicities here....
Curated Video
History and methods of pyramid construction
How did pyramid construction methods change over time? From our online course, "Pyramids of Giza: Ancient Egyptian Art and Archaeology":...
Curated Video
The Mystery and History of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, were a breathtaking feat of engineering and beauty. Located in Iraq, these gardens were built by the son of King Hammurabi for his homesick wife, featuring...
Masaman
Extinct Romans
What happened to the groups of Romans outside of Rome that went extinct over the millennia? The Romans are possibly the most influential empire to have ever existed; revered and acknowledged around the globe as the apex civilization of...
60 Second Histories
The Rosetta Stone
This short history video explains what the Rosetta Stone is; its discovery and why it was important in helping scholars discover the meaning of the Egyptian hieroglyphics.
Infognostica
Aboriginals of Australia and the Out of Africa theory (Human Histories Part 1)
The aboriginals may be living proof that our current understanding of ancient history could be wrong. Their very existence on this remote island raises more questions than it does answers. The Out of Africa theory in this instance falls...
NativLang
Chinese is NOT picture writing! - History of Writing Systems #5 (Determinatives)
Watch this ancient Chinese scribe figure out how to use a fixed set of characters to write limitless words in his language. How? By combining meaning writing (logographs) and sound writing (rebus)! The result is a set of helpful hints...
NativLang
CAPS Unlock - the history behind uppercase & lowercase letters
The ancient alphabet was a single scratchy list of letters. So where did BIG UPPERCASE and little lowercase forms of our alphabet come from? Take a look at the history of our strange writing system and wonder... Who came first? Was it...
Lindybeige
Roman Latin - the language of the Caesars?
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Gresham College
Discovering the Port of Roman London - Dr Gustav Milne
Roman London was founded on the banks of the Thames to take advantage of the tidal river for traffic trade and communications. But precisely where were the bridge and the harbour, and what did they look like? The remains of Roman vessels...
Cerebellum
Ancient Rome - The Dynasties Of Rome
For centuries, Italy was the center of civilization, with its capital in Rome, “the Eternal City”. The Romans created the largest empire the ancient world ever saw. Its influence extended outward and in time encompassed almost the entire...
12tone
What Did Ancient Rome Sound Like?
Try Nebula free for 7 days: https://watchnebula.com It's hard to imagine now, but in a world like the ancient Roman Empire, the very concept of sound and music was most likely incredibly different from what we know today. In the first of...
Gresham College
Rosetta: From Ancient Egypt to a Comet - Professor Ian Wright
An introduction to Rosetta - both the stone and the European Space Agency mission - and to the life's work of Colin Pillinger, who inspired the connection:...
The British Museum
Why did ancient Egyptians wear wigs?
Curator John Taylor explains the cultural significance of wigs and hair in ancient Egypt. Ancient lives, new discoveries is an exhibition at the British Museum 22 May 2014 – 12 July 2015 Sponsored by Julius Baer Technology partner...
English Heritage
Why Was Hadrian’s Wall Built? | Animated History
The creation of Hadrian’s Wall was a project without precedence in ancient Europe. How and why did the Romans build this ingenious structure? Visit Hadrian's Wall: https://goo.gl/N29B75 SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL:...
Curated Video
Human Remains Expose Gruesome German History
Bones found in the forests of Germania relay the brutality of an ancient battle between Arminius and the Roman legions. The wounds are a gruesome snapshot of 1,000-year-old casualties. From: PERFECT STORMS: The Lost Legions...
Curated Video
The D'Arpino Frescoes - Myth at the Heart of the Roman Empire (6/7)
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