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Sheila explores the sophistication of prehistoric cave painters. Learn about the techniques and pigments they used, and how much effort went into getting just the right colour! If you like our videos, please support us by becoming a member...

Forget the comics, let's have a look at the real ancient history of the ant-men! The Myrmidons were loyal to Achilles and fought with such a strength that they were descended from both the ant and the gods. If you like our videos, please...

The Seikilos Stele contains the the oldest complete song and dates to c.100 BCE. This video explores how the stele was found and how the song sounds; it is sung at 2:28 As long as you live, shine forth do not at all grieve, Life exists...

Drawing of the Peacock Angel, one of the most important figures in Yazidism. The Peacock Angel is God's representative on Earth and is responsible for revealing divine secrets to the Yazidis every 1,000 years. Yazidi tradition states that...

The Silk Road was a network of trading routes that connected a number of different regions in the ancient world, stretching over four thousand miles from China, through India and Asia Minor and through Mesopotamia and the African continent...

Learn all about the Roman Empire! This short introduction with Kelly Macquire discusses how the Roman Empire started, some of the key events and emperors, and how it eventually fell. The Roman Empire was the largest empire the ancient world...

Before chocolates, roses and letters from your valentine were given on Valentines Day, there was the Ancient Roman Festival of the Lupercalia in honour of both the agricultural god Luperca and the she-wolf who sucked Romulus and Remus, Lupus...

There were many factors that contributed to the fall of the Western Roman Empire, all of which will be discussed throughout the video. The Western Roman Empire took 300 years to decline before it eventually fell in c. 476 CE. The Eastern...

Ancient World VR by Lithodomos is a new website that allows you to explore 22 guided virtual sites! These sites are reconstructed sites, both popular and less known from the Ancient World, Renaissance period, Neolithic period, and even colonial...

Sappho of Lesbos was considered one of the greatest poets of her time. Ancient scholars included her among the illustrious Nine Lyric Poets - a list of the most important and influential poets of the age who mirrored the Nine Muses. Sappho...