Videos

For three years, a research team from the British Museum, the University of Reading, Royal Holloway University of London and the Universidad Nacional de San Cristobal de Huamanga set out to discover...

Mummies: Images of the Afterlife will begin touring in September, 2015. Stay tuned to see them visiting a museum near you! http://bit.ly/1zPgGs0 Major thanks to JP Brown and the staff of the Regenstein Pacific Lab for allowing...

Using a combination of Total War: ATTILA in game footage and live action footage of professional stunt riders*, historian Dr Paul Harrison talks us through the ruthless and dramatic life of the...

Dael retells the tale of the blind seer Tiresias, and just how he managed to become a blind seer in the first place. Featuring lots of heteronormativity, a reliance on a gender dichotomy that doesn’t...

In which John presents Mesopotamia, and the early civilizations that arose around the Fertile Crescent. Topics covered include the birth of territorial kingdoms, empires, Neo-Assyrian torture tactics, sacred...

Crash Course World History is now available on DVD! Visit http://dft.ba/-CCWHDVD to buy a set for your home or classroom. You can directly support Crash Course at http://www.subbable.com/crashcourse...

In which John Green teaches you about the Indus Valley Civilization, one of the largest of the ancient civilizations. John teaches you the who, how, when, where and why of the Indus Valley Civilization...

In which John covers the long, long history of ancient Egypt, including the Old, Middle and New Kingdoms, and even a couple of intermediate periods. Learn about mummies, pharaohs, pyramids and the Nile with...

In which John relates a condensed history of India, post-Indus Valley Civilization. John explores Hinduism and the origins of Buddhism. He also gets into the reign of Ashoka, the Buddhist emperor who...

In which John compares and contrasts Greek civilization and the Persian Empire. Of course we're glad that Greek civilization spawned modern western civilization, right? Maybe not. From Socrates and...