Videos

This image focuses on the ceremonial bed in the middle, one out of three found in the first antechamber. It depicts the Celestial Cow (Carter no. 73). Stacked up beneath it are 48 white wooden boxes (Carter no. 62) in which discoverer Howard...

The Book of the Celestial Cow is one of the classic pieces of Egyptian funerary texts from the New Kingdom - the story of Re, Hathor, and the near destruction of humanity by the Eye of Re (Hathor-Sekhmet).

Here is the celestial bed from King Tut’s grave at the Egyptian Museum of Antiquities. It is gold-leafed. This is in the original museum building and absolutely mind-blowing!

Sue Brunning (and her trusty foam sword) are back for another sword story. This time Sue takes us up close and personal with one of the most famous swords ever discovered. #CuratorsCorner #SwordswithSue #SuttonSue

In which John Green teaches you about the Crusades embarked upon by European Christians in the 12th and 13th centuries. Our traditional perception of the Crusades as European Colonization thinly veiled in religion isn't quite right. John...

A documentary summarising the Crusades.

A documentary on the history of pilgrimage.

A short documentary on the key aspects of Viking exploration.

A documentary based on the journal of the 5th century BCE Carthaginian explorer Hanno.

A documentary on the history of pulque in Mesoamerica.