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Ancient Greece: Developments in Medical Knowledge
This brief video examines the various developments in medical knowledge and human anatomy.

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Ancient Rome: Developments in Surgery
This brief video describes the developments in surgical procedures in ancient Rome.

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Ancient Rome: Medical Beliefs and Treatments
This brief video examines the various beliefs regarding medicine in ancient Rome, as well as the treatments discovered in response to medical ailments.

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Philosophy and the Practice of Medicine in Ancient Egypt
This series, "A Futuristic Look at Ancient Lenses: A Symposium on Ancient Egypt" focuses on topics and discussions from Ancient Egypt, and involved scholars from across the Eastern Illinois University Campus. In this video, Dr. Kip McGilliard...

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The Technology of Medicine in the Pharaonic Age
This series, "A Futuristic Look at Ancient Lenses: A Symposium on Ancient Egypt" focuses on topics and discussions from Ancient Egypt, and involved scholars from across the Eastern Illinois University Campus. In this video, Dr. Thomas Hawkins...

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A History of Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome
In this video, Dr. Maria Vlachaki presents a lecture on the history of medicine in ancient Greece and Rome

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What if writing didn't exist? - History of Writing Systems #1
Writing... awesome technology or unnatural intrusion? Why did humans start writing? What would our world be like without writing? Here begins the tale of Thoth and Thamus, two legendary Egyptians arguing over the value of writing. Will...

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The birth of writing! - History of Writing Systems #2 (Pictographs in a cave)
Writing started out as pictures? Yep! Journey to a cave full of pictographs in ancient France and see how it all began. You just took Thoth's Pill. Now watch as early cave paintings turn into pictographs and ideographs. Where will history...

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How writing got civilized - History of Writing Systems #3 (Logographs)
Watch prehistoric pictures turn into written words as ancient civilizations around the world learn to write for the very first time! You took Thoth's Pill. Now your journey continues. Leave the cave days behind and take a leap into history...

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Pronouncing pictures! - History of Writing Systems #4 (Rebus writing)
Watch ancient Sumerians figure out how to use pictures to write sounds for the first time in history. See why the Egyptians disagree with their approach. Meaning writing (logographs) let early writers get civilized and document their thoughts...