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Sarah Parcak: Archeology from space
Video by TED

Sarah Parcak: Archeology from space

http://www.ted.com In this short talk, TED Fellow Sarah Parcak introduces the field of "space archeology" — using satellite images to search for clues to the lost sites of past civilizations. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best...
New York Kouros, c. 590–580 BCE
Video by Smarthistory

New York Kouros, c. 590–580 BCE

Marble Statue of a Kouros (New York Kouros), c. 590–580 BCE (Attic, archaic), Naxian marble, 194.6 x 51.6 cm (The Metropolitan Museum of Art) Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker
Neo-Assyrian Water Basin from Assur
Video by Osama SM Amin

Neo-Assyrian Water Basin from Assur

This water basin was originally cut from a single basalt block. When it was discovered, it was completely shattered into several pieces. It was located in one of the courtyards of the temple of Assur. On the corners and in the center of each...
Sam'al Stela of the Assyrian King Esarhaddon
Video by Osama SM Amin

Sam'al Stela of the Assyrian King Esarhaddon

This commemorative basalt stela depicts the Assyrian king Esarhaddon worshiping gods and symbols of gods. The king's left hand holds a royal mace and two ropes. These ropes pass through the lips of two captives. The kneeling smaller figure...
The Antonine Wall in Scotland
Video by romanfrontiers

The Antonine Wall in Scotland

The Antonine Wall in Scotland is the northernmost frontier monument of the Roman Empire. In 2008 this archaeological monument became a UNESCO World Heritage Site. This video was created 2007 within the framework of the European project "Frontiers...
The Ishtar Gate of Babylon at the Pergamon Museum, Berlin
Video by Osama SM Amin

The Ishtar Gate of Babylon at the Pergamon Museum, Berlin

This gate was built at the northern side of the city of Babylon by the king Nebuchadnezzar II in 575 BCE. It was the eighth gate into the city of Babylon, Mesopotamia (modern Babil Governorate, Iraq). The gate was built with glazed bricks...
War and the Moche - Behind the scenes at the Horniman Museum
Video by Horniman Museum and Gardens

War and the Moche - Behind the scenes at the Horniman Museum

Like the proverbial iceberg, there is much more to a museum and its collection than you can see at any one time. Keeper of Anthropology, Wayne Modest, takes us behind the scenes to show us some of his favourite pieces. This collection...
Ruins of Paikuli Tower
Video by Osama SM Amin

Ruins of Paikuli Tower

The tower lies on a hill near Barkal, a modern village south-west of Lake Darband-i-Khan, Sulaimaniya Governorate, Iraq. It was set up as a monument commemorating the victory of the Sassanian king Narseh over his nephew Warham III. The inscriptions...
Alexander Sarcophagus
Video by Smarthistory

Alexander Sarcophagus

The Alexander Sarcophagus, c. 312 B.C.E., Pentelic marble and polychromy, found in Sidon, 195 x 318 x 167 cm (İstanbul Archaeological Museums) Speakers: Dr. Elizabeth Macaulay-Lewis and Dr. Steven Zucker
Lamassu from the citadel of Sargon II
Video by Smarthistory

Lamassu from the citadel of Sargon II

Lamassu (winged human-headed bulls possibly lamassu or shedu) from the citadel of Sargon II, Dur Sharrukin (now Khorsabad, Iraq), Neo-Assyrian, c. 720-705 B.C.E., gypseous alabaster, 4.20 x 4.36 x 0.97 m, excavated by P.-E. Botta 1843-44...
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