Videos

To celebrate LGBT History Month, the UCL Petrie Museum created an LGBT History Trail of objects that tell of homosexuality in ancient Egypt. It also considered some of the mythology and stories that construct ancient Egyptian sexuality. John...

Jessica says, "I'm an archaeologist, adventurer, and lover of all things ancient! I have an Honours BA in Near Eastern and Classical Archaeology from Wilfrid Laurier University and I am in the process of receiving my Master's of Human Osteology...

Kathering says, "I graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara, with degrees in Anthropology, Communication, and Art History. I have traveled fairly extensively worldwide to destinations including Thailand, Greece, England...

The reconstruction of ancient roman baths of Caracalla, one of the biggest in the whole ancient world. http://world3dhistory.com/?lang=en - Please visit the site with my reconstructions

More free lessons at: http://www.khanacademy.org/video?v=8jFxkEQacVA Bodhisattva, probably Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin), Northern Qi dynasty, c. 550—60, Shanxi Province, China, sandstone with pigments, 13-3/4 feet / 419.1 cm high (Metropolitan...

Learn about Bodh Gaya, one of several sights in India associated with the birth of Buddhism.

A short documentary on The Stupa, a hemispherical mound that represents the burial mound of the Buddha.

The life and death of Gebelein Man Found in around 1896, the mummy known as Gebelein man was buried in about 3500 BC at the site of Gebelein in Upper Egypt. He has been in the British Museum collection for over 100 years, but it was not...

More free lessons at: http://www.khanacademy.org/video?v=cxs1d3N60UI The Seated Scribe​, c. 2620-2500 B.C.E., c. 4th Dynasty, Old Kingdom, painted limestone with rock crystal, magnesite, and copper/arsenic inlay for the eyes and wood for...

More free lessons at: http://www.khanacademy.org/video?v=ryycDVWXDvc House Altar depicting Akhenaten, Nefertiti and Three of their Daughters, limestone, New Kingdom, Amarna period, 18th dynasty, c.1350 BCE (Ägyptisches Museum/Neues Museum...