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Let's take a tour of Edo, Japan's capital (now Tokyo) during the Tokugawa Period.

Bastet is the ancient Egyptian goddess of the home and domesticity, women's secrets, fertility, childbirth, and cats. Although probably best known in the modern day as the goddess of cats, especially since she was often depicted in cat form...

With Sara Őberg Strådal, Research Associate in the Manuscript and Printed Books Department.

Samurai were elite and highly skilled warriors that arose in the tenth century in Japan. They performed military service using a bow or swords of varying lengths and were essential components of Medieval Japanese armies. The samurai were...

Some of the most famous ancient Egyptian pharaohs including Ramesses II, also known as Ramesses the Great, come from the New Kingdom period of Egypt during the eighteenth and nineteenth dynasties. It was during this time that the title pharaoh...

With an enemy at the gates, Paris puts its prisoners to the sword...

World History Encyclopedia and the Study of Antiquity and the Middle Ages have come together to bring you an interview with Arienne King, all about abortion and family planning in the ancient world. The concept of abortion and contraception...

Sainte Chapelle 4K UHD tour Inside the Sainte Chapelle in Paris. The Sainte-Chapelle is a royal chapel in the Gothic style, within the medieval Palais de la Cité, the residence of the Kings of France until the 14th century in Paris, France...

The Faiyum (Fayum) mummy portraits were unearthed by the Egyptologist Flinders Petrie (though others had been found elsewhere earlier) and they were so impressive, expressive and life-like that Flinders Petrie thought that the subjects must...

The Tower in France where Marie Durand was imprisoned for 38 years for bring a protestant. Explore this tower in 360 Video.