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Check out our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/teded View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-myth-of-king-midas-and-his-golden-touch-iseult-gillespie In Greek mythology, King Midas is known as a rogue ruler whose antics...

The history of seafaring and sea travel is expansive and can be traced back thousands of years to the ancient world. This video is going to explore the development of ships and seafaring in the ancient world, the trade which was possible...

In this first part of of a three part series, we look at the history of Macau and how the Portuguese came to perpetually administer Macau over the centuries. Read the script here: https://www.sinospheres.com/looking-back-at-the-macau-handover/...

Hephthalites or White Huns were a mysterious group of warrior tribe. Largely nomadic, a part of the Hunnic tribes of Central Asia. They ruled over an expansive area stretching from the Central Asian lands all the way to the Indian Subcontinent...

Hephthalites or White Huns were a mysterious group of warrior tribe. Largely nomadic, a part of the Hunnic tribes of Central Asia. They ruled over an expansive area stretching from the Central Asian lands all the way to the Indian Subcontinent...

Concluding Part III, describes history of Hunas of India who had centers in the modern day Rajasthan, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh. They mixed with the local population in these regions. The other branch of White Huns of the Central Asia similarly...

Norse mythology was the belief of the people of Scandinavia around the Viking age between around 790 and 1100 CE. It consisted of cosmology or story of the beginning of the universe, nine realms of the world tree Yggdrasil and the end of...

Curator St John Simpson describes the fascinating and intricate tattoos found on Scythian bodies.

In this ancient history documentary we take a closer look at one of the most famous units of history, the Sacred Band of Thebes. The video begins with an over view of the the history of Thebes. We cover its mythology, founding in the bronze...

Ishtar was one of the most important goddesses in ancient Mesopotamia, and influenced many goddesses such as Athena, Aphrodite, Astarte.