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British Museum Scientist Aude Mongiatti shares some of her research on the Oxus treasure, a selection of beautiful gold and silver objects from the 5th and 4th centuries BC. Some of the objects from the Oxus treasure are on display in...

With the third installment of Marvel's Thor Ragnarok soon to be released I thought I'd talk about one of my favourite characters Heimdall the guardian on Asgard.

The Ides of March marks the day of the assassination of Julius Caesar in 44 BCE. On the 15th of March, some of Julius Caesar's enemies and even friends turned against him in the fear that he was becoming too much like a king, especially since...

A conversation between David Silverman and Aquinnah Wampanoag tribal elder David Vanderhoop around the myth of Thanksgiving and how it fits into broader misconceptions of our country and its Indigenous history. Originally presented as...

The Wampanoag are a Native American tribe from the northeastern United States. They were there when the Pilgrims arrived in 1620 and they are still there today. Learn about their lives long ago by meeting two modern-day Wampanoag girls.To...

We Are Still Here explores 400 years of Wampanoag history and how the arrival of European colonists would forever change their way of life. While the Native American tribe on the east coast of America would form an uneasy alliance with...

Before the Mayflower arrived in 1620, thousands of indigenous nations lived on the northeast coast of North America. The pilgrims aboard the Mayflower arrived in the territory of the Wampanoag Nation. Learn more about Wampanoag history and...

In this episode we look at five women who prove that “well-behaved” women don’t make Jamestown history.

Part one of “Beyond Brideships” compares the Jamestown Brides of 1619-1621 with the “Filles du Roi” of Quebec and examines the misunderstood agency of these women.

The Mystic massacre took place on May 26, 1637, during the Pequot War, when English settlers under Captain John Mason, and Narragansett and Mohegan allies set fire to a fortified Pequot village near the Mystic River. They shot any people...