Videos

Historian Bill Walker takes us on a virtual tour of sites around Chorley related to the history of Myles Standish and his heritage and legacy. Due to current restrictions, a physical Myles Standish exhibition has not been possible...

The author of The Life and Death of Ancient Cities, Greg Woolf talks about the history of cities in the ancient world. Why did all cities not survive? What constitutes a city? How long have humans been creating cities? All of these questions...

Caryatids Ancient Greek Dance Company of Dora Stratou Theater Dancers: Ms. Anah Sari Ms. Svetlana Volkova Ms. Nataliya Dovhopol Ms. Katerina Tsagka Ms. Rossella Rubini The Bollywood and Multicultural Dance Festival is Greece's...

This chalice dates from the early 9th century AD and was found in 1980 on a monastic site at Derrynaflan, Co. Tipperary This chalice is part of a hoard of altar vessels found in 1980 on a monastic site at Derrynaflan, Co. Tipperary. An...

Medieval History: Hygiene in the Tudor Era (1485 - 1603) #Medieval #SeeUinHistory #History

Experience what it was like to cook in a Tudor kitchen, through the eyes of young English Heritage Members’ Adham and Olivia. They go inside the grounds of Gainsborough Old Hall to meet Tudor cook, Thomas Griffin, cook to Lord William of...

There were many Female Pharaohs and Queens in Ancient Egypt who exercised amounts of power and authority, and this video will introduce you to the most famous ones. Spanning from the Early Dynastic Period with Neithhotep and Merneith, to...

In this documentary we explore another one of the Misunderstood Moments in History which has to do with the origin of Halloween. This dates back to the Celtic traditions from the bronze age Hallstatt and later La Tene culture. We discuss...

A video on the moveable type printing press, an invention credited to Johannes Gutenberg in the 1540s CE in Mainz, Germany.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Roman Satire. Much of Roman culture was a development of their rich inheritance from the Greeks. But satire was a form the Romans could claim to have invented. The grandfather of Roman satire, Ennius, was also...