The very land we call "ours" once belonged to others. How did ancient people live on that land? What was important to them? Are we more alike than we are different? Explore this collection to find answers.
The Catholic Church bans Nicolaus Copernicus's book on the 5th of March, 1616 (decades after his death). Why ban a book which Catholic Universities ha...
Alexander the Great trusted in his gods, and he paid attention to omens.
Meeting with a revered Taoist monk, in 1222, Genghis Khan unsuccessfully requested an elixir to prolong his life.
As a pyroclastic flow races toward Pompeii, people in the town fear for their lives.
Fossilized dinosaurs are found throughout the world. How might they have appeared when they were alive? How did the surrounding land app...
When he was twenty nine, the ruler of Qin sent one million soldiers to crush resistance in six neighboring states.
The Dead Sea Scrolls have been part of a touring exhibition for many years.
A pyroclastic surge - a deadly, fast-moving avalanche of searing gas and rock fragments - made its way toward Herculaneum.
Qin Shi Hunagdi ruled by fear.
How was Ying Zheng, China's first emperor, able to unify seven warring states which highly valued independence?
A prince, who was born Ying Zheng, became the First Emperor of China, who renamed himself Qin Shi Hunagdi. Who was he? How did he rule his ne...
To see fossilized dinosaur bones, in situ, and to learn how those fossils can provide clues about continental drift, check out this video clip from NA...
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