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 ancient Olympics began in about the eighth century, B.
So highly regarded were winning athletes, in the ancient Olympic games, that their names were used in the Greek calendar.
The ancient Greeks consulted the Oracle at Delphi for every important issue, from war to personal matters.
One of the greatest musicians in Greece, Orpheus plays so beautifully that Eurydice (a wood nymph) is released from her tree-trunk domain.
Part two of the story of Orpheus and Eurydice.
Part three of the story of Orpheus and Eurydice.
The Parthenon is a surviving wonder of Ancient Greece.
Arising from a field of ruins on the Athenian Acropolis, a sacred hill, the Parthenon commemorated the city-states ultimate victory over the Persians ...
This video concludes the story of how the Athenian Parthenon was conceived and built.
In this clip from "Pompeii: The Last Day," we step back in time to learn what happened when Vesuvius powerfully exploded, burying the towns of Pompeii...
Perseus - an ancestor of Heracles in Greek mythology (Hercules in Roman) - was cast adrift in a sea chest not long after he was born.
After Perseus became a young man, he was sent on a mission to destroy a once-beautiful-girl-turned-monster, named Medusa:When Perseus was grown up Pol...
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