Ancient Places and/or Civilizations Videos

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.

Perseus, so the legends say, was a son of Zeus. But ... he was a demigod because his mother was a mortal.

In his second letter (6.

Rameses II, known as "The Great," built a wonderful city named after himself which he called Piramesse.  Because so much had been written abou...

WARNING: THIS CLIP, AND ITS DESCRIPTION, CONTAINS CLOSE-UPS OF ART WORK WHICH MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR VIEWING BY YOUNG CHILDREN.

Roman games included wild animals.

Ancient Romans knew they could watch gladiatorial games wherever they traveled in the empire.

The best of the beast fighters were trained in special schools, just like gladiators.  Their favorite weapon was the spear.  The audience-...

If a beast fighter could defeat a bear or a lion during the games, he would be held in very high esteem.

As Rome conquered more and more far-flung lands, the empire was able to produce more gladiators.

Have you ever wondered how people in Roman times made their glass vessels?

Every bout did not result in the death of a gladiator.

To kill a man for no reason, and just because it was expected of him in a game, was extremely difficult.

Show tooltips