Whether it's people, places or events which fuel "the news," the fabric of our lives is impacted by world events. This collection features stories from ancient to modern times.
One of the greatest musicians in Greece, Orpheus plays so beautifully that Eurydice (a wood nymph) is released from her tree-trunk domain.
By 1951, the Iranian government - led by its popular Prime Minister, Dr.
This documentary, from the BBC, acquaints us with the Pacific's "Ring of Fire." Also referred to as the "Circum Pacific Belt," the area compri...
"A New India" was born in August of 1947 split into two along religious lines.
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.
Because the clouds have cleared on Sunday morning - December 7, 1941 - every pilot has an unobstructed view as hundreds of Japanese airplanes approach...
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...
Perseus, so the legends say, was a son of Zeus. But ... he was a demigod because his mother was a mortal.
Following disastrous intrigues, perpetrated by his sister Sophia - who wanted to rule Russia - Peter and his brother witnessed the murder of their clo...
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