Uncover the sunken remains of a 4th-century basilica in Turkey. Submerged beneath the waters of Lake Iznik for hundreds of years, the church could reveal crucial insights into the early days of Christianity. Join a team of international researchers as the...

Discover Narmer, Egypt’s first recorded pharaoh, his unification of Upper and Lower Egypt, and the iconic Narmer Palette that tells his story.

Visit Winchester, Hampshire England for a feast of historic buildings and stories from the past when Winchester was the Ancient Capital of England.

Confucius is one of history's most influential men - a sage, philosopher and teacher - who, with Socrates and Buddha, lived at an extraordinary time in the evolution of mankind's civilization.

Discover the true story behind shrunken heads—Indigenous ceremonial traditions, colonial exploitation, and the black-market replicas made for profit.

Discover the Cromlech of the Almendres in Évora, Portugal—an ancient 7,000-year-old stone circle older than Stonehenge, rich in mystery and ritual.

How was an ancient Egyptian faience amulet made? In this video, we uncover the materials, techniques, and ancient technology used by Egyptian craftspeople to create the faience amulets thousands of years ago.

When Alexander the Great marched into Egypt, he was hailed not as an invader but as a liberator — a foreign king crowned Pharaoh.

Join Diana Craig Patch, the Lila Acheson Wallace Curator in Charge of Egyptian Art, and Brendan Hainline, Research Associate in the Department of Egyptian Art to virtually explore the exhibition Divine Egypt, on view at The Met through January 19, 2026.

In 1992, a wooden boat was discovered buried 20ft beneath an underpass in Dover, Kent. Known as the Dover Boat, dating to around 1,520 BC, it’s the world’s oldest known seagoing vessel. Made of oak planks and yew wood, it carried cargo between Britain and...

Archaeologists Vinzenz and Ulrike Koch Brinkmann have spent the last 40 years dedicated to the study of polychromy—or “many colors” in Greek—in ancient sculpture. Once a fringe area of study, their research combats the misconception of white purity in anc...

The ancient world was actually really colorful.

This video is made to coincide with the exhibition 'Thread Memory: Embroidery from Palestine' at V&A Dundee which runs until Spring 2026, and the 'Tatreez: Palestinian Embroidery' display at V&A South Kensington until May 2026, curated by Jameel C...

Go back to a time before the invention of artificial light and experience a world petrified in the pitch of darkness...when fear ruled the night. Throughout the ages, real and imagined terror existed in the absence of light, and nighttime was anything but...

For as long as humans have walked the earth, ghostly tales of restless spirits and eerie encounters have haunted us. But have you ever wondered where these chilling stories first began?