Discover the whole story behind the rise and fall of Ancient Egypt. Chart this ancient civilization's entire history from humble beginnings to the pyramids before its inevitable decline.

This episode of the 1960s TV show “America!” looks at the diverse attractions of New York’s Fifth Avenue.

Hollywood, despite the best efforts of executives and studio heads, has been gay since the day it was born. In this video we'll explore the first seventy years of Tinsel Town's not-so-private closet. From silent film and federal investigations to the gold...

Every year on Haitian Independence Day, Haitians celebrate their ancestors’ hard won freedom from slavery and French colonial rule by making soup joumou. Join Tank Ball as she explores what it means to use food to preserve the memory of home, and how the...

The bust of Queen Nefertiti is a big attraction in Berlin. But on the Nile, she’s sorely missed. The matter of ownership seems to be clear, formally at least. But since 1924, both Egypt and France have been demanding the return of the artwork.

In early colonial times, letter writers sent their correspondence to friends, merchants, and Native Americans via foot or horseback. Most of this correspondence, however, was between the colonists and family members back home in England. In 1633, the firs...

Though we usually take it for granted today, the development of a system that allows nearly anyone to hand off a package and trust that it will later arrive where you want it to was an incredible advancement, and one that is vital to modern life as we kno...

Barcodes, on most products properly called a UPC, or “Universal Product Code,” are now a necessity for everyday life, making it possible for the massive and complex trade networks and supply systems of the modern world to function. The History Guy remembe...

This lecture looks at the discovery, conservation and scientific examination of Leonardo's Salvator Mundi, the world's most costly picture.

This late 1950s / early 1960s era film from the TV series "The Big Picture" depicts the methods used in basic training at Fort Dix, New Jersey. Experience the American Journey through our country's visual heritage in this historical episode from the U.S....

Leonardo da Vinci is one of history's greatest artists and thinkers. Only about 15 of his paintings are known to exist and one was thought to be lost forever.

Four different institutions display a severed head they claim belonged to Saint John the Baptist. But which one is the real head?

There is an old saying: “Live every day like it’s your last.” We live in an unpredictable world and are threatened by everything from nuclear fallout to heart disease. But how many of us really live each day as if we’ll never get another?

On April 14, 1912, the unsinkable Titanic fell to the ocean floor. Today, hundreds of recovered objects tell the story of that tragic night and the souls that were lost to the sea. Here are 13 of the most fascinating.

This extraordinary costume was designed by Serge Sudeikin for prima ballerina Tamara Karsavina for the 1913 ballet 'La Tragédie de Salomé', performed by Serge Diaghilev’s iconic Ballets Russes.