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.

Lifting the siege of Beijing, Genghis Khan ordered total annihilation of the city and its residents.

Even though the people of Beijing had been without food for so long, because Genghis Khans men attacked their suppliers, the city still had a powerful...

Working on their creation, in the Hammond Lab, Jurassic World scientists use the DNA of Giganotosaurus to create Indominus Rex.

This is a trailer for the film, Gladiator, starring Russell Crowe and Joaquin Phoenix.

In this scene from The Greatest Story Ever Told, we see a pivotal part of the story when Jesus commands Lazarus (who died some days before) to leave h...

Thousands of years ago, the Great Library at Alexandria was "the world's first major seat of learning."  Some historians consider it "the birthpl...

Why did the First Emperor of China, and later rulers (especially the Ming Dynasty), build a great wall?

When the Romans first built Hadrian's Wall, in the northern part of Britannia (England), they also constructed many different "milecastles" along its ...

It's the Ides of March, and Julius Caesar receives a warning from the shadows. See an animated version of Shakespeare's famous play.

The Inca Empire, in South America, lasted about a century.

In this clip of "Julius Caesar," Brutus takes action as Caesar asks: "Et, tu, Brute?"

WARNING: THIS CLIP CONTAINS AN ANIMATED VERSION OF DEATHS BY STABBING FROM SHAKESPEARE'S FAMOUS PLAY, JULIUS CAESAR.

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