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.

In 1368, as Europeans were enduring the miseries of the Black Death, rulers of Chinas Ming Dynasty began a huge project - a wall, made mostly of stone...

Determined that no foreigner (such as Genghis Khan) would ever rule China again, the Ming rulers fortified Chinas territory.

At the dawn of European history, Greece led the way with ground-breaking innovations.

Denmarks Tollund Man, an Iron-Age mummy, is so well-preserved that we can see the stubble on his face and the wrinkles above his eyes.

Believed to be a superpower of ancient Greece, Mycenae was home to King Agamemnon.

Based on archeological findings, experts have concluded that Neanderthals invented a kind of glue made from birch wood.

THIS CLIP DEPICTS THE LIFE OF NERO, A ROMAN EMPEROR, AND CONTAINS RE-ENACTMENTS OF REAL PEOPLE AND REAL EVENTS.

THIS CLIP DEPICTS THE LIFE OF NERO, A ROMAN EMPEROR, AND CONTAINS RE-ENACTMENTS OF REAL PEOPLE AND REAL EVENTS.

THIS CLIP DEPICTS THE LIFE OF NERO, A ROMAN EMPEROR, AND CONTAINS RE-ENACTMENTS OF REAL PEOPLE AND REAL EVENTS.

Nero became the Emperor of Rome in 54 AD.

THIS CLIP DEPICTS THE LIFE OF NERO, A ROMAN EMPEROR, AND CONTAINS RE-ENACTMENTS OF REAL PEOPLE AND REAL EVENTS.

THIS CLIP DEPICTS THE LIFE OF NERO, A ROMAN EMPEROR, AND CONTAINS RE-ENACTMENTS OF REAL PEOPLE AND REAL EVENTS.

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