Jesse Owens – The Athlete who Beat the Nazi in Berlin
Before there was Usain Bolt, there was Jesse Owens. Back in the 1930s, Owens was one of the best athletes in the...
History documentaries
Alfred Jewel – A priceless piece of jewelry
You cannot put price on everything. One of the popular slogans of Mastercard is “priceless, for everything else there...
Did Keno Really Build the Great Wall of China?
One of the funniest and most interesting conspiracy theories is that the Great Wall of China was actually built thanks...
Carthage: The Roman Holocaust
When Rome was still in its infancy, Carthage was the dominant power of the Mediterranean. However, as Rome grew,...
Mathematics Explains The Universe – Full Documentary
Pythagoras has been widely regarded as the first true mathematician. He established the Pythagorean school, whose...
The Story of Maths
"Four-part series on the history of mathematics, presented by Oxford professor Marcus du Sautoy. In the first episode,...
Frances Folsom Cleveland: The Woman that Popularized the term “First Lady”
Almost 100 years before Princess Diana married Prince Charles, or Jackie Kennedy married John F. Kennedy, the marriage...
Israel’s War (BBC Documentary)
The Arab-Israeli War is one of the oldest conflicts in modern history. The first Arab-Israeli war started in 1948, and...
The Vietnam War: Reasons for Failure – Why the U.S. Lost
People are still asking “What went wrong in Vietnam”? It is hard to justify the war, since veterans didn’t like the...
History Channel-The Real Story of Christmas
Christmas is one of the oldest traditions around the world. Almost every nation around the world celebrates Christmas....
Three Ancient Roman Hygiene Habits that Will Surprise You
You cannot deny the impact Ancient Rome had on science, philosophy, medicine, technology, and many other subjects....
Pyramids of Sudan – The Forgotten Nubian Pyramids
Did you know Sudan has almost twice as many Pyramids as Egypt? To be precise, Sudan has 255 pyramids scattered across...
Protestant Reformation
This BBC documentary summarizes and explains one of the most pivotal points in western history; The Reformation. After...
The Story of Hannibal: The Nightmare of the Roman Empire
Hannibal was a Carthaginian general and statesman who commanded Carthage’s main forces against the Roman Republic...
England: The Middle Ages
This documentary is concerned with the timeframe of England`s history, beginning from the Roman military withdrawal...
A Brief History of Timekeeping
Nowadays, we have clocks everywhere. And we can check the time in an instant. But how do humans kept time? How do they...
The Rise and Fall of Germany – Hitler’s Story
The Second World War might be long over, but the image of Adolph Hitler still represents the ultimate evil. The legacy...
Ghosts of Rwanda
The Rwandan Genocide was the most bloody event of the 90s. Over the course of 100 days over 800,000 men women and...