History documentaries

For more than three centuries, the House of Romanov ruled Russia. The direct male line came to end in 1762, when...

He wrote his name in blood on the sidewalks of New York and became the boss of all bosses. Arriving in the United...

Germany lost World War II, and as a loser, had to pay heavy fines and punishments. But what was life actually in...

The Mongol Empire existed during the 13th and 14th century. At the time, and still, it is the largest contiguous land...

Many of us often ask the question why modern mortar crumbles but Roman concrete lasts millennia. Modern concrete, used...

Ancient Egypt was a civilization of ancient North Africa. The civilization was concentrated along the lower reaches of...

In the 19th Century, Easter was one of the most important dates in the Orthodox Christian Calendar. To celebrate...

Pompeii is a vast archaeological site in southern Italy’s Campania region, near the coast of the Bay of Naples. Once a...

The word samurai comes from the Japanese verb saburau, which translates to serve someone and look up to them. Samurai...

This documentary is a part of a film series with the purpose of encouraging and convincing American soldiers to...

This is a documentary about the Chauvet Cave, located in southern region of France, where the oldest man-made...

The Holocaust, or as some call it the Shoah, was the World War II genocide of the European Jews. Between 1941 and...

1,200 BC, an ancient Armageddon almost decimated every known civilization. What caused it is unknown? The theories of...

This documentary establishes historical perspective on the measures which were taken by J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI....

Queen Of Sheba: Behind The Myth recreates the dramatic life of one of the most powerful woman of the Biblical era –...

This documentary fascinating but academically presented uses recently declassified military documents and scenes never...

Christmas or Christmas Day is derived from the old English word ‘Crīstesmæsse’ meaning ‘Christ's Mass’. It is an...