They were dreaded forces on the outskirts of civilization, the bloodthirsty warriors who defied the Roman legions and terrorized the population of Europe. They were barbarians, and their names still evoke images of cruelty and chaos. But what we really know about these legendary warriors? From the frigid North Sea to the Russian steppes, this … Read more
Yukon is the smallest and westernmost of Canada’s three federal territories. The territory is as large as Spain, but it is not populated. It has the smallest population of any province of any territory in Canada, with just 35,874 citizens. What makes Yukon special is not the big territory, the small population, or anything else. … Read more
A masterpiece in every sense, the Great Pyramid of Giza has truly earned the title “Wonder”. The Pyramid is built with extreme precision that even modern technology cannot replace it. The Pyramids of Giza were built to endure an eternity, and the tombs have done just that. The Pyramid is relic of the Old Kingdom … Read more
This documentary is revolving around the forgotten heroes of World War II. In 1943 two men, a 24-year-old math student and a GPO engineer merged their intellectual capacity in order to crack the personal super-code machine of Hitler himself. This system was far more powerful than Enigma, and Hitler referred to it as his writer of secrets. Their … Read more
There are fifty-three miles of shelving in the Vatican Secret Archives. They house thirty-five thousand volumes of catalogue. And that is twelve centuries worth of documents. The Vatican’s Secret Archives houses one of the most iconic bastions of religion and culture ever. While it might sound like a stuff of a historical legend, the vault … Read more
Marco Polo was an Italian merchant, explorer, and writer. He traveled through Asia along the Silk Road between 1271 and 1295. He traveled with his family, but also a crew. During his trip, he stayed in China for 17 years. He was one of the first and most famous Europeans to travel to Asia during … Read more
More than three thousand years ago, Ramses II, the Egyptian pharaoh, and the Emperor Hattusilis III concluded one of the oldest peace treaties in the history of the world. The peace treaty ended the Egyptian Hittite war that lasted more than 80 years. The two ancient superpowers finally ended the war with the treaty in … Read more
Most wars in history are fought over land, civil rights, or anything in between these lines. But every now and then, we can hear about some strange or weird battle or war. Such thing happened in 1325, when a broke between two cities in Italy. Called War of the Oaken Bucket, War of the Bucket, … Read more
A short, animated documentary on how time has been measured in the past, and how we measure it now. The film walks you through the timeline of people and inventions that kept track of time.
A RECENT ARCHAEOLOGICAL DIG HAS LEFT EXPERTS STUNNED The Moai are the prominent statues of Easter Island off the coast of Chile, South America and are well known around the globe. But many are unaware that the statues are not only heads placed around the island, but full bodied gigantic statues, buried beneath the ground, … Read more