History documentaries

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...

Throughout World War 2, U-boats were the supreme stealth attack vessel of the armies, wreaking havoc as they sailed...

The original Star Wars trilogy is widely regarded an epic masterpiece. Mark Hamill is still one of the best actors in...

Tutankhamun was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh, the last of his royal family to rule during the end of the 18th Dynasty...

Opera was born in Italy more than 400 years ago during the Renaissance period. The term stands for a combination of...

There are modern ways of torture nowadays. One of the most famous is the way CIA tortures people using “sound...

‘The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization’, produced by PBS pays a tribute to the glory of ancient Greece, telling the...

Almost 70 years ago, Europe found itself at war with one of the most sinister figures in modern history: Adolf Hitler....

When it comes to legendary stories about samurai, most of them, if not all of them, feature only male samurai...