👁A day in the Islamic Golden Age
🧠Birte Kristiansen and Petra Sijpesteijn
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣It's 791 CE. As the morning sun shines on the Golden Gate Palace, brother and sister Hisham and Asma prepare for the journey of a lifetime: the hajj, a holy pilgrimage to Mecca. They intend to travel with the big hajj caravan— but a last-minute mishap threatens to undo months of careful planning. Birte Kristiansen and Petra Sijpesteijn detail a day in the life of siblings in medieval Baghdad. [Directed by Mohammad Babakoohi, narrated by Safia Elhillo, music by Aron Fard].
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👁Why was the Rosetta Stone so important?
🧠Franziska Naether
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣For centuries, scholars puzzled over the hieroglyphs they found carved onto ancient Egyptian ruins, tablets, and papyri. But in 1799, a unique discovery would finally help unlock their meaning. It was a stone inscribed with three different texts: Egyptian Hieroglyphs, Demotic Egyptian, and Ancient Greek. Franziska Naether shares how scholars decoded the ancient message of the Rosetta Stone. [Directed by Tim Rauch, narrated by Christina Greer, music by Stephen LaRosa].
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👁The rise and fall of the Maya Empire’s most powerful city
🧠Geoffrey E. Braswell
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣During the 8th century CE, warfare and failing agriculture forced Maya people to move north, to hotter, drier Yucatán. Because of its freshwater access, Chichen Itza became the most powerful Maya city, with nearly 50,000 citizens at its height. But the region presented its own challenges and the city's golden age wouldn’t last forever. Geoffrey E. Braswell traces the city's rise and fall. [Directed by Hernando Bahamon, Globizco Studios, narrated by Adrian Dannatt, music by Manuel Borda].
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👁How did ancient civilizations make ice cream?
🧠Vivian Jiang
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣Ice cream has a unique role in our world’s history, culture, and cravings. The first accounts of cold desserts date back to the first century, in civilizations including ancient Rome, Mughal India, and Tang Dynasty China. Yet the cream-based delicacy we know today made a much later debut. So, how did the delicious sweet treat come to be? Vivian Jiang shares the scoop on the history of ice cream. [Directed by Masayoshi Nakamura, Good General, narrated by Susan Zimmerman, music by Zak Engel].
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👁The meaning of love, according to Rumi
🧠Stephanie Honchell Smith
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣According to legend, the renowned scholar Jalaluddin Muhammad Rumi was giving a lecture when a disheveled man approached and asked him the meaning of his academic books. Rumi didn’t know it yet, but this question and this man would change his life. So, who was this mysterious figure, and how did he influence Rumi’s worldview? Stephanie Honchell Smith details the life of the celebrated poet. [Directed by Reza Riahi, narrated by Safia Elhillo, music by Saba Alizadeh].
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👁The Greek tragedy of Oedipus' daughter
🧠Stephen Esposito
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣The gods watched as Oedipus’ daughter, Antigone, stole out of the palace in Thebes the morning after a devastating battle. Antigone was on a dangerous mission to do what she felt was right, though it meant risking her life. She sought to abide by divine law and honor her late brother Polyneices through burial— but the king had other plans. Stephen Esposito shares the tragic Greek tale of Antigone. [Directed by Josh Pilch, Augenblick Studios, narrated by Susan Zimmerman, music by Kevin MacLeod].
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👁Are there really dead wasps in figs?
🧠Carolyn Beans
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣In 2023, a US grocer recalled over 10,000 cases of broccoli-cheddar soup over concerns they contained too much of an unintended ingredient. That ingredient? Bugs. We know insects regularly come into contact with our food— but how many are you actually eating? And is it okay? Carolyn Beans takes a look at figs and their conspicuously close bond with wasps. [Directed by Denys Spolitak, narrated by Alexandra Panzer, music by Cem Misirlioglu].
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👁How much do you really know about Ancient Rome?
🧠Stephanie Honchell Smith
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣Minerva, the esteemed Roman goddess of reason, wisdom, handicrafts, and war, is judging a contest: duo vera et mendacium. Three brave contestants will put their knowledge about ancient Rome to the test. How much of what they know about the time period is actually true? And which contestant will come out on top? Stephanie Honchell Smith debunks four common misconceptions about Ancient Rome. [Directed by Raghav Arumugam, narrated by Alexandra Panzer, music by Jarrett Farkas].
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👁Why do so many cultures have dragon legends?
🧠Timothy J. Burbery
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣From the Chinese Loong to the Filipino Bakunawa, the Scottish Beithir and the Greek Hydra, dragons have inflamed imaginations for millennia. Their ubiquity across world mythology has led many scholars to ponder their possible origins. Could it be that tales of dragons were crafted to make sense of violent weather events? Timothy J. Burbery shares what geomythology has uncovered about dragons. [Directed by Sailesh Gopalan, Lanlan Studios, narrated by Alexandra Panzer, music by André Aires].
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👁The myth of Dionysus’ drunken revenge
🧠Iseult Gillespie
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣Acoetes of Maeonia had been roped into serving as the navigator for a band of pirates. And now the pirates had kidnapped a sleeping youth. As they laid their victim’s body on the ship, Acoetes felt the pit in his stomach deepen. The pirates hadn’t noticed, but their new captive was a slumbering god. Iseult Gillespie digs into the Greek myth of Dionysus and his return to Thebes. [Directed by Keegan Thornhill, narrated by Susan ZImmerman, music by Salil Bhayani, cAMP Studio].
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👁The epic Nordic legend of the monster slayer
🧠Iseult Gillespie
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣An epic written in Old English, “Beowulf” is known for its haunting monsters, dream-like language, and paranoid perspective, where violent threats are always waiting on the fringes of society. The action follows Beowulf, a prince of Geats, who travels to aid a kingdom in freeing itself from a monster’s reign of terror. Why is this poem considered a classic? Iseult Gillespie traces the hero’s tale. [Directed by Raghav Arumugam, Jagriti Khirwar, narrated by Susan Zimmerman, music by Salil Bhayani, cAMP Studio].
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👁The myth of Ireland's most infamous love triangle
🧠Iseult Gillespie
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣After witnessing a bird carrying a single golden hair, King Mark of Cornwall declared his future bride must have equally radiant locks. The only royal matching this description was Princess Isolde of Ireland. So the king sent Tristan, his bravest knight, to extend an olive branch to the royal family and deliver his proposal of marriage. Iseult Gillespie shares the tale of Tristan and Isolde. [Directed by Ciara Nolan, Paper Panther, narrated by Susan Zimmerman, music by Chris McLoughlin].
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👁Was Alexander the Great really that great?
🧠Stephanie H. Smith
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣Alexander the Great fundamentally transformed the world during his 13-year reign. He conquered Persia when it was one of the world’s largest empires, and he was considered a living demi-god by Egyptians and Greeks. But was he a brilliant, embattled leader, or a ruthless, power-hungry conqueror? Stephanie Honchell Smith puts this controversial figure on trial in History vs. Alexander the Great. [Directed by Michael Kalopaidis, Zedem Media, narrated by Addison Anderson, music by Salil Bhayani, cAMP Studio].
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👁The Greek myth of the Fates’ prophecy
🧠Iseult Gillespie
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣The night of her son's birth, the queen of Calydon was visited by three shadowy goddesses, known as the Fates. They gestured towards the blazing hearth and decreed that her son would live only until the burning log was reduced to embers. Terrified, the queen locked the log in a chest and guarded the key— but the secret would loom over his life. Iseult Gillespie shares the Greek myth of Meleager. [Directed by Layron DeJarnette, Gumboyo Animation, narrated by Bethany Cutmore-Scott, music by Salil Bhayani, cAMP Studio].
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👁The biggest myths about Neanderthals
🧠Bruce Hardy
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣In 1856, quarriers working in Germany’s Neander Valley discovered several mysterious fossils. The remains changed hands until being identified as the skullcap and femur bones of something ancient and human, but not quite us. It soon became clear they belonged to an extinct human species— the first ever known to science: Neanderthals. Bruce Hardy explores what happened to our evolutionary cousins. [Directed by Daniel Harisberger, Team Tumult, narrated by Adrian Dannatt, music by Ardie Son, Francesco D'Andrea, Bishara Haroni, Roie Shpigler, Borrtex, Nobou].
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👁5 myths about Vikings that everyone believes
🧠Stephanie H. Smith
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣The Viking Age. When medieval, horn-helmeted Scandinavian men ravaged Europe, scribbling mysterious runes and toasting their victories in goblets forged from enemy skulls before bidding farewell in fiery funerals. Except… that’s not quite how it went. So, what were the Vikings actually like? Stephanie H. Smith debunks common misconceptions about the time period. [Directed by Avi Ofer, narrated by Alexandra Panzer, music by Cem Misirlioglu, WORKPLAYWORK].
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👁One of the world's oldest beverages
🧠Malcolm Purinton
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣Today, there are over 100 distinct beer varieties, from pilsners and bocks, to porters, stouts, and IPAs. The oldest evidence of beer brewing dates back 13,000 years, but experts believe the drink developed independently across the world. So, how did ancient civilizations brew beer, and how did their methods develop into the beverage we know today? Malcolm Purinton traces the evolution of beer. [Directed by Anton Bogaty, narrated by Addison Anderson, music by Jarrett Farkas].
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👁The machine that changed our understanding of human history
🧠Max Levy
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣In 1900, Greek divers stumbled upon a 2,000-year-old shipwreck whose contents would shake our understanding of the ancient world. Among the remains were fragments of mangled wood and corroded metal, which archaeologists soon realized were parts of the oldest geared device ever discovered — and humankind’s first computer. So, how did it work? Max G. Levy explains the Antikythera mechanism. [Directed by Vicente Numpaque, Hernando Bahamon, Globizco Studios, narrated by Addison Anderson, music by Bravo Studio].
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👁Why was this kung fu masterpiece banned?
🧠Gladys Mac
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣In the 1950s, citizens flocked to newsstands to pick up the latest edition of a story set hundreds of years in the past — a multigenerational tale of adventure and war, romance and intrigue, brotherhood and betrayal. Jin Yong’s epic "Legend of the Condor Heroes" is considered one of Hong Kong’s most important works of fiction. Gladys Mac digs into this beloved sweeping saga of the steppes. [Directed by Preetham Gunalan, LanLan Studios, narrated by Pen-Pen Chen, music by André Aires].
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👁What toys have kids played with throughout history?
🧠 TED-Ed
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣Archaeologists have found material, visual, and written evidence for toys across the ancient world. In 3000 BCE Anatolia, miniature toy carriages raced through the dirt. In the Indus Valley a thousand years later, a toddler giggled at the sound of their terracotta whistle. So, what other playthings have delighted us through history? Trace the ancient origins of toys, games, and play traditions. [Directed by Totem Creative, narrated by Jack Cutmore-Scott, music by Salil Bhayani, cAMP Studio].
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