Eras & Topics
This video covers: Some of the challenges faced by Maya farmers and how they overcame them with raised terraces, aqueducts and...
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A description of how whole families often had to go into the workhouse and once there, they were separated and...
This video covers: King Henry VII wanted to strengthen his position further by uniting England with Spain and so a marriage was...
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A description of a nurse's first experience of dressing a gangrene wound and the limited pain relief available
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A description of a Roman bathhouse and the various rooms and facilities available such as the palaestra or gym...
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A description, of the staff who work within the castle such as the house steward and the chamberlain and the...
This video covers: The final part of Bazalgette's story and his contribution to revolutionise public health in Victorian Britain.
This video covers: A Viking shipbuilder describing his finished ship; he explains how the crew fix their shields to the side of the...
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The more unusual animal gods the Egyptians prayed to like Bast, the cat goddess and Sobek who has the head of a...
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A description of the final part of the Battle of Hastings describing the arrow storm that rained down on the...
This video covers: Raw materials from around the Empire helped fire the Industrial Revolution, this video takes a look at what was...
This video covers: The death of Emmeline's husband and becoming a Registrar of Births and Deaths.
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A description of the life of a priestess serving in the temple of Vestal, how long she has served there and the...
This video covers: The WSPU; the Women’s Social and Political Union
This video covers: A description of some of the Olympians like Zeus, Apollo, Artemis and Poseidon.
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A description of a chieftain's house and the compound and buildings around it, together with a description of a...
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A description of the stench that came from the River Thames which became known as the Great Stink and almost...
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A gruesome description of trench foot and frostbite together with the cause and treatment available to soldiers
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A vivid description of a medieval banquet including the etiquette and food such as stuffed peacock
This video covers: A brief look at the Ancient Maya numbering system which was based on 20 rather than 10 like ours is now.