Programm von True History

By conquering Greece, Philip II of Macedon set the stage for the rise of his son, Alexander the Great.

Alexander's path was prepared by Philip, but few could predict how the son would eclipse the father.

Did his Egyptian sojourn teach Alexander the political value of blurring the lines between human and divine?

Can we discern the historical Alexander, or has the myth swallowed the man?

A generation of warfare among Alexander's successors led to three major Hellenistic kingdoms.

How did Ptolemy and his successors blend pharaonic and Macedonian practices to create a new kingdom?

Was Alexandria a blend of Greek and Egyptian elements, or did it impose one culture over the other?

How did the Seleucids rule a kingdom that stretched across all of Central Asia?

Explore the essentialist philosophies and discover how you incorporate aspects into your own view of identity.

Learn about the AIMs that relate to lineages, as well as what can be gleaned from mitochondrial DNA and Y-DNA.

Explore how the reciprocal engagement method can help families face unexpected ancestry results.

Explore how to create a strategic family narrative to incorporate the scientific facts of your DNA ancestry.

With millions of DNA samples now in existence, learn about the laws now in place to protect privacy.

Learn about the DNA Discussion Project, its goals, and current results.

A genogram is a tool used to explore family history and relationships over a two- to three-generation period

Meet Maria, who learned as a teenager that she was born with the help of intrauterine insemination.

By conquering Greece, Philip II of Macedon set the stage for the rise of his son, Alexander the Great.

Alexander's path was prepared by Philip, but few could predict how the son would eclipse the father.

Did his Egyptian sojourn teach Alexander the political value of blurring the lines between human and divine?

Can we discern the historical Alexander, or has the myth swallowed the man?

A generation of warfare among Alexander's successors led to three major Hellenistic kingdoms.

How did Ptolemy and his successors blend pharaonic and Macedonian practices to create a new kingdom?

Was Alexandria a blend of Greek and Egyptian elements, or did it impose one culture over the other?

How did the Seleucids rule a kingdom that stretched across all of Central Asia?

Explore the essentialist philosophies and discover how you incorporate aspects into your own view of identity.

Learn about the AIMs that relate to lineages, as well as what can be gleaned from mitochondrial DNA and Y-DNA.

Explore how the reciprocal engagement method can help families face unexpected ancestry results.

Explore how to create a strategic family narrative to incorporate the scientific facts of your DNA ancestry.

With millions of DNA samples now in existence, learn about the laws now in place to protect privacy.

Learn about the DNA Discussion Project, its goals, and current results.

Meet Maria, who learned as a teenager that she was born with the help of intrauterine insemination.

By conquering Greece, Philip II of Macedon set the stage for the rise of his son, Alexander the Great.

Alexander's path was prepared by Philip, but few could predict how the son would eclipse the father.

Did his Egyptian sojourn teach Alexander the political value of blurring the lines between human and divine?

Can we discern the historical Alexander, or has the myth swallowed the man?

A generation of warfare among Alexander's successors led to three major Hellenistic kingdoms.

How did Ptolemy and his successors blend pharaonic and Macedonian practices to create a new kingdom?

Was Alexandria a blend of Greek and Egyptian elements, or did it impose one culture over the other?

How did the Seleucids rule a kingdom that stretched across all of Central Asia?

Investigate how ground surveys reveal vital information before digging.

Learn about seminal 20th-century finds of hominids in Africa.

Explore Göbekli Tepe in Turkey, then continue to Jericho and Turkey's Çatalhöyük.

Explore the techniques of ancient Egyptian embalming and mummification.

Observe how Alexander brought a vast area under the influence of Greek civilization.

Explore the fascinating relationship between the Greeks and their Roman conquerors.

With the fall of Constantinople in 1453, learn how the Greeks fared under Ottoman rule.

Here, follow the struggle of a bloody political movement for Greek independence.