Programme de True History

Discover how the Great Epidemic of 1617 changed North America.

Why did a democratic America become a slaveholding society?

Consider Roger Williams\'s efforts to establish freedom of religion.

A symbol of the idea that all are welcome in America took place in 1654.

Abraham Lincoln was born with little more than his own natural talents.

Lincoln\'s entry into politics coincided with the emergence of the Whigs.

Lincoln won election to Congress in 1846, but his term was undistinguished.

Lincoln\'s folksiness was a shield he rarely let down.

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.

Understand the powerful influence of philosophy on the morality and conduct of Rome's ruling classes.

In this episode, experience the first years of efforts to convert people to Christianity.

Learn about early responses to Christianity, from violent persecutions to easily avoided ones.

Achaean warlords became the first Greeks to clash with the east.

How does the siege of Troy fit into the Greek Dark Age?

From 1200 to 1000 B.C., migrations reshaped Anatolia.

Greeks distinguished themselves with a city-state based on citizen rule.

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.

Understand the powerful influence of philosophy on the morality and conduct of Rome's ruling classes.

Learn how Rome's experience with Judaism differed from the challenge of the Christian faith.

In this episode, experience the first years of efforts to convert people to Christianity.

Learn about early responses to Christianity, from violent persecutions to easily avoided ones.

Achaean warlords became the first Greeks to clash with the east.

How does the siege of Troy fit into the Greek Dark Age?

From 1200 to 1000 B.C., migrations reshaped Anatolia.

Greeks distinguished themselves with a city-state based on citizen rule.

Discover the historical inspiration behind Saddam Hussein\'s palace.

Learn insights from the Malkata Palace on how pharaohs asserted power.

See how Akhenaten\'s worship of the sun disk defined an era.

Visit Phaistos Palace, where rituals and entertainment spectacles were held.

Explore the Palace of Nestor, a complex centered around the throne room.

Examine the visual nature of Roman society and the role of spectacle.

Learn to understand the visual components of the Roman Empire.

Learn the role of Rome\'s military in projecting images of power.