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Ancient world
A collection of TED Talks (and more) on the topic of Ancient world.
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Video playlists about Ancient world
7 talks
Talks on ancient languages
Take a step back in time and discover the history of humanity's most fundamental building block.
12 talks
Fascinating history
Be transported through the centuries with these talks for your inner (and outer) history buff.
Talks about Ancient world
12:00
Martin Lockley
The dinosaur detectives of real-life Jurassic parks
12 minutes
05:01
Stephanie Honchell Smith
The rise and fall of the Mughal Empire
5 minutes 1 second
04:39
Birte Kristiansen and Petra Sijpesteijn
A day in the Islamic Golden Age
4 minutes 39 seconds
15:56
Jacqueline DiBiasie-Sammons
Ancient Pompeii's hidden messages, preserved in graffiti
15 minutes 56 seconds
05:32
Stephanie Honchell Smith
The Taj Mahal: A monument to eternal love
5 minutes 32 seconds
05:32
Soraya Field Fiorio
How did they build the Great Pyramid of Giza?
5 minutes 32 seconds
05:22
Iseult Gillespie
The myth of Pegasus and the chimera
5 minutes 22 seconds
05:50
Iseult Gillespie
The myth of Zeus' test
5 minutes 50 seconds
14:59
Dean R. Lomax
A giant Jurassic sea dragon, unearthed
14 minutes 59 seconds
04:52
Petra Sijpesteijn and Birte Kristiansen
The rise and fall of the medieval Islamic Empire
4 minutes 52 seconds
17:28
David Wengrow
A new understanding of human history and the roots of inequality
17 minutes 28 seconds
04:41
Miranda Brown
A brief history of dumplings
4 minutes 41 seconds
05:14
Iseult Gillespie
The myth of Hades and Persephone
5 minutes 14 seconds
10:55
Betül Kaçar
We could kick-start life on another planet. Should we?
10 minutes 55 seconds
05:35
Stephanie Honchell Smith
History vs. Tamerlane the Conqueror
5 minutes 35 seconds
04:19
Cynthia Fay Davis
The myth of the moon goddess
4 minutes 19 seconds
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