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A publicity still showing several of the key characters from the Vikings TV series 2013-present. Photo by HISTORY - © 2016 The HISTORY Channel

The origin of pictographic & ideographic writing systems are imagined in the first part of this story (proto-writing). The rebus principle is introduced, setting the stage for the development of an alphabet. Featuring some key artifacts from...

Learn about the plague in Athens and the devastation it caused in this webisode connected to our full episode Inside the National Archeological Museum.

The Battle of Britain, dated 10 July to 31 October by the UK Air Ministry, was an air battle between the German Luftwaffe and British Royal Air Force and allies during the Second World War (1939-45). The Luftwaffe failed to achieve air superiority...

Edmond Halley (1656-1742) was an English astronomer, mathematician, and cartographer. Halley's Comet is named after him since he accurately predicted its return in 1758. One of the early globetrotting scientists, Halley led several maritime...

The Mary Rose was a carrack warship built for the Royal Navy of Henry VIII of England (r. 1509-1547 CE). The ship infamously sank in the Solent off the south coast of England on 19 July 1545 CE, probably because water entered its open gun...

Travis Fimmel as Ragnar Lothbrok in the TV series Vikings. Photo by HISTORY - © 2016 The HISTORY Channel

Alex Hogh Anderson as Ivar the Boneless in the TV series Vikings. Photo by HISTORY - © 2017 The HISTORY Channel

Moe Dunford playing the role of Aethelwulf, King of Wessex (r. 839-858 CE), in the TV series Vikings. Photo by HISTORY - © The HISTORY Channel

Moe Dunford as Aethelwulf, King of Wessex (r. 839-858 CE), in the TV series Vikings. Photo by HISTORY - © The HISTORY Channel