Religion for Breakfast
Does Humanity Still Believe in Magic?
As far as science and technology goes, the 21st century is an exciting time to be alive. We are curing more and more diseases. We are developing better and better space travel. Some see these advances as evidence that religion and magic...
Curated Video
The Truth Behind the Floating Guru
Find out the secret behind the mystical act of levitation. This video explains how the illusion is achieved through simple and ingenious engineering, using a concealed frame attached to a walking stick. This eye-opening explanation...
Curated Video
Francisco Goya's Third of May Painting
On May 2nd, 1808, Spanish citizens rose up against the occupying French forces. The next day, the French struck back at dawn. Hundreds of Spanish citizens were rounded up and shot. When Ferdinand VII regained power, Goya requested...
Curated Video
Political and Personal Struggle in Francisco Goya's Paintings
In the early 1800s, the French invaded Spain and overthrew Ferdinand VII. Goya initially supported the French invasion, hoping they would restore democracy and end the inquisition but the reality of living through war affected Goya...
Curated Video
Francisco Goya's Los Caprichos Prints
What happens when reason or rationality is asleep and superstitious beliefs take over from science and reason? Francisco Goya explores this and other Enlightenment topics in his Los Caprichos series of aquatint prints. One of the most...
Weird History
Pressing | History's Most Painful Death
One of the worst forms of torture was not even considered torture by the court. It was an official sentence: pressing to death. The men and women who were sent to death by crushing in Britain had not been found guilty of any crime.
Infognostica
Religious History (Part 2) - Indus Valley Idols
Were the idols of India and other parts of the world originally intended as objective, enlightened art? Please watch and share if you found this interesting. Angevin B Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By...
History Hit
Africa, The Unknown History of Humankind: African arts influence on the greats
How has African art influenced some of our great artists? What has been the biggest challenge but biggest highlight in Gus Casely-Hayfords career? Africa, The Unknown History of Humankind, Part 6
Oxford Comma
Romanticism Explained Through Paintings
This is just one example of how you can use visual art to examine literary Romanticism. Main elements of Romanticism: Love of Nature Focus on Emotion Fascination with the Sublime Individualistic Byronic Heroes Interest in the...
Five Thousand Years
Laba Festival: the Start of the Chinese New Year Celebration
Traditionally, Chinese people begin preparing for the Chinese new year starting from the Laba Festival, which falls on the eighth day of the twelfth month in the traditional Chinese calendar. This year it’s on January 10th, 2022. What...
Mazz Media
Montesqueiu's Ideas About Government
Montesqueiu's Ideas About Government
In this video students will learn about Montesquieu one of the foremost political philosophers of the Enlightenment. Viewers will come to understand that his writings explore various forms of...
Cerebellum
The Age Of Enlightenment - Religion, The Enlightenment, and Heroes Of The Enlightenment
The Enlightenment may not have left physical evidence behind like the pyramids of Egypt or the Coliseum of Rome, but it has left us an intellectual heritage which is unquestionable in its importance. This video looks at how the...
PBS
The Origin of Race in the USA
Do you believe that your race correlates to your skin tone? Because that wasn't always the case. So how did Americans come to believe that race equals certain visible physical characteristics such as skin color and hair? And why is it...
Cerebellum
The Age Of Enlightenment - Second Generation Of Philosophers
The Enlightenment may not have left physical evidence behind like the pyramids of Egypt or the Coliseum of Rome, but it has left us an intellectual heritage which is unquestionable in its importance. This video looks at key ideas that...
Cerebellum
The Age Of Enlightenment - The First Generation Of Philisophers
The Enlightenment may not have left physical evidence behind like the pyramids of Egypt or the Coliseum of Rome, but it has left us an intellectual heritage which is unquestionable in its importance. This video looks at philisophers that...
Cerebellum
The Age Of Enlightenment - Introduction
The Enlightenment may not have left physical evidence behind like the pyramids of Egypt or the Colosseum of Rome, but it has left us an intellectual heritage which is unquestionable in its importance. This video looks at the context...
Cerebellum
The Age Of Enlightenment - The French Revolution
The Enlightenment may not have left physical evidence behind like the pyramids of Egypt or the Coliseum of Rome, but it has left us an intellectual heritage which is unquestionable in its importance. This video looks at how one of the...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN: Paralympics: Opening ceremony looks to the skies (2)
CLEAN: Paralympics: Opening ceremony looks to the skies (2)
Press Association
Kwarteng warns against hell of climate change
Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng tells the CBI dinner that the world will 'become a hell' if we don't tackle climate change, but that things are moving in the right direction to solve the problem
Sky News
Guided tour of Montpelier Estate
CLEAN: Interior shots of visitors on a guided tour of fourth US president James Madison on February 29, 2016 in Washington, DC.
Bloomberg
The NBA's Listening to Fans & Cranking Things Up Overseas
Oct. 17 -- The National Basketball Association believes it is almost a sure thing that a mainland Chinese one day will own an NBA franchise. Bloomberg's Stephen Engle reports. (Source: Bloomberg)
AFP News Agency
VOICED : Reclaman justicia en Argentina por atentado a embajada israeli
VOICED : Reclaman justicia en Argentina por atentado a embajada israeli