What were three challenges of travel on the silk roads? How did the name silk road come about?<br/>
The Silk Roads with Peter Frankopan, Part 3

In this video, a group of Indonesian housewives are being trained to combat fake news through the use of a hoax Buster app. With the rise of extremist groups targeting vulnerable recruits online, these mothers are taking the...

The Gospel of Judas caused a huge stir when National Geographic published it back in 2006. But to this day, misconceptions about this text abound. Who wrote this text? And what does it really say?

Mythology & Fiction Explained explores the stories behind the demonic figure Lilith but was she really a demon or just the first woman?

I visited dozens of archaeological sites while researching in Jerusalem. Tel Arad was one of the my favorites and the inspiration for my video on YHWH and Asherah. Here is a longer exploration of this ancient Canaanite and Israelite city.

In this episode we examine the topic: Who Wrote the Dead Sea Scrolls?

What is of great concern and what can we see in the next few years? What is exciting about technology allowing communication among history lovers?<br/>
The Silk Roads with Peter Frankopan, Part 7

What happened around the time of all the confrontations between the Byzantine and Persian superpowers?<br/>
The Silk Roads with Peter Frankopan, Part 5

A common theory is that the Nag Hammadi Library, a collection of Gnostic texts, were an illegal stash of books hidden from Orthodox Christian authorities. But recent scholarship has called this theory into question. Were the Gnostic...

Nefertiti has one of the most famous faces of the ancient world. Her bust has fascinated millions and inspired a love of Egyptology and Egyptian history in many. What did Nefertiti do? What is her legacy? Do we have her mummy? Is the...

This is the enlightening story of the evolution of Hebrew.

“All things are mortal but the Jew; all other forces pass, but he remains. What is the secret of his immortali
ty?”
So mused Mark Twain in the nineteenth century. One...

In this episode we examine the topic: Sabbateanism: The Rise and Fall of a Messiah

Anthropologists in the late 19th and early 20th centuries hypothesized that animism was the earliest religion. But later scholars have called this theory into question. What is animism? And how should we categorize it? This video was...

Piazza Armerina, the Villa Romana del Casale in Piazza Armerina is considered to be one of the most important exemplars of an official governmental residence, attributed to the elaboration and exceptional beauty of its architectonic and...

Gospel of Jesus' Wife. Authentic or Forged?

What did Anne Boleyn really look like? After Anne Boleyn’s death, her image was essentially erased from England. The palace walls which once held the initials, H and A, are struck. Her portraits are painted over or destroyed. What we...

Who were the two great superpowers around this time? What happened around the year 600?<br/>
The Silk Roads with Peter Frankopan, Part 4

In part 5 of INET's interview with David Hale, he talks about some counterintuitive highlights from his book: the world is not facing an oil shortage, and the dollar will remain the world's reserve currency indefinitely

What is Gnosticism?

Lipstick has been linked with royalty and the devil. It's been called a sign of female emancipation and female oppression. Lipstick history dates back thousands of years, to ancient lipstick made from crushed gemstones and lead. In...

Stories about Jesus' birth are famous. But what about stories about Jesus' childhood? One early Christian text, the Infancy Gospel of Thomas, invents some pretty crazy stories about the schoolboy Jesus. But what did this text mean for an...

Elsa Elisabeth Jones is a Child Development Specialist and Advocate with 34 years

of broad-ranging experience. Ms. Jones is the Program Chair of Early Chil
dhood
Education and an Associate Professor at Post University. As...

In this recent video, INET's founding sponsor George Soros and executive director Rob Johnson explain INET and its mission to a Reuters reporter<br/>

I'm an artist that brings history back to life by creating famous figures from the past in the modern day, as well as creating facial reconstructions and recreations. Leonardo Da Vinci is one of the most famous inventors, painters,...