Hagia Sophia: Where Worlds Collide

Hagia Sophia: Where Worlds Collide

Up next

The Cleopatras: Women Kings Of Ancient Egypt

Was Cleopatra actually Egyptian?It's a surprisingly important question. When most people think of Cleopatra, they have a specific person in mind. The Egyptian queen who married Julius Caesar and loved Mark Antony, and nearly ruled the Roman Empire for herself. But she was merely ...  Show more

Athens vs Sparta: The War That Changed History

The unforeseen consequences of this war led to the first scientific history book, the birth of philosophy. and the rise of Alexander the Great. Assassin's Creed Odyssey puts us at the heart of the expansive conflict that occurred when Athens went to war with Sparta: the Peloponne ...  Show more

Recommended Episodes

Episode 11: Suspended on a Golden Chain
Art History for All

Hagia Sophia has had many lives over the centuries: from church, to mosque, to secular museum, it’s always taken center stage in its city, whether… 

The Silk Road: Where Cultures Collided
Gone Medieval

At the edge of the Gobi Desert, Dunhuang was once a bustling oasis on the famous Silk Road connecting China and the Mediterranean. For more than 1000 years, Dunhuang was an important pilgrimage site and a cultural melting pot where ideas, technologies and art flowed freel ...

  Show more

Wonder of the World: The Leaning Tower Of Pisa
Wonders of the World on The Hard Shoulder

Our summer series “Wonders of the World” continues with one of Europe's most iconic landmarks “The Leaning Tower of Pisa". Architectural Historian Danielle O’Donovan joins Shane Beatty to discuss the story of the misshapen tower. Listen and subscribe to The Hard Shoulder on Apple ...  Show more

Rise of the Assassins
Gone Medieval

This is a special episode from a series we made in collaboration with Ubisoft, the makers of Assassin's Creed.


In Assassins vs Templars, we're immersing ourselves in the real hi ...

  Show more