Henry Louis Gates Jr. talks about evidence of ironworking beginning in Africa as early as 1500 - 1800BC and how it may have originated in Africa all together.

Explores the architecture and building processes, as they are being rediscovered, of Gothic Cathedrals in the Middle Ages.

Explores the changes, especially the health effects, involved with the shift towards settled life and agriculture in the early urban community of Catalhoyuk.

This clip disccuses the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia. Mesopotamia was the world's first recorded city.

Recounts the discovery of artifacts related to Queen Nefertiti, who wielded considerable power alongside her husband, the Pharaoh Akhenaten. She is known also a beautiful queen, even attested in poems of her husband.