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Polyphonic, global and surprising: Re-examining history from new perspectives.
2,700 years from the invention of coins to cryptocurrencies: The history of money.
Documentary
Historians reveal the fascinating history of objects: Documents, materials, devices or clothes, everything has a tale to tell.
November 1945. The world turned to the German city of Nuremberg for the trial of the century.
A History of Peasants
The turbulent history of the people that work the land, from the fall of the Roman Empire to the present day.
The myth of Monaco: from a remote fishing village to one of the richest countries in the world.
From antiquity to the present day, the story of two thousand years of intolerance and persecution against Jews.
From Lucrezia Borgia to Malinche to Marie Curie: Women’s contributions have often been downplayed or misrepresented in the history books. Duels of History (re)tells their stories.
From the fall of the Qing dynasty up to the era of Xi Jinping, the history of modern China.
Four-part documentary series telling the story of the French Resistance through the experiences of thirty heroic men and women.
The Long Road to Reconciliation
July 1936. A military coup triggers a bloody civil war in Spain which will claim 400,000 lives and forever change the country.
This is the story of one of Europe's biggest migrations; one of people fleeing poverty or persecution and hoping for a better life.
Three World Cities
Over four centuries Amsterdam, London and New York have dominated the world economy creating exceptional innovation and new urban models.
Great Myths
Meet the heroes and gods of Greek mythology with Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey full of passion, power-play, rivalry and divine wrath.
Archaeologists in Nigeria are studying the remains of little-understood civilisations and unearthing their treasures.
A moving series tracing the cataclysm of the Great War through the destinies of eight individuals.
Various symbols accompany protest movements and social change. But where do their origins lie?
Chile 1973: Socialist President Allende is overthrown in a bloody military coup. It is the end of the dream of a fairer society. 50 years later, ARTE commemorates these dramatic events with The Battle for Chile. Patricio Guzmàn's trilogy is a moving testimony to the times and a masterpiece of documentary filmmaking.
Skiing began as a means of survival in prehistory, only becoming synonymous with glamour and leisure in modern times.
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According to the myth, the Greeks managed to enter the city of Troy by building a wooden horse in which was hidden Greek soldiers. How much of this story is based on actual historical events? And if the story is true, was it even a horse?
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