- Watch
Is It True That...
...Pasta Was Made in Italy?
- Watch
Is It True that...
Pirates Were Always Bad?
- Watch
Is It True That...
...Decadence Caused the Fall of Rome?
- Watch
Is It True That...
...There Was No Hygiene in the Middle Ages?
- Watch
Is It True That...
...We All Believed the World Was Flat?
- Watch
Is It True That...
...Julius Caesar Was Born by C-Section?
- Watch
Is It True That...
...Beauty Standards Have Always Been the Same?
For rights reasons, this programme is not available in your country.
Is It True That...
...The Library of Alexandria Burned Down?24 min
Available until 15/07/2026
16/07/2025
The Library of Alexandria was considered a treasure trove of knowledge - and its loss shows how fragile knowledge can be. What has been preserved over thousands of years has often been painstakingly preserved and copied. But whether on parchment, as a manuscript or on microchips - the decisive factor is how we use this heritage to build bridges between the past, present and future.
Country
Germany
Year
2024
You may also like
- Watch
42: The Answer to Almost Everything
Who Really Were Our Ancestors?
- Watch
How the Germans Learned to Love France
- Watch
Portugal: April 1974
- Watch
The Book of My Life
With Neven Subotic
- Watch
Twist
Dropping Out: Dream and Reality
- Watch
ARTE Europe Weekly
What is the EU actually doing to protect Europe’s cultural heritage?
- Watch
Streetphilosophy
Become Rich!
- Watch
I Saw the Sign
The Pride Flag
- Watch
Bella ciao!
German Soldiers in the Italian Resistance
The most viewed videos on ARTE
- Watch
ARTE Europe Weekly
Are the kids alt right?
- Watch
The Massif Central
Land of Volcanoes
- Watch
My Child Is Trans
- Watch
100 Years of Neues Bauen (1/3
The Living Room
- Watch
ARTE Europe Weekly
Albania: Is the EU Flirting with a Narco-State?
- Watch
Re: England's Art of Bell Ringing
- Watch
The Massif Central
The South: Rugged Mountains, Deep Valleys
- Watch
Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata
Grand Théâtre de Genève
- Watch
ARTE Reportage
Ukraine: Wargame
- Watch
Ship of the Dead
