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World of Antiquity

World of Antiquity is a channel devoted to education about ancient civilisations, cultures and peoples. Its territory runs from Egypt and Rome to Mesoamerica and the steppe, and its unity lies not in a single region but in a way of working: start from what the archaeological and textual evidence will support, explain how that conclusion was reached, and keep what is documented clearly separate from what is conjecture. Much of the catalogue concerns the Maya and Mesoamerican world: the largest pyramid on earth, the Maya cities that survived when everything around them collapsed, the murals of Bonampak and their effect on what we thought we knew, the greatest Maya tomb yet found, a city built of brick, an abandoned settlement deep in the jungle: alongside series on the rise and fall of the Zapotec empire. Another line covers the Old World: where the Huns came from, why Egypt had no Iron Age, and a reassessment of so-called advanced ancient machining. There are also annual round-ups of new discoveries, coverage of trafficked artefacts and the thieves caught with them, videos answering questions from viewers, and commentary on antiquity as portrayed in popular culture, such as an ancient historian's reading of Nolan's Odyssey. Viewers will find long-form explanations supported by images of sites and objects, with a declared interest in dismantling extraordinary claims about the remote past. That work is done by argument rather than ridicule: the dubious hypothesis is set out, its foundations examined, and the available evidence allowed to speak. The channel is also unusually transparent about its own history, keeping a public record of its milestones since the first upload. It is a good destination for anyone who wants to understand not only what happened in antiquity, but how we know it.