Video: Viking Swords Put to the Test in Berlin
In the words of an epic Viking tale, “Who can separate a man and his sword? One is worth nothing without the other.”
At the Neues Museum in Berlin, there’s a special Viking sword with the Ulfberht name etched onto it. Between 850 to 1100 AD Vikings used to purchase these Ulfberht blades from master sword smiths in West Germany - but if they were not careful, they could wind up with a fake. A fake sword would shatter in combat and mean certain death on the battlefield. How exactly a Viking warrior could tell a real sword from a fake is our Museum Secret.
#MuseumSecrets Viewing Party, Twitter Chat
On March 1st at 10 PM, watch History Television Canada and join us on twitter while watching our latest episode, Museum Secrets: Inside the Pergamon and Neues Museums, Berlin.
Tattoos Reveal More About An Ancient Civilization
If you missed it the first time, you can watch a rerun of the season’s opening show, Museum Secrets: Inside the State Hermitage Museum tonight at 10 PM on History Television.
Before you watch, check out our behind the scenes vlog with Museum Secrets researcher Karen Dougherty as she works on our story about the Scythian Mummies at the Hermitage in St. Petersburg.
Get Your Head in the Game with a Mayan Extreme Sport
Most people are familiar with the phrase “take one for the team” but when it came to games in ancient Mexico, they weren’t kidding. Join Museum Secrets as we give you a front row seat to the ancient Mayan sport of poc ta poc - a game that could literally cost you your head.
Watch our latest vlog with Director Rebecca Snow, during the filming of this story.
Behind the scenes in the Aztec Gallery
Coming up tomorrow night on Museum Secrets - we take you into the ruthless world of the Aztec gladiators and a famous Tlashcala warrior who overcame them on a stone stage.
Until then, join us for a behind the scenes tour with Executive Producer Robert Lang, as he shoots this story at the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City.
What’s the secret path to Mayan afterlife?
This Thursday, Museum Secrets: Inside the National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City airs on History Television. This episode contains six exciting stories, each of them an exclusive behind the scenes look at secrets of life - and death - in Mexico before the Mayans to after the Spanish conquest.
One of the episode’s stories explores mysterious skulls in the Museum that archaeologists believe could reveal the truth about Mayan rituals surrounding death.
Join Museum Secrets Executive Producer Robert Lang in our vlog from the shoot.
Behind the Scenes Photos: Filming British Top Guns
Museum Secrets returns to History Television with a new episode, Inside the Imperial War Museum, airing tomorrow at 10 PM ET/PT. In this episode, we’ll relive the experience of a Tornado jet pilot’s hair raising mission as he shares his experience of flying in one of the first air strikes of the Gulf War in 1991.
See our behind the scenes photos from our investigation of this museum secret - How to survive flying into battle.
