At what point does a cross stop being about the torture of the person upon it and becomes an abstract symbol? In the Middle Ages people didn't shy away from the terrible suffering inflicted upon Jesus. But over time, that suffering was sanitised.

Jerusalem’s Wailing Wall is the remains of an ancient palace which only very recently has become a Jewish site of worship. Making History, introduced by respected historian Patrick Boucheron, examines history through the prism of objects and things.

La cruche de Soissons est à l'origine d'une anecdote rendue célèbre par les "Dix livres d'histoires" de Grégoire de Tours. Stéphane Gioanni, spécialiste français de la fin du Moyen Âge, montre notamment comment cette histoire est née.

Ce nouveau magazine aborde l'histoire à travers le prisme des objets. En fin d'émission, la chronique de la youtubeuse Manon Bril fait traverser la frontière entre cultures historique et numérique.

Le canard automate de Jacques Vaucanson, animal-machine qui interroge le rapport des hommes et des femmes du XVIIIe siècle à la matière et à la vie, et qui a inspiré toute l'histoire de la robotique.

The statue of the tyrant killers Harmodius and Aristogeiton was erected in the 5th century BC as a memorial to the victory of democracy over tyranny on the Agora of Athens. The motif was also adopted on Greek vases and coins. Historian Vincent Azoulay explains how the depiction of the tyrant killers has evolved over the centuries, culminating in the most controversial of all contemporary monumental sculptures.