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Habsburg royals displaying the distinctive jaw that became a hallmark of their intermarrying to stay in power. (Images by Getty)

What was the Habsburg jaw?

Star witness: how the Royal Observatory transformed our understanding of astronomy and time.

What causes cultures to decline and fall?.

A statue of an ancient Mesopotamian demon stands before a backdrop of cuneiform text, evoking the richly layered world of ancient Near Eastern religion.

General ancient history

Long before Dracula, an ancient Mesopotamian civilisation raised the world's oldest vampires

Episode 3How 1066 altered England’s fate FOREVER.

Christopher Marlowe: life of the week.

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