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Replica chariot. (© Mr. Ziyu Qiu)
Roman

In pictures: The Terracotta Warriors

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The skull of a Roman man from London
Roman

In pictures: Romans and their dead

Diversity in nursing
20th Century

In pictures: Diversity in nursing

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Royal flying

Alice at the Mad Hatter's tea party.
Victorian

In pictures: Alice in Wonderland

A Valentine's card showing a devil spearing an old lady on a pitchfork.
Victorian

Victorian Valentine’s Day cards

Marco Ricci, A View of the Cascade, Bushy Park Water Gardens, c.1715.

Royal Collection Trust / copyright Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2014 

Single use only in relation to the exhibition 'Painting Paradise: The Art of the Garden' at The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace. Photographs must not be archived or sold on.
Renaissance

In pictures: The Art of the Garden

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From a collection of reflective landscape photographs of the Somme battlefield.
First World War

The Somme battlefield revisited

From an exhibition that looks at the artistic and historical significance of the First World War in Russia.
First World War

The First World War in Russia

A colour image of military guns during World War One
First World War

The First World War in colour

Trees and snow. Photo taken by British photographer Chloe Dewe Mathews as part of her series focussing on the locations at which individuals were shot during the First World War.
First World War

Shot at dawn: the First World War soldiers executed for desertion and cowardice

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Victorian

10 amazing Punch magazine sketches from 1859 to 1981

An Egyptian mummy receiving a CT scan
Ancient Egypt

Looking inside ancient Egyptian mummies

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