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Explore our historical galleries covering a wide range of historical periods and topics…

Discovering Tutankhamun

18th-century snapshots of Windsor Castle

Chinese irregular cavalry and infantry from the north-western provinces move towards the front during the 1894–95 war

China's wars

A Christmas card from the First World War

First World War

First World War Christmas cards

A photo of Jackie, Caroline and Jack Kennedy

Unseen photos of John F Kennedy and family

A photograph showing bronze hand-bells

Medieval Scotland

A poster from the First World War.

First World War

First World War posters

A Victorian front cover of Lindisfarne Gospels.

The Lindisfarne Gospels

A photograph of photographer George Lowe and Cho Oyu mountain

In picturesThe conquest of Everest. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Vintage Astro lava lamp from the 1960s

50 years of the lava lamp

A portrait of Russian queen Catherine the Great

In pictures: Catherine the Great

Pieces from the Lewis Chessmen, some of the earliest chessmen to survive.

In pictures: what are the Lewis Chessmen?

A 17th chart or map shows reefs and hazards to ships.

The notorious Captain Kidd

A painting from a new exhibition at the V&A Museum in London. 'The Cult of Beauty' explores the 19th-century artistic movement of Aestheticism.

The cult of beauty

A historical image from the iron and steel industry in Teeside

Industrial revolution

175 years of iron and steel

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