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Venetian merchant Marco Polo travels along the Silk Road to Chin

General ancient history

Q&A What was traded on the Silk Road?

An illustration depicting the assassination of Abraham Lincoln

Q&A Could modern medicine have saved Abraham Lincoln?

Sir Walter Raleigh, a portrait of the great favourite of Queen Elizabeth I

Q&A Why was Sir Walter Raleigh executed?

Men in boats on the River Thames survrying swans

General History

Does the Warden of the Swans exist – and does the royal family own all the swans in Britain?

Video Trench foot WL

First World War

Q&A What caused trench foot in WW1 and how could it be treated?

A women with a shocked face next to a calendar with the date of Friday the 13th

Q&A Why is Friday 13th unlucky?

Anglo-Saxon thegns

Q&A Who was Eadnoth the Staller?

Video Punch and Judy WL

General History

“That’s the way to do it”: a two-minute history of Punch and Judy

King Arthur and his knights return to Camelot (Photo by: Christophel Fine Art/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Q&A Where was Camelot?

Did Ramesses II really have a passport?

Q&A Did Ramesses II really have a passport?

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What was Albert Einstein's role in the creation of the atom bomb?

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Video Teeth WL

Q&A Did medieval people have rotten teeth?

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Oppenheimer

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A Victorian family gathers around a graveside

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Scenic view of Cornwall

General History

Q&A Why is Cornwall called Cornwall?