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Lewis Chessmen found on the Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, probably made in Norway, about AD 1150-1200. (Photo by RDImages/Epics/Getty Images)

The LibraryObjects with meanings: How artefacts can give us a new take on global history.

Image of the Lindisfarne Stone from Holy Island, Northumbria. It shows seven warriors, possibly vikings. The Vikings’ first recorded raid on Lindisfarne took place in AD 793. (Photo by CM Dixon/Print Collector/Getty Images)

Why did the Vikings' violent raids begin?

Ministry Of Information First World War Official Collection

Food and drink on the Somme frontline: the soldier experience.

BBC History Magazine

Heart Beguiling Araby

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The Red Prince

A bridge too far.

BBC History Magazine

The Siege of Jerusalem: Crusade and Conquest in 1099

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Making immigration work for Britain: what can we learn from history?

BBC History Magazine

Replenishing the Earth

Portrait of King Henry V of England (1387-1422), dated 15th century. (Photo by Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

Henry V: the cruel king.

Q&AWhat is the origin of the phrase ‘going postal’, meaning ‘going berserk’?

BBC History Magazine

Calvin

The truth behind ‘The Tudors’ TV show.

Stop and search: what can we learn from history?

BBC History Magazine

Empire and the English character

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The Smell of the Continent

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The Hemingses of Monticello

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Buccaneers of the Caribbean

The school leaving age: what can we learn from history?

Archaeologist Howard Carter removing oils from the

Revelations in the Valley of the Kings: what has been found since King Tut’s coffin?.

Tutankhamun: behind the mask.

Statue of the great philosopher Confucius in Shanghai. Taken at the Shanghai Wen Miao, also known as the Shanghai Confucian Temple. (Photo by Getty Images)

The legacy of Confucius.

A flight of Vickers Wellington long-range bombers, used by the Royal Air Force to undertake raids into Germany and elsewhere, 8 February 1940. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Second World War bomber boys.

Antique print of the Boston Massacre from the American Revolutionary, by Paul Revere (American, 1734-1818) (hand-colored engraving), 1770. The title of the print is 'The Bloody Massacre perpetrated in King Street Boston on March 5th 1770 by a party of the 29th Reg't'. (Photo by GraphicaArtis/Getty Images)

The plot to kidnap King George III.

A Roman auxiliary fort just south of Hadrian's Wall (Getty Images)

How Roman was Britain?.

William of Orange landing with his army at Torbay, Devon, 5 November 1688. (Photo by Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)

A not so bloodless revolution.

The 10 worst Britons in history

The columns of the Temple of Saturn and overview of the ruined Roman Forum, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Rome. (Getty Images)

Regency AcademyJustice, Roman style