Africa

The Rosetta Stone

The rivalry behind the translation of the Rosetta Stone

St Hadrian of Canterbury

15 minutes of fame Michael Wood chooses St Hadrian

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St Hadrian of Canterbury Medieval African theologian . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Mongol and Mamluk cavalry clash in a 14th-century manuscript

How to repel a Mongol invasion: the success of Egypt’s Mamluk empire

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Episode 7 The contested legacy of an icon . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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General History

The Sahara: a green and pleasant land . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Episode 6 Secrets of the pharaoh's mummy . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Historian Hakim Adi. (Photograph by Tim Stubbins)

15 minutes of fame Hakim Adi chooses Alice Kinloch

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Episode 5 Treasures of the tomb . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

In a photograph taken at Bishop's Stortford railway station in Hertfordshire, 1972, resettled Ugandan Asians wait for the train that will take them to their new home. (Photo by Alamy)

Fleeing Idi Amin: the long journey to a new life

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Episode 4 The mystery of Nefertiti . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Head of the Ancient Egyptian Queen Tiye

15 minutes of fame Joyce Tyldesley chooses Queen Tiye

Roger II of Sicily, depicted in an Arabic-style image in the Palatine Chapel of the Norman Palace in Palermo

Normans in Africa The 12th-century attempt to forge a north-African Norman kingdom

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Episode 1 Unearthing the boy king’s lost tomb . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The Norman kings of Africa . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.