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A statue of Thutmose III who, in the second millennium BC, conquered more land than any other pharaoh, ransacking the region for booty and tribute. (Image by AKG Images)

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Men of the SAS returning from a three-month trip behind enemy lines during the war in North Africa. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Second World War

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A medieval illustration showing a doctor bleeding a patient

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A member of a Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) patrol, May 1942

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Statue of Ramesses II, at Luxor Temple. He ruled Egypt for 66 years, and left more statues than any other pharaoh (Photo by Michelle McMahon / Getty Images)

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Theban mural showing people plucking geese. (Photo by DEA / G Dagli Orti/De Agostini/Getty Images)

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A copy of a wall painting shows Sety I (r1294-1279 BC) opening the door for Osiris, lord of the dead

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A carving of Tutankhamun and his young wife Ankhesenamun

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Egyptologist Howard Carter crouches near the golden sarcophagus of Tutankhamun's remains

Howard Carter’s discovery of Tutankhamun: was the tomb really cursed?

Tutankhamun’s golden funeral mask

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Photo of the SAS in North Africa

Second World War

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Actor Viola Davis (right) holds a weapon aloft in new feature film The Woman King, inspired by the stories of female warriors in Dahomey

The warrior ‘Amazons’ of Dahomey

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