Australasia

The Sultanahmet district in Istanbul, Turkey, which is classified as World Heritage by UNESCO. (Photo by DOZIER Marc via Getty Images)

General ancient history

A new civilisation rises

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From bats and brawls to new links between colonies: the origins of Australian cricket

A portrait of James Gordon Bennett, Jr (1841–1918), by Alexis Joseph Perignon, 1867. (Photo by The New York Historical Society/Getty Images)

Q&A Why do we say ‘Gordon Bennett’?

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Q&A Why do Americans call the British ‘limeys’?

19th-century boxer Larry Foley

Q&A Why do we say ‘happy as Larry’?

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In pictures: Indigenous Australia

A painting in the cave of Altamira, Spain

General prehistory

The rise of Homo sapiens

Tasmanian aborigines and the historic importance of the River Nile

Illustration by Jonty Clark.

Ye Olde Travel Guide: Ballarat 1854

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First ever kangaroo and dingo paintings to remain in UK

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Tattooed 18th-century head uncovered in Birmingham

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Debate continues over truth behind ‘oldest’ Australia map

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Map ‘casts doubt on when Europeans discovered Australia’

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Museum bid to acquire ‘new world’ George Stubbs paintings

British political cartoonist David Low. His caricatures of political figures including Hitler resulted in him being placed in the Nazi 'Black Book' – a list of prominent Britons who were to be arrested in the case of a successful invasion of Britain. (Photo by Felix Man/Picture Post/Getty Images

My history hero: Sir David Low (1891–1963)