BBC History Revealed Magazine

Illustration of a mummy with mask

How to make an Egyptian mummy in 6 steps

Illustration of the charge of the Light Brigade at Balaclava during the Crimean War

Victorians and war: which conflicts were fought during the Victorian era?

Photo of statue of Leif Erikson

Leif Erikson’s voyage to Vinland

Richard III

What if… Richard III had won at Bosworth?

Queen Victoria

The Victorians and the British Empire: a brief guide and timeline

19th century advert for snuff

Q&A What was snuff?

The Beagle sailed with a young Charles Darwin on board, his influential ideas yet to be formulated. (Image by Getty Images)

Charles Darwin and the Beagle: how the voyage transformed our understanding of the world

Monument to Prince Vladimir the Great in Moscow

Q&A Who were the Kievan Rus and what do they have to do with the Vikings?

Schoolchildren in Liverpool have their Christmas party in an air raid shelter built into a railway arch

Second World War

What was Christmas like in Britain during the Second World War?

A Roman mosaic floor at Brading Roman Villa on the Isle of Wight. (Image by Alamy)

Fishbourne Roman Palace, plus 5 more Roman mosaics you can explore in Britain

Alfred Nobel (Bettmann/Getty Images)

The history of the Nobel Prizes

British Royal Navy Type 21 frigate HMS Antelope explodes in San Carlos Water, off East Falkland, after attacks by the Argentine Air Force during the Falklands War, 24 May 1982. (Photo by Martin Cleaver/Pool/Getty Images)

The Falklands War: when was it fought, why did it happen and how was it won?

France. Massacre of Vassy. Murder of Huguenot worshipers and citizens in an armed action by troops of Francis, Duke of Guise, in Wassy, France on 1 March 1562. Starting of French Wars of Religion. Engraving. (Photo by: PHAS/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

The Huguenots vs France: who were the Huguenots and what did they believe?

Scrooge and Marley's ghost

Q&A Why do we say ‘Bah Humbug’ and what does it mean?

Princess Elizabeth (the future Queen Elizabeth II) and Princess Margaret as Prince Charming and Cinderella in a 1941 pantomime

Q&A What are the origins of the Christmas pantomime?