April 2016 (Issue 28)

Expert articles from the April 2016 issue of BBC History Revealed Magazine

Minutemen facing British soldiers on Lexington common

Georgian

What happened at the battles of Lexington and Concord?

Haile Selassie, emperor of Ethiopia

20th Century

Haile Selassie, last emperor of Ethiopia and architect of modern Africa

Tourists at the Sphinx and Great Pyramid of Giza in 1923

Ancient Egypt

Who was ancient Egypt’s most successful pharaoh?

Chernobyl nuclear power plant a few weeks after the disaster

20th Century

What was the Chernobyl Disaster?

Did Winston Churchill and Adolf Hitler (pictured) ever meet? (Photos by Getty Images)

Second World War

Q&ADid Churchill and Hitler ever meet?

A statue of Leif Eriksson, Erik the Red's son, who sailed to North America, c1000 AD. (Image by RF/Getty Images)

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Russia, North America and the Middle East: where did the Vikings visit to trade and raid?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Wrestlers in ancient Greece

Ancient Greece

Q&AHow did ancient athletes prepare for the Olympics?

Roman ruins in Ancient Ostia with the tenements of Serapide

Roman

FeatureFive facts about Roman insulae

Illustration of electric chair

Victorian

Q&AWho invented the electric chair?