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    Articles from the November 2015 issue of BBC History Magazine

    A Viking sword with silver and gold hilt, from Dyback, Skane
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    How England rode the Viking storm

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    In pictures: Alice in Wonderland

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    The big questions of ancient Egypt

    A Royal Navy battle
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    The Royal Navy’s American disaster

    Monument to Alexander von Humboldt
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    The Georgian craze for popular history

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    Who were the Celts?

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    In pictures: women in WWII

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    My favourite place: Arthur Cotterell

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