Ancient Greek pottery

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A brief history of marathons

The food served at the wedding of Joffrey Baratheon and Margaery Tyrell may be inspired by accounts of ancient Roman excess, says Ayelet Haimson Lushkov. (© Home Box Office, Inc/Sky Atlantic)

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Power plays and scheming queens: the ancient history behind Game of Thrones. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The ancient Greek theatre at Epidaurus, which boasts superb acoustics and aesthetics. (Photo by Alamy)

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My favourite place: the Peloponnese, Greece

Thessaloniki's Rotunda of Galerius, Greece, built in the fourth-century by Roman occupiers

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Beard presents an episode of the BBC's 2018 headline arts series, 'Civilisations'. (Image credit: BBC/Nutopia)

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Mary Beard: “I couldn’t give a toss what Roman emperor Donald Trump was most like” plus 3 other things we learned about her. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Mary Beard on the HistoryExtra podcast

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Mary Beard’s life in Classics. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Composite image of famous women: Cleopatra, Marie Curie, Mary Wollstonecraft, Madame CJ Walker, Jane Austen, Emmeline Pankhurst, Ethel Smyth, the Virgin Mary, Rosa Parks, Frida Kahlo, Diana, Princess of Wales, Amelia Earhart.

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100 women who changed the world

The history of birthday presents dates back to the Roman period. (Photo by Lambert/Fototrove/Getty Images Plus)

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Crowds of women from ancient Greece gather round a man holding a vase

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Q&AWhat was life like for Spartan women?

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

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An engraving from Ulrich Molitor’s ‘On witches and female soothsayers’, depicting witches bringing down the rain. Germany, 15th century. (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images)

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In ‘Venus Uncovered’ on BBC Four, Wednesday 15 November at 9pm, Bettany Hughes investigates the mythological figure of Venus. (© Sandstone Global/Image by Tim Knight)

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Bettany Hughes on the symbol of Venus

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The ‘Father of History’ and India in the British empire. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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A history of Istanbul. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Acropolis Museum Athens, combines modern and ancient

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Yangguan Museum and a statue of Zhang Qian. (Getty Images)

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Global encounters of the ancient kind

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The Cold War and the history of philosophy. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Bust of Homer c850 BC. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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A combo picture of two images taken 13 August 2002 at Cairo Museum shows a foot of a mummy missing its big toe and beside it a prosthetic toe of leather and wood to replace the amputated real one. (Photo by Marwan Naamani/AFP/Getty Images)

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A section of the Seikilos epitaph, the oldest surviving complete musical composition in the world

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Q&AWhat is the oldest-known song?

An undated portrait of Hypatia

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Showering, teeth brushing and donning underwear: the strange history of our daily routine. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Saranda Kolones, Kato Pathos Archaeological Park

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My favourite place: Cyprus

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