General ancient history

Attila the Hun

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Who was Attila the Hun, the barbarian ruler who terrorised the Romans?

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Documents that changed the world

Colourised print of the Lighthouse of Alexandria as imagined in the 18th century

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The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World: what were they, and what happened to them?

Illustration of Venetian merchant Marco Polo travels along the Silk Road to China

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Your guide to... the Silk Road

A thin section of the Great Wall of China near Beijing

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10 facts about the Great Wall of China

A 16th-century painting of the Tower of Babel

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Your guide to... the ancient city of Babylon

Stonehenge: Not a henge, but certainly a stone circle, and a very long-lived centre of human activity. (Getty Images)

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Stonehenge mystery solved: where do the large stones come from?

Stonehenge

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History’s greatest mysteries Stonehenge

A replica of Jesus' tomb. (Photo by Alamy)

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History’s greatest mysteries The fate of Jesus's body

What's History's Greatest Mystery?

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What is history’s greatest mystery?

A rare jewelled late Medieval cluster brooch,

Unburied treasures

An 18th-century marble relief depicting Julius Caesar invading Britain by John Deare, a British neo-classical sculptor. (Photo by: Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

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Geoffrey of Monmouth: the lost voice of ancient Britain

A stone believed to have magical properties, including the ability to summon rain, from Laraibina village in New Ireland, Papua New Guinea. (Photo by Getty Images)

A history of magic

An illustration depicting King Arthur fighting the Saxons, from the Rochefoucauld Grail. The absence of a clear and present origin for King Arthur has created a ‘void’ which many are keen to fill, says Miles Russell. (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

The real King Arthur: why are we so obsessed with trying to solve the mystery?

'Tippoo's Tiger', made for Tipu Sultan. (Photo by Alamy)

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Museums and colonialism