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General ancient history

Dr Melanie Giles unravels some of the mysteries around amazingly preserved human remains found in bogs – and reveals what we can learn from them. (Image by Getty Images)
General ancient history

Bog bodies: what can they teach us?

John Withington discusses history’s most notorious political killings – from the first known assassination to the plots to kill Franz Ferdinand and JFK. (Image by Getty Images)
General ancient history

Assassinations: from the ancient world to JFK

In this lecture, Michael Wood uses the stories of five individuals from across the centuries to cast light on China’s rich and varied history
General ancient history

Voices of China

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An Athenian red-figure kylix (cup) dating from around 510–500 BC depicts a young pentathlete pulling his older lover towards him for a kiss. In many of the city-states of ancient Greece, sex between a man and a youth was an accepted – even idealised – form of love, its virtues extolled in works by writers including Plato. (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)
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Pride and prejudice: same-sex relations through history

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From the ancient world to the 1969 Stonewall Riots: a brief guide to LGBT+ history

Egyptologist Joyce Tyldesley responds to listener questions about everyday life in ancient Egypt, from governance to dental care and cat mummies. (Image by Getty Images)
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Daily life in ancient Egypt: everything you wanted to know

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Werewolves of the ancient world

Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones responds to listener questions and popular internet search queries about one of the dominant powers of the ancient world, the Persian empire. (Image by Getty Images)
General ancient history

The Persian empire: everything you wanted to know

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Ancient board games: which ones did people play for fun in the past?

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