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This 19th-century illustration, based on ancient Greek vase imagery, depicts two mounted Amazons chasing after two fleeing youths. Scenes like this reflect classical fascination with the myth of warrior women.

Were the Amazons just a “male fantasy”? Here’s the truth behind the ancient world’s warrior women

General History

Quiz of the weekHow were Cleopatra and Arsinoe IV related?

Rob Rinder and Rylan Clark in 'Passage to India'

History TV and radio in the UK: what's on our screens this week?

A painting showing a black beast biting the leg of an orange man dressed in a loincloth

What have the Etruscans ever done for us?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

English author Agatha Christie, pictured at a dinner in 1957. By this time, she was one of the world’s best-selling writers, renowned for her detective fiction featuring characters such as Hercule Poirot.

A real Thursday Murder Club? How a team of crime fiction writers tried to save the genre (and solve crimes)

El Cid: life of the week. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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