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Episode 8Athens

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Bamburgh Castle: The Real Bebbanburg of The Last Kingdom

Episode 7Oslo

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Episode 6Paris

Episode 5Istanbul

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Science & religion: a story of war or harmony?

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The North: from Bede to Lowry

Paganism: everything you wanted to know

Episode 4Madrid

Miles Russell at Stonehenge alongside archaeologists Timothy Darvill and Geoffrey Wainwright

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History’s Greatest Cities: Season 1

King Alfonso XIII of Spain, Charles I of England, Puyi of China and Lydia Liliuokalani of Hawaii

The kingdom is deadWhat causes monarchies to fail?

Sirens, succubi & sex symbols: a history of female monsters

Episode 3Rome

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Why might the definition of treasure be changing? Five things we learnt from our conversation with heritage minister Lord Parkinson

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Video podcastPeter Frankopan on humanity’s long relationship with nature

Volcanoes & nuclear armageddon: humanity’s long relationship with nature

Pupils in a museum

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QuizHow well do you know Year 9 history?

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Aerial view of the 2,000-year-old Gaziantep Castle in Turkey, showing the damage caused by the earthquakes that hit the nation and neighbouring Syria in February 2023 (Photo by Yan Zhigang/VCG via Getty Images)

Preservation of heritage sites: what happens in the aftermath of a catastrophe?

Landmarks of Prague

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Episode 2Prague

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MasterclassThe monarchy, with Tracy Borman

The Arnolfini portrait painting – oil on wood – appears to depict a wealthy couple holding hands in a domestic setting, the bed perhaps indicating that they are in a bedchamber

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