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History’s greatest cities: Lisbon. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The history of Athens: exploring the birthplace of democracy and philosophy

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The history of Amsterdam: city of commerce and canals. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The history of Dublin: from Viking stronghold to international success story. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The history of Budapest: from hot springs to Cold War. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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History’s greatest cities: Florence. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The history of Florence: Italy's Renaissance powerhouse. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Barbenheimer quiz: should you see Barbie or Oppenheimer first, based on your historical knowledge?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Eastern Europe: a personal journey through the region’s past. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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General HistoryvideoQ&AWhy is Cornwall called Cornwall?

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Blindness: a cultural history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Lost civilisations of the Mediterranean. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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From mysterious knitting needles to strange silhouettes: recreating historical clothing. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A 1950s illustration imagines a group of mountaineers catching sight of a large Yeti in the Himalayas

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The hunt for the Abominable Snowman: what's the history of the Yeti legend?

A gear wheel in the Antikythera mechanism, an analogue computer created by ancient Greeks that forms the basis for the Archimedes Dial in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

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The real Archimedes Dial? The Antikythera mechanism explained

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The 16th-century painting, Triumph of Death, by Jan Brueghel the Elder depicts an army of skeletons ravaging the Earth (Photo by akg-images)

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6 moments when diseases drastically altered human history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A photograph taken during the filming of an ITV documentary to mark the 400th anniversary of the 1605 gunpowder plot. Justin is pictured on the left, with his camera

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My life in historyJustin Pollard, historical consultant. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Cornwall: a brief history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Guitarist David Crosby of the Byrds performs with his band in front of a large crowd at the Magic Mountain Music Festival on Mount Tamalpais, June 1967. (Image by © Henry Diltz/Corbis)

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From Ancient Greece to Glastonbury: a brief history of music festivals

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Amazing archaeological discoveries that trounce Indiana Jones. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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