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A portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte

Why Napoleon merits the title 'the Great'

An ancient Greek gold coin

Q&AWhen were the first coins made?

The Gunpowder Plot and the First World War

Princess Victoria Melita: the British princess who scandalised the royal family

Photo of a woman putting a finger to her lips

Q&AWhy do we say 'mum's the word'?

5 things beards tell us about history

A brief history of tattoos

7 maps that changed history

A brief history of how people communicated in the Middle Ages

Germany through the centuries and Hitler’s cocaine habit

A portrait of Joan of Arc,

The real Joan of Arc

“He was so much more than that speech”: David Oyelowo on playing Martin Luther King in upcoming blockbuster Selma

History Extra explains... Who was in charge in Ancient Egypt?

Georgian gardens and historical fiction

5 things you didn’t know about the secret spying arm of the Post Office

10 strange historical facts about Finland

The history of Sherlock Holmes - in pictures

Rosedene Cottage

History explorer: The Chartist movement

Morris dancers perform

Steps in time: Dancing through history

The battle of Agincourt and the Spanish communists

A painting in the cave of Altamira, Spain

The rise of Homo sapiens

Red Army tank drivers on a street in the city of Rakov, Poland

1939: When Poland was torn to pieces

An elevated view over Stiftskirche & surrounding township, Baden-Baden, Germany

My favourite place: The Black Forest, south-west Germany

England captain Bobby Moore

My history hero: Bobby Moore

10 things you (probably) didn’t know about Churchill’s secret Second World War warriors

Sam’s historical recipe corner: Beef olives

The trials of Joan of Arc

The step pyramid of Djoser, Saqqara

Q&AHow many pyramid tombs are there in Egypt?

Picture of a lion and tiger fighting

Q&AWhere was England's first zoo?

First World War

Why is WW1 called the 'Great War'?