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Tutankhamun’s golden funeral mask

Your guide to Tutankhamun, plus 8 fascinating facts

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Photo of the SAS in North Africa

Second World War

How the early SAS became heroes of the Second World War

War and Conflict, Malaya, pic: 1953, British troops of the Special Air Service (SAS) with a helicopter, having been dropped off in the jungle in search of bandits (Photo by Popperfoto via Getty Images/Getty Images)

In a nutshellThe history of the SAS

The Battle of Lipany or Lipan, also called the Battle of Cesky Brod, on 30 May 1434 virtually ended the Hussite Wars (Picture by Alamy)

In a nutshellThe Hussite Wars

Cuba & the USA: an intertwined history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Kleisthenes is credited with reforming the constitution of ancient Athens and setting it on a democratic footing in 508/7 BCE. For these accomplishments, historians refer to him as 'The Father of Athenian Democracy'. (Picture by Alamy)

15 minutes of fameMichael Scott chooses Kleisthenes

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Chaos, ruin & renewal: Germany in 1945. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Actor Viola Davis (right) holds a weapon aloft in new feature film The Woman King, inspired by the stories of female warriors in Dahomey

The warrior ‘Amazons’ of Dahomey

Sci-fi history: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Chaucer’s disputed legacy: new discoveries. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan: war without end. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Prime minister Edward Heath

A brief history of U-turns. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Afghan fighters on top of a destroyed Soviet helicopter, 1980 (Photo by Alain Dejean/Sygma via Getty Images)

War without end: conflict in Afghanistan, from the Cold War Soviet invasion to the Taliban. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Prime minister and king in black and white photo

Q&APrior to 2022, has there ever been a new monarch and prime minister in Britain in the same week?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A scene from the Luttrell Psalter, c1330, gives an idealised insight into everyday life in 14th-century rural England

Life as a medieval peasantHow accurate are depictions on screen?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Prime Minister David Lloyd George, sitting at a desk

The fall of Lloyd GeorgeA dramatic and significant Prime Ministerial downfall. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Captives being brought on board a slave ship on the West Coast of Africa (Slave Coast), c1880. Although Britain outlawed slavery in 1833 and it was abolished in the USA after the defeat of the Confederacy in the Civil War in 1865, the transatlantic trade in African slaves continued. The main market for the slaves was Brazil, where slavery was not abolished until 1888. (Colorised black and white print). Artist Unknown.. (Photo by The Print Collector/Getty Images)

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Black British historySlavery's painful legacy

Spectacles of death: public executions in London. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Protesters gather outside the Royal Courts of Justice during the 2003 Hutton inquiry into claims, broadcast on the BBC, that the case for war in Iraq had been “sexed up”.

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Jazz singer Adelaide Hall at Radiolympia, 1947

BBC at 100Entry into the television age. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Anthony Eden addresses BBC cameras in 1956

BBC at 1001950s friction between government and the BBC. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Berlin’s turbulent 20th century. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Sly cakes (Picture by Sam Nott)

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Black History MonthThe slave who stole a ship and sailed to freedom. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A mutineer in the family. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A child cooks on an open fire in a medieval home (Photo by: Prisma/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Medieval childhood: a historical A-Z. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Bank of England: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.