Archaeology

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Pod Mike Pitts WL

Richard III returns . This is a premium piece of content available to registered users.

The skeleton exhumed from beneath a Leicester car park in 2012. The remains contained features matching Tudor descriptions of Richard III, and injuries to the skull and body inflicted at the battle of Bosworth in 1485

Rediscovering Richard III The story of how a lost king was found

The Rosetta Stone is covered in three scripts, which allowed for the translation of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs

Rosetta Stone What is it and why is it important?

The Rosetta Stone

The rivalry behind the translation of the Rosetta Stone

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Women of the Middle Ages with Janina Ramirez – episode 1

HistoryExtra Women of the Middle Ages Masterclass with Janina Ramirez The Loftus Princess . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The statue of Alfred the Great in Winchester set against a blue sky background

Excavating Winchester: the dig that changed (urban) history

An illustration of fossil hunter Dorothea Bate

Dorothea Bate: A fearless fossil hunter

A third-century monument of a Roman woman having her hair styled by slaves, from Germany. High-status women on the frontiers, including at Hadrian's Wall, tried to follow the latest Roman fashions (Photo by DEA / M. BORCHI / Getty Images)

Roman Britain: what six objects can reveal about life for women at Hadrian’s Wall

The Parthenon Sculptures, also known as the Elgin Marbles, on display at the British Museum

8 facts about the Elgin Marbles

The tombstone of a Roman soldier named Vivius Marcianus.

How the Great Fire of London revealed the city’s Roman past

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15 minutes of fame

Franz Nopcsa Hungarian adventurer and palaeontologist . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Pod Claire Jowitt WL

Discovering a lost royal battleship . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Alice Roberts on unearthing the Romans, Vikings & Anglo-Saxons . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Persian courtiers in the throne room at Persepolis, as depicted in a relief detail.

General ancient history

Persepolis: the creation of the Persian empire’s foremost citadel

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Pod Matt Green WL

General History

Britain’s lost towns and villages . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.