Photo of the Parthenon in Greece

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Towards the end of the third century BC, the First Emperor of China sought to make his new state immortal by shielding it with what would be the earliest predecessor to the Great Wall. (Photo by Jean-Luc PETIT/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)

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Katheryn WInnick as Lagertha in season 2 of 'Vikings'. A strong belief in Viking women warriors is now rife in many quarters of cyberspace, says Judith Jesch. (Image by Alamy)

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Michael Wood on Anglo-Saxon manuscripts. (Illustration by Femke de Jong for BBC History Magazine)

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Miniature from a Persian manuscript depicting Genghis Khan's funeral

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Relief showing lion hunt on horseback.

General ancient history

Ashurbanipal 'the Great', the Lion of Assyria

Foundations of a bath house at the Roman fort on Bar Hill in central Scotland. (Photo by Alamy)

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The remarkable Codex Amiatinus, a "giant of a book", and part of a new exhibition at the British Library. (Photo by Sam Lane Photography/British Library)

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The remarkable Codex Amiatinus, a "brute of a book", and part of a new exhibition at the British Library. (c) Sam Lane Photography/British Library)

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A vintage colour lithograph depicting King Richard III at the battle of Bosworth. The battle of Bosworth (or Bosworth Field) was the last significant battle of the Wars of the Roses, the civil war between the Houses of Lancaster and York. (Photo by Getty Images)

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Brazil's oldest museum was gutted by a fire that destroyed most of the 20 million artefacts it housed. (Photo by Buda Mendes/Getty Images)

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Brazil's National Museum fire in context

An elevated view of Cairo's Old City, which is home to a Roman tower, a Greek Orthodox church and an array of historical mosques and madrasas. (Photo by Getty Images)

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Roman

In pictures: The Terracotta Warriors

An aerial image of Maiden Castle, site of Britain's largest hillfort. (Photo by Robert Harding/Getty Images)

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Acropolis Museum Athens, combines modern and ancient

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Photo of Derinkuyu Underground City

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Revellers at Stonehenge

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Q&ADid the druids have anything to do with Stonehenge?

Photo of archaeologist revealing a skull

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The step pyramid of Djoser, Saqqara

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Archaeologist Howard Carter opens the coffin of Tutankhamun. (Photo by Time Life Pictures/Mansell/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

Ancient Egypt

How did Tutankhamun die?

Photo of Lincoln Cathedral

Medieval

Q&AWhat overtook the Great Pyramid of Giza as the tallest manmade structure?

Stone Age

Back to the Stone Age: would you survive?

Historian Miles Russell. (Photography by Philip Hartley for BBC History Magazine)

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The coffin containing the remains of Richard III. The skeleton of the king was discovered in 2012 in the foundations of Greyfriars Church, Leicester, 500 years after he was killed during the battle of Bosworth. (Photo by Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images)

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The discovery of Richard III's remains

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Time's Anvil: England, Archaeology and the Imagination

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