Archaeology

Tutankhamun's blue and gold funerary mask

Tutankhamun unmasked: 7 intriguing truths about the pharaoh and his treasures

The Temple Scroll, from the Dead Sea Scrolls

General ancient history

Digging for the Bible: 10 key discoveries from the Holy Land

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Daisy Dunn.

The destruction of Pompeii . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Great Pyramid of Giza

5 facts about the Great Pyramid of Giza

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Stonehenge

Britain’s key archaeological discoveries . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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A selection of treasure from the Staffordshire Hoard.

A closer look at the Staffordshire Hoard . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Ivinghoe Brecon. (Image by Alamy)

The landscape of England . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The west Cornish tomb Lanyon Quoit, which dates to the Neolithic period (3500–2500 BC). The Anglo-Saxons believed that ancient burial sites were cursed – and guarded by dragons. (Image by Dreamstime)

Giants, dragons and Middle Earth: the Anglo-Saxon fear of the past . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Hardian's Wall, a world heritage site. (Photo by Getty Images)

A tale of two walls: how Hadrian’s Wall inspired Game of Thrones

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)

General ancient history

A brief history of border walls – from 2,000 BC to Trump’s Mexico wall

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)

Viking ‘warrior women’: Judith Jesch, expert in Viking studies, examines the latest evidence

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

Michael Wood On Anglo-Saxon manuscripts . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Miniature from a Persian manuscript depicting Genghis Khan's funeral

General ancient history

Q&A Where was Genghis Khan buried?

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)

History explorer Roman Britain’s final frontier