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Myths and legends
Myths and legends
Ancient Greece
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What is the Trojan Horse and why do we say ‘Beware the Greeks bearing gifts’?
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Eggs, bunnies and Jesus Christ: the history and origins of Easter
Ancient Greece
The real Amazons: how the legendary warrior women inspired fighters, feminists and
Wonder Woman
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Tudor
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Did Anne Boleyn have six fingers on one hand?
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A history of Britain’s folklore
Viking
Was Freydís Eiríksdóttir a hero or a deranged murderess?
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The supernatural interests of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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Greek myths: everything you wanted to know
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History’s greatest mysteries
Was the Trojan War fact or fiction?
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The mythical genius of Daidalos, the first polymath
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Dick Whittington, the Loch Ness Monster and a talking mongoose: 8 mythical figures of British history
Medieval
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What was the Vegetable Lamb of Tartary?
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Unmasking the ‘man in the iron mask’: do we know the identity of the famous prisoner?
Ancient Greece
Pheidippides: is the ancient Greek marathon runner remembered for the wrong run?
Medieval
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: what’s the story?
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