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Tholos of Delphi in Greece. (Photo by Dreamstime)

Everything you ever wanted to know about ancient Greece, but were afraid to ask

Holbein's portrait of Henry VIII

Henry VIII’s wives quiz: how well do you know the six women he married?

What's History's Greatest Mystery?

General ancient history

What is history’s greatest mystery?

National guardsmen confront confront citizens during Chicago's race riots

Red summer of 1919: the history of Chicago’s race riots

Hadrian's Wall (UNESCO World Heritage Site, 1987), near Housesteads, England, United Kingdom, Roman civilization, 2nd century.

Blog Medieval(ish) matters #15: What’s lurking in the background of medieval maps? And what did medieval people really know about the wider world?

(Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Why was there a backlash against face masks during the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918?

Four Murder, Inc hitmen are questioned by detectives

Murder, Inc: the rise and fall of New York City’s mafia hitmen

American abolitionist and writer Frederick Douglass, c 1866. (Photo by Shutterstock)

African American abolitionists in Britain

Extract from Domesday Book.

Your guide to the Domesday Book: the most important document in English history?

Richard III

57 history questions for your home pub quiz (updated)

Bill Nighy and Olivia Cooke in 'The Limehouse Golem'.

The real history behind Victorian thriller ‘The Limehouse Golem’

Has Russia always played by its own rules?

Has Russia always played by its own rules?

The battle of First Bar, 1841

Your guide to... the Opium Wars

Colour portrait of Jane Austen

A brief guide to Jane Austen, plus 8 things you (probably) didn’t know about her

Statue of Richard the Lionheart outside the Houses of Parliament at Westminster. (Photo by Dreamstime)

Lionheart of stone: the medieval statue debate