Ethiopian children watching a play

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A member of a Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) patrol, May 1942

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Statue of Ramesses II, at Luxor Temple. He ruled Egypt for 66 years, and left more statues than any other pharaoh (Photo by Michelle McMahon / Getty Images)

Ancient Egypt

5 of the most powerful pharaohs to rule ancient Egypt

Theban mural showing people plucking geese. (Photo by DEA / G Dagli Orti/De Agostini/Getty Images)

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Life in Ancient Egypt: what was it like?

A copy of a wall painting shows Sety I (r1294-1279 BC) opening the door for Osiris, lord of the dead

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Egyptian pharaohs: your essential guide to Egypt’s ancient rulers

A carving of Tutankhamun and his young wife Ankhesenamun

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The forgotten women in Tutankhamun’s tomb

Egyptologist Howard Carter crouches near the golden sarcophagus of Tutankhamun's remains

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Howard Carter's discovery of Tutankhamun: was the tomb really cursed?

Tutankhamun’s golden funeral mask

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How the early SAS became heroes of the Second World War

Actor Viola Davis (right) holds a weapon aloft in new feature film The Woman King, inspired by the stories of female warriors in Dahomey

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The warrior ‘Amazons’ of Dahomey

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The Rosetta Stone

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St Hadrian of Canterbury

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How to repel a Mongol invasion: the success of Egypt’s Mamluk empire

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In a photograph taken at Bishop's Stortford railway station in Hertfordshire, 1972, resettled Ugandan Asians wait for the train that will take them to their new home. (Photo by Alamy)

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Head of the Ancient Egyptian Queen Tiye

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Roger II of Sicily, depicted in an Arabic-style image in the Palatine Chapel of the Norman Palace in Palermo

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Ras Prince Monolulu entertains the crowds at Aintree racecourse, 1931 (Photo by KEYSTONE-FRANCE/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)

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