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Africa

Q&AHas there ever been a women-only army?

My favourite place: Northern Ethiopia

Books interview with Steven Weinberg: "The history of science can prevent us from making the mistakes of the past". This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

How to lead like Saladin. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The phantom menace: 10 milestones in science fiction. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

First World War

Q&AWhat was the Battle of the Bees?

My favourite place: Luxor, Egypt

My history heroPliny the Elder (AD 23–79). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The rise of Homo sapiens. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Q&AHow many pyramid tombs are there in Egypt?

What did people eat in Ancient Egypt?

The LibraryAncient Rome in crisis. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

How did Tutankhamun die?

My history hero: Hendrik Witbooi (born c1830). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

My history heroNelson Mandela (1918-2013). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Ye olde travel guide: Goree, 1782. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Q&AWhy was Napoleon exiled to St Helena?

General ancient history

Q&AWhy did physicians ‘bleed’ their patients?

History explorer: Africans in Tudor and Stuart Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

African history special. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Ancient Egypt galleryLooking inside ancient Egyptian mummies

Tasmanian aborigines and the historic importance of the River Nile. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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

My history hero: Ruth First (1925-82). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Ancient Egypt galleryDiscovering Tutankhamun

Historian at the Movies: Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom reviewed. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

When I met Mandela: 1995 Rugby World Cup final

Nelson Mandela special. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Nelson Mandela: “a symbol of the struggle against racism”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Self-portraits: How people took selfies in the past

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