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ilver penny of King Alfred

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The real Alfred the Great. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Henry VIII, Princess Mary and William Somers

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Playing the fool: Tudor jesters. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

English historian Edward Gibbon (1737-94), author of 'The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

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The decline and fall of the British Empire. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The statue Worker and Kolkhoz Woman in Moscow, Russia. (Photo by Getty Images)

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Communist Moscow. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Map of Bayham Park from ‘Repton’s Landscape Gardening and Landscape Architecture’ by JC Loudon. (Photo by The Life Picture Collection/Getty Images)

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John Claudius Loudon (1783–1843). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The myth of native-bashing. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Archaeologist Howard Carter removing oils from the

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Revelations in the Valley of the Kings: what has been found since King Tut’s coffin?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Tutankhamun: behind the mask. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Statue of the great philosopher Confucius in Shanghai. Taken at the Shanghai Wen Miao, also known as the Shanghai Confucian Temple. (Photo by Getty Images)

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The legacy of Confucius. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Scout Troop

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Baden-Powell, Scouting and the British empire. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A flight of Vickers Wellington long-range bombers, used by the Royal Air Force to undertake raids into Germany and elsewhere, 8 February 1940. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

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Second World War bomber boys. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Antique print of the Boston Massacre from the American Revolutionary, by Paul Revere (American, 1734-1818) (hand-colored engraving), 1770. The title of the print is 'The Bloody Massacre perpetrated in King Street Boston on March 5th 1770 by a party of the 29th Reg't'. (Photo by GraphicaArtis/Getty Images)

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The plot to kidnap King George III. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The members of Captain Scott's ill-fated expedition to the South Pole. (Photo by Bettmann via Getty Images)

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Scott of the Antarctic: a true British hero?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Scenes From The Great War 100 Years On

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The Somme: a terrible learning curve. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A Roman auxiliary fort just south of Hadrian's Wall (Getty Images)

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How Roman was Britain?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

William of Orange landing with his army at Torbay, Devon, 5 November 1688. (Photo by Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)

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A not so bloodless revolution. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The 10 worst Britons in history

Deer graze in the gardens by the distinctive red sandstone gateway to the mausoleum of the Mughal Emperor Akbar at Sikandra near Agra. (Photo by Getty Images)

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History Holidays: Mughal India. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Alien spaceship landing on rural road

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The secret search for aliens. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A portrait of William I of Orange. (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

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Death from the shadows: the murder of William the Silent. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The columns of the Temple of Saturn and overview of the ruined Roman Forum, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Rome. (Getty Images)

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Regency AcademyJustice, Roman style

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AcademyWearing your allegiance

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HistoryExtra Academy‘What a terrible thing is war’. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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