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Boats clash at sea in this illustration of the 480 BC battle of Salamis, fought between a Persian army led by King Xerxes I and the Greek army led by Themistocles

Ancient Greece

Salamis, 480 BC: a horror at sea for the Persian empire

An image of Hippocrates from the 14th century, sitting and holding a book open in front of him

Ancient Greece

Hippocrates and humours: medicine in ancient Greece

Period

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A depiction of a Spartan mother saying goodbye to her son, she is seated as he leaves

Ancient Greece

Women in ancient Greece: what were their lives like?

Tourists at the Sphinx and Great Pyramid of Giza in 1923

Ancient Egypt

Who was ancient Egypt’s most successful pharaoh?

A modern illustration shows prisoners of war being sold into slavery

Ancient Greece

Slavery in ancient Greece: what was life like for enslaved people?

A stone bust of the Greek god Dionysius

Ancient Greece

The gods and their whims: your guide to ancient Greek religion

A trieme is rowed towards a naval battle in a scene depicting the battle of Aegospotami in 405 BC

Ancient Greece

The ancient Greeks at war: hoplites, the phalanx and the greatest battles

Ancient Greek statesman Solon sits on a throne, with a subject petitioning him

Ancient Greece

Who’s who in ancient Greece? Meet 14 influential ancient Greeks

A stone statue of Achilles

Ancient Greece

Q&AWhy do we say ‘Achilles Heel’?

An ancient Greek vase depicts animal sacrifice of a cow by two women

Ancient Greece

Your guide to Ancient Greece: everything you wanted to know

A Peep at St. Peter or The Poet in a Pickle

Georgian

Q&AWhy do we say 'Peeping Tom'?

Photo of a man on a penny-farthing

Victorian

Q&AHow dangerous was the penny-farthing?

A portrait of Princess Elizabeth

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The birth of Elizabeth I: everything you need to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Illustration of German Dominican preacher Johann Tetzel selling indulgences inside a church

Medieval

Q&AWhat are indulgences, how were they abused in medieval times, and what do they have to do with the Reformation?

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Pompeii: a remarkable window into ancient Roman life. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Portrait of English admiral Lord Horatio Nelson

Georgian

Lord Admiral Horatio Nelson: a rebel with a cause

William Wallace on trial in 1305

Medieval

William Wallace: who was the Scottish rebel who defied Edward I?

Anne Boleyn, second wife and queen consort of Henry VIII

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Anne Boleyn's youth: how her years on the continent made her a match for Henry VIII. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Byzantines and a flamethrower

General ancient history

Q&AWhat was Greek fire?

Mary, Queen of Scots during her trial at Fotheringhay Castle – where she was also executed for her alleged role in the Babington Plot (Photo by Culture Club/Getty Images)

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What if...The Babington Plot to assassinate Elizabeth I had succeeded?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Medal winners on a podium

Victorian

Q&AWho won the first Olympic medal? And what was the prize before that?

A man runs on an athletics track with a crowd behind him

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Harry Edward: Britain’s first black Olympic hero. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Chernobyl nuclear power plant a few weeks after the disaster

20th Century

What was the Chernobyl Disaster?

Photo of a crocodile

Ancient Egypt

Q&AWhy do we say 'crocodile tears'?

The first modern Olympics at the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens

Victorian

The first modern Olympics: what happened at the 1896 games?

George Westinghouse, Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla

Victorian

Edison, Westinghouse and Tesla: the history behind The Current War

Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle

Georgian

Q&AWho wrote the French national anthem?

Napoleon portrait by Jacques-Louis David shows is perhaps the most famous painting of the French emperor with one hand tucked out of sight

Georgian

Why do Napoleon’s portraits often show him with one hand inside his shirt? The story of the French emperor’s missing hand…

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