December 2010 cover

December 2010

Articles from the December 2010 issue of BBC History Magazine

A reconstruction of an extract from the Book of the Dead depicting an embalming scene. (Photo by De Agostini Picture Library via Getty Images)

Ancient Egypt

Guidebook to the Ancient Egyptian afterlife

Sunset over the causeway to St Michael's Mount, Marazion, Cornwall, England (Getty Images)

Membership

9 places associated with the Prayer Book Rebellion. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

(Photo by Katie Edwards/Alamy Stock Photo)

General Modern

Do we really live in a less charitable society than 50 years ago?

Second World War

Pearl Harbor: 3 historical films about the Japanese attack on the US fleet