June 2019 (Issue 69)

Expert articles from the June 2019 issue of BBC History Revealed Magazine

An open Bible on an altar

General ancient history

A history of the BibleWho wrote it and when?

Panorama of Machu Picchu

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The last days of the Incas. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Allied troops on the landing crafts did not know if they would survive D-Day, but they knew the beaches had to be taken. (Photo by: Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

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D-Day: the WW2 battle through the eyes of the men who were there. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Image of the Lindisfarne Stone from Holy Island, Northumbria. It shows seven warriors, possibly vikings. The Vikings’ first recorded raid on Lindisfarne took place in AD 793. (Photo by CM Dixon/Print Collector/Getty Images)

Viking

Your guide to the Viking raid of Lindisfarne in AD 793

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MK Ultra: the secrets of the CIA's mind-control programme. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Charlton Hetson races a chariot in Ben-Hur

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Wacky races: 10 weird and wonderful contests through history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Lucrezia Borgia with her father Pope Alexander VI

Renaissance

Lucrezia Borgia: is her bad reputation deserved?