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December 2019 (Issue 75)

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

Aeronauts James Glaisher (left) and Henry Coxwell (right) pose in the basket of their hot air balloon

Victorian

The balloon-riding Victorians who courted disaster: the true story behind The Aeronauts

The Trojan Horse – seen in the 2004 film Troy

Ancient Greece

How much of the legend of Troy is real?

The 1851 Great Exhibition’s west wing

Victorian

The 1851 Great Exhibition: inside the Victorian spectacle

Colour painting showing Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi on a horse.

Victorian

Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi: the heroic queen dubbed India’s 'Joan of Arc'

Figure of Tutankhamun

Ancient EgyptgalleryIn pictures: the glittering treasures of Tutankhamun