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What was the werewolf myth in Ancient Rome?

India at war and mining accidents. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

General ancient history

Q&AHow old is the toilet seat?

Q&AHave people ever lived underground?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Terror in Elizabethan England. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

9 weird and wonderful festivals through history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

John Aubrey: chronicler of the 17th century. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

James Watt: your guide to the pioneer of steam engine technology

The perils of piety in Tudor England. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

6 Magna Carta myths explained. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The golden age of murder: Agatha Christie and the Detection Club. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

James Gillray: the king of Georgian caricature. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Q&AWere there health scares caused by new technology in the past?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Battle of the Bulge and children of the Holocaust. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Heavenly dew: crying in the Middle Ages. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The many lives of India. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Love, health and the weather: 9 things medieval Londoners worried about. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Fit for a queen: 3 medieval recipes enjoyed at English and Scottish royal courts. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The unsung heroes who won the war. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Did Britain doom the Lusitania?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The history of India and a terrible explosion. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Blasphemous Bibles and cannibals at sea: 4 bad days in history

Q&ADid people smoke anything before tobacco was discovered?

Wolfson History Prize 2015 special. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Stone Age galleryIn picturesStonehenge tourism through history

Guy Fawkes “is like a modern-day jihadist,” says counter-terrorism expert

Mary I’s phantom pregnancy. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

VE Day special. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

General ancient history

Q&AWho made the first booze?

BBC History Magazine

In pictures: shoes through history

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