BBC History Revealed Magazine  |  May 2020
"ll the glitters is not gold: explore the dark side of the gold rush era, which saw thousands of people dash to remote frontiers in the mid-19th century in the hope of striking it rich, but often ended up poorer than ever and unleashed chaos on indigenous communities
Plus: we found how the Victorians made competitive walking an unmissable sport – and meet its superstar athletes; countdown the nine days that led to VE Day ahead of the 75th anniversary; prise apart the secrets of the medieval Voynich Manuscript, which has bamboozled scholars for centuries; ask what might have happened if Alexander the Great hadn’t died so young; and much more
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