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Welcome

Achilles takes on Penthesilea, queen of the Amazons,

Defining Moments

© Getty Images 18 June 1983 FIRST AMERICAN WOMAN

HOW TO WIN A WAR

Lessons from the greatest battles in history

BATTLE OF THE LITTLE BIGHORN

LITTLE BIGHORN RIVER, MONTANA, USA, 25 JUNE 1876

STEPHEN OF BLOIS HAD DIED IN THE WHITE SHIP DISASTER?

Without Stephen being able to claim the crown, England may have experienced its first queen regnant

Through History LUXURY AND POWER

A new exhibition at the British Museum explores the opulence of the ancient Persians

QUEEN CHARLOTTE: A BRIDGERTON STORY

A powerhouse prequel to Netflix’s worldwide Regency hit

SHAKESPEARE’S FIRST FOLIO

‘Contextualising the material Shakespeare’ 400 years on

THE OLDE ST BOOK IN THE WORLD: PHILOSOPHY IN THE AGE OF THE PYRAMIDS

A captivating exploration of Ancient Egyptian ideas, language and history

The History Of Cults

The word ‘cult’ conjures a wide variety of

RECOMMENDS… The Battle Of The Beams

Author Tom Whipple Price £20 Publisher Bantam For

HISTORY VS HOLLYWOOD

JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG

SCRAPPLE

A FRUGAL DISH FROM EARLY AMERICAN COLONISTS, USA, 17TH CENTURY – PRESENT

Key Events

1949 PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ANNOUNCED On

TIANANMEN SQUARE

Beijing 1651 - present

MAO SUIT

China c.1912 - present

MAO’S LITTLE RED BOOK

Billions of copies of this dainty little tome were distributed and it became a weapon in the Cultural Revolution China, 1964

KEY POLITICAL FIGURES

Ten men and women who helped shape Communist China

CHINA AFTER MAO

Frank Dikötter discusses the period of economic reform and social change in the wake of the Chairman’s death

RED TOURISM

Revolutionary hotspots, from the birthplace of Mao to a mountain-sized sculpture of him

TROY

Unearth the true history of this legendary city and discover what still remains

THE CITIES OF TROY

Several layers of the city have been unearthed, revealing its long history

GREEKS TROJANS

The excavated walls of Troy VI at Hisarlık

THE BIRTH OF THE YAKUZA

The Yakuza like to glamourise their samurai origins, but their real roots are in the gambling gangs of two centuries ago

RITUAL ATONEMENT

Finger severing (yubitsume) and suicide by disembowelling (seppuku) are core to the Yakuza’s legend

FULL-BODY TATTOOING

Tattooing remains central to Yakuza identity, but irezumi has a deeper spiritual meaning than often realised

COLONIES OF NORTHAMERICA

The New World promised riches and expanded empires, but often it was the poorest who paid the price

VIRGINIADARE ANDTHECREATIONOFAMYSTERY

Failed Colonies of North America

DISCOVERING TRANS HISTORY

As the world celebrates international pride month, we spoke to four leading experts about the importance of trans history and their hopes for the future

TYCHO BRAHE: THE Radical ASTRONOMER

Discover the life of the Danish nobleman who was led astray by the stars