PONTIFICAL SWISS GUARD

Welcome

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THE INAUGURATION OF PRESIDENT JOHN F KENNEDY

20 January 1961

THE RIVER THAMES FLOODS LONDON

7 January 1928

MEMENTO MORI

Inside the disturbing world of Victorian post-mortem photography

10 FORGOTTEN AFRICAN EMPIRES

The most powerful and expansive kingdoms that have been lost to time 

SIEGE OF WARSAW

POLAND, 1-27 SEPTEMBER 1939

GENGHIS KHAN HAD BEEN ASSASSINATED?

An attempt on the Mongol leader’s life in 1200 could have changed the course of history

ART OF THE REVOLUTION

Ivan Vladimirov portrayed the Bolshevik uprising in unflinching detail

THE CROWN SEASON 4

The show delivers a gripping fight between tradition and change

SLAVE EMPIRE

A compelling and devastating examination of how slavery built Britain

THE LAST 100 YEARS AND ALL THAT

An entertaining jaunt through 100 years of history

THE OFFICIAL HISTORY OF BRITAIN

An entertaining journey through a statistical history of the UK

RESISTANCE

Fact versus fiction on the silver screen

LAU LAU

TRADITIONAL NATIVE HAWAIIAN CUISINE, HAWAII, PRE-19TH CENTURY – PRESENT

KeyEvents

ATTILA TURNS BACK 452 CE Attila the Hun,

ST PETER’S BASILICA

Vatican City  1506-1626 CE

THE SCHOOL OF ATHENS

Raphael’s masterpiece of the High Renaissance   Vatican City, 1509-11

GREATEST POPES

The popes who have shaped the Catholic Church in its 2,000 years

CATHERINE FLETCHER

With conflict on its doorstep, how did the Vatican handle the Italian Wars?

VATICAN MUSEUMS

Incredible places to visit and learn Papal history

WRATH OF CORTES

How his crazed quest for gold and glory turned into the cruel slaughter of a civilisation 

SPIES IN THE PANTRY

Dr Nadine Akkerman uncovers the vital role of women in early modern espionage

The Last Queen of Hawaii

Lili’uokalani fought for the independence and freedom of her people until the very end

SECRETS FROM ANCIENT CHINA

In the 1970s, five men digging a well made a startling discovery that transformed our understanding of China’s history and the brutal events of 2,000 years ago…