Back in BBC History Magazine's June edition, we published an extended feature on 20 historical conundrums – all nominated by experts – and asked you to vote for your favourite. The results now are now in – so what is history's greatest mystery?
The Mirror & the Light – the final instalment of Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall trilogy – is one of this year's Booker Prize nominations and focuses on the final four years of Thomas Cromwell's life. Tracy Borman explores the fascinating events of one of the most dramatic periods in British history…
During the Middle Ages, while Europe fought, traded, explored and evolved, Africa was a continent in darkness, 'without history' – or so the traditional western narrative runs. In fact, as François-Xavier Fauvelle reveals, it was a shining period in which great African cultures flourished...
From marrying 'Guinevere' to his invasion of Gaul, many of the landmark events in the King Arthur story may have happened – but to other people. Here, archaeologist Miles Russell reveals the five key characters whose lives have been absorbed into the Arthurian story....
Where do the large sarsen stones used to build Stonehenge come from? It's a mystery that has puzzled archaeologists and geologists for hundreds of years – and it has finally been solved by academics from the University of Brighton thanks to a two-year investigation led by Professor David Nash...
Journalist Nige Tassell explores the emergence of Murder, Inc – the mob of hard-as-nails hitmen tasked with bringing down the New York City mafia's most wanted in the 1930s and 40s. Discover everything you need to know about the key members and how this organisation of contract killers was eventually brought down..
We recently asked 20 experts to nominate a historical enigma that they'd dearly love to see solved – and all this week we are counting down the top five of our History's Greatest Mysteries poll with podcasts on each subject: The Voynich Manuscript; the lost colony of Roanoke Island; the fate of Jesus's body; Stonehenge and the Princes in the Tower...
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