Was human sacrifice really practised in the Aztec empire? What was its purpose? And who were the victims of the practice? Historian Caroline Dodds Pennock explains
When a Libyan cleric called Hadrian arrived in Canterbury in AD 670, Anglo-Saxon England was a wild and semi-pagan land. Within a matter of years, it was the driving force behind a remarkable renaissance in learning. Michael Wood reveals how this little-known "man of Africa" helped lay the foundations of English culture...
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The Phoenicians were an ancient people who lived in what is now Lebanon (and some surrounding areas). Internationally respected merchants and traders, these ancient peoples left behind one very significant, long-lasting legacy...
Camilla Parker Bowles was 'the other woman' in the marriage of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer and played a central role in the couple's split. Ahead of her portrayal by Emerald Fennell in the fourth series of The Crown, learn more about her life…
Did 300 warriors really defy a mighty Persian army in 480 BC? Andrew Bayliss investigates in the latest issue of BBC History Magazine. Also this issue: scientific ingenuity in the Middle Ages; Nazi conspiracy theories; black pioneers; WW1 Belgian refugees and much more...
In our latest podcast episodes: John Wyatt Greenlee explains how eels were a mainstay of the economy in the Middle Ages; Ken Follett chats about how he recreated late Anglo-Saxon England for his new book, The Evening and the Morning; and Rebecca Wragg Sykes tackles some of the big questions about Neanderthals...
It began with the surprise discovery of a stash of personal documents covered in swastikas sewn into its cushion. The SS Officer's Armchair is the story of what happened next, as Daniel Lee follows the trail of cold calls, documents, coincidences and family secrets, to uncover the life of one Dr Robert Griesinger.
A gripping account of one historian's hunt for answers, The SS Officer's Armchair is at once a unique addition to our understanding of Nazi Germany and a chilling reminder of how such regimes are made not by monsters, but by ordinary people.
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