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The ‘Eye of Providence’, a symbol linked to the Illuminati, stares out from the reverse side of all US one-dollar bills

Who were the Illuminati – and how can you join them?

Cleopatra, Julius Caesar and Mark Antony: how the last pharaoh's love affairs shaped Ancient Egypt's fate

Wrens worked as code-breakers at Bletchley Park.

Second World War

The female codebreakers of Bletchley Park

The assassination of Julius Caesar on the 'Ides of March'.

Q&AWhy do we need to beware the Ides of March?

Photo of King George V's funeral

The death of King George V – and why his doctor hastened his demise

An open Bible on an altar

General ancient history

A history of the BibleWho wrote it and when?

A spiritual swastika on a lotus background.

Second World War

Why did Hitler choose the swastika as a Nazi symbol?

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