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Fragment of a relief showing a baboon apprehending a thief. (Photo by Werner Forman/Universal Images Group/Getty Images)

“Impaled on a stake and left to die”: crime, punishment and law enforcement in ancient Egypt . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Elżbieta Zawacka pictured on her Poznań University ID in 1927

Amazing lives The story of Agent Zo: the fearless female resistance fighter of WW2 . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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A c1800 depiction of Gulbadan Begum smoking while seated on a throne-like armchair.

Gulbadan Begum: the Mughal Jane Austen . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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