Ethiopian children watching a play

Africa

Mansa Musa, king of Mali, depicted on a map of North Africa

5 things you (probably) didn’t know about medieval West Africa

Egyptologist Howard Carter near golden sarcophagus of Tutankhamun in Egypt in 1922.

Is the mummy's curse real? False tales about ancient Egyptian mummies (plus some true ones). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

“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.

A 14th-century depiction of a lady and youth playing a game of draughts (Photo by Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

War and pieces: 5 games from history that were about much more than fun. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Britain’s war on the slave ships: how the Royal Navy policed the Atlantic in the 19th century. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The seven Cleopatras who shaped the ancient world. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Cupids on a galley in the Nile, as depicted in a second-century AD mosaic (Photo by Bildarchiv Steffens/Bridgeman Images)

Roman holiday: when emperor Hadrian became a tourist of ancient Egypt. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Zeinab Badawi (Photo by Jamie Simonds)

Zeinab Badawi on writing the history of a whole continent | “It is important to look at African history through the lens of African people themselves”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An African perspective on the history of Africa. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A statue of Thutmosis III

Ancient armageddon: the battle of Megiddo that led to the rise of a great warrior-pharaoh. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Statue of ancient Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaten

Akhenaten, the 'heretic' pharaoh who brought a new religion to ancient Egypt

Video podcastAlexandria: the first modern city. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A photo of a group of pyramids against a clear blue sky.

Wanderlust: the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Alexander the Great is shown founding Alexandria in an 18th-century painting.

Alexandria: the ancient world's greatest city. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Regency quiz – week four. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A fight between two Gladiators, in mosaic

What were the lives of gladiators like in ancient Rome?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Video podcastLife of the Week: Mansa Musa. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Images of Sidi Mubarak Bombay

Sidi Mubarak Bombay: the unsung African adventurer behind the European explorers. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The head and upper body of a monumental statue of Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses II, which has been exhibited at the British Museum, London, since the 19th century (Photo by World History Archive/Alamy Stock Photo)

Was Ramesses II the greatest pharaoh of ancient Egypt?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A depiction of Queen Cleopatra, c50 BC

Who was Cleopatra? Her life, her love affairs and her children, plus 6 little-known facts

Composite image of depictions of Queen Cleopatra

The face of Cleopatra: what did she look like, and was she really so beautiful?

Women's history podcast episodes

The solid gold death mask of ancient Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun, now held in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo (Photo by Fayed El-Geziry/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

TutankhamunThe Egyptian boy who really discovered the Boy King. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A painting of Hannibal leading his men into Italy in 218 BC, seated on top a war elephant (Photo by Peter Horree / Alamy Stock Photo)

What if...Hannibal had taken Rome?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The dark side of ancient Egypt

Men of the SAS returning from a three-month trip behind enemy lines during the war in North Africa. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

“They changed the way war is run”: Ben Macintyre on the early SAS. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A medieval illustration showing a doctor bleeding a patient

General History

A history of medicine14 surprising facts

A member of a Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) patrol, May 1942

Desert raiders: the Long Range Desert Group in the Second World War. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Statue of Ramesses II, at Luxor Temple. He ruled Egypt for 66 years, and left more statues than any other pharaoh (Photo by Michelle McMahon / Getty Images)

5 of the most powerful pharaohs to rule ancient Egypt

Theban mural showing people plucking geese. (Photo by DEA / G Dagli Orti/De Agostini/Getty Images)

Life in Ancient Egypt: what was it like?