Ethiopian children watching a play

Africa

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

Life in Ancient Egypt: what was it like?

A copy of a wall painting shows Sety I (r1294-1279 BC) opening the door for Osiris, lord of the dead

Egyptian pharaohs: your essential guide to Egypt’s ancient rulers

A carving of Tutankhamun and his young wife Ankhesenamun

The forgotten women in Tutankhamun’s tomb

Egyptologist Howard Carter crouches near the golden sarcophagus of Tutankhamun's remains

Howard Carter's discovery of Tutankhamun: was the tomb really cursed?

Tutankhamun’s golden funeral mask

Your guide to Tutankhamun, plus 8 fascinating facts

Photo of the SAS in North Africa

Second World War

How the early SAS became heroes of the Second World War

Actor Viola Davis (right) holds a weapon aloft in new feature film The Woman King, inspired by the stories of female warriors in Dahomey

The warrior ‘Amazons’ of Dahomey

The Congo-Océan railroad’s deadly history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Rosetta Stone

The rivalry behind the translation of the Rosetta Stone. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

St Hadrian of Canterbury

15 minutes of fameMichael Wood chooses St Hadrian. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

St Hadrian of CanterburyMedieval African theologian. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Mongol and Mamluk cavalry clash in a 14th-century manuscript

How to repel a Mongol invasion: the success of Egypt’s Mamluk empire

Episode 7The contested legacy of an icon. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Sahara: a green and pleasant land. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Episode 6Secrets of the pharaoh's mummy. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

15 minutes of fameHakim Adi chooses Alice Kinloch. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Episode 5Treasures of the tomb. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

In a photograph taken at Bishop's Stortford railway station in Hertfordshire, 1972, resettled Ugandan Asians wait for the train that will take them to their new home. (Photo by Alamy)

Fleeing Idi Amin: the long journey to a new life. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Episode 4The mystery of Nefertiti. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Head of the Ancient Egyptian Queen Tiye

15 minutes of fameJoyce Tyldesley chooses Queen Tiye

Roger II of Sicily, depicted in an Arabic-style image in the Palatine Chapel of the Norman Palace in Palermo

Normans in AfricaThe 12th-century attempt to forge a north-African Norman kingdom. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Episode 1Unearthing the boy king’s lost tomb. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Norman kings of Africa. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Queen TiyeOvershadowed ancient Egyptian royal. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Alice KinlochPan-African activist. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Mali empire: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Training of young Rwandan Hutu on the road to Kigali, 27 June 1994

Genocide: what can we learn from history?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Ras Prince Monolulu entertains the crowds at Aintree racecourse, 1931 (Photo by KEYSTONE-FRANCE/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)

Ras Prince Monolulu: the horse-race tipster who transformed himself into an Abyssinian prince. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Turning points1956: The shock of Suez. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Winston Churchill (left) with Charles de Gaulle, c1944. The British prime minister encouraged Vichy’s colonies to rally to the Free French leader. (Getty Images)

Operation Ironclad: the WW2 battle for Madagascar. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.