Africa

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Q&A Why do we say 'crocodile tears'?

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Bronwen Everill discusses the Benin Bronzes

The battle over the Benin Bronzes . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Raphael Cormack discusses the golden age of Cairo’s nightlife scene in the 1920s, and some of the enterprising women who dominated it. (Image by Getty Images)

The glamour & danger of Cairo’s 1920s nightlife scene . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

circa 1942: Men of the 7th British Armoured Division, known as the Desert Rats, sitting on a field gun before the fall of Tobruk in the North African Campaign. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Second World War

Tobruk: 8 facts about the WW2 confrontation in North Africa

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From Roman emperors and medieval saints to enslaved people, Olivette Otele charts the long history of Africans in Europe

African Europeans . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Bust of Germanicus, Roman General

In the footsteps of Germanicus – a Roman General’s journey to Egypt

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Apartheid road sign

Your guide to apartheid in South Africa . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Welfare campaigner Emily Hobhouse

History hero Anita Anand chooses Emily Hobhouse (1860–1926) . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A bust of Queen Nefertiti of Ancient Egypt. (Photo by Oliver Lang/AFP/Getty Images)

Your guide to Egypt’s sun queen Nefertiti

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Medieval Ethiopia’s diplomatic missions . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Tutankhamun death mask

Quiz Tutankhamun: do you know all the boy king’s secrets? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Cleopatra bust. (Photo by Getty Images)

Cleopatra: unpicking myth from reality . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Police lead away a suffragettes, arrested for chaining herself to the railings of Buckingham Palace

Female activism: 10 remarkable protests from around the world

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Michael Goodman responds to your questions on the decades of geopolitical tension that shaped relations between east and west in the second half of the 20th century. (Image by Getty Images)

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

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Toby Wilkinson gives a lecture on the archaeologists and adventurers whose discoveries helped transform our understanding of the ancient Egyptians

Adventure and archaeology in the golden age of Egyptology . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.