Ethiopian children watching a play

Africa

A portrait of greek scientist Claudius Ptolemy

Books interview with Steven Weinberg: "The history of science can prevent us from making the mistakes of the past". This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

How to lead like Saladin. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Cover of the Voyages Extraordinaires series by the French science fiction writer Jules Verne.

The phantom menace: 10 milestones in science fiction. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Photo of bees

First World War

Q&AWhat was the Battle of the Bees?

One of the statues of Ramesses II at Luxor temple, which is "a wonderful place to spend a few hours". (Getty)

My favourite place: Luxor, Egypt

Pliny the Elder depicted in a mid-12th century miniature, writing and giving his book to Roman emperor Vespasian. (Photo by Photo12/UIG/Getty Images)

My history heroPliny the Elder (AD 23–79). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A painting in the cave of Altamira, Spain

The rise of Homo sapiens. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The step pyramid of Djoser, Saqqara

Q&AHow many pyramid tombs are there in Egypt?

What did people eat in Ancient Egypt?

Bust of Emperor Alexander Severus

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Archaeologist Howard Carter opens the coffin of Tutankhamun. (Photo by Time Life Pictures/Mansell/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

How did Tutankhamun die?

Portrait of Hendrik Witbooi

My history hero: Hendrik Witbooi (born c1830). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Nelson Mandela and wife Winnie Mandela upon his release from prison. (Photo by Allan Tannenbaum/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images)

My history heroNelson Mandela (1918-2013). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Ye olde travel guide: Goree, 1782. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Napoleon in exile

Q&AWhy was Napoleon exiled to St Helena?

Illustration of the Zodiac Man

General ancient history

Q&AWhy did physicians ‘bleed’ their patients?

Portrait of Miranda Kaufmann. (Image by Jeni Nott)

History explorer: Africans in Tudor and Stuart Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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

An Egyptian mummy receiving a CT scan

Looking inside ancient Egyptian mummies

Tasmanian aborigines and the historic importance of the River Nile. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Photo of Lincoln Cathedral

Q&AWhat overtook the Great Pyramid of Giza as the tallest manmade structure?

Journalist Ruth First, pictured right, at Anti-Apartheid Movement's freedom day rally in Trafalgar Square, London in 1965. Also pictured are actor Patrick Wymark (left) and Bishop Reeves (middle). (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

My history hero: Ruth First (1925-82). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Discovering Tutankhamun

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Ed Morrison with Nelson Mandela. (Image: Ed Morrison)

When I met Mandela: 1995 Rugby World Cup final

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Nelson and Winnie Mandela days after his release, 1990. (Photo by Gideon Mendel/Corbis)

Nelson Mandela: “a symbol of the struggle against racism”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Self-portraits: How people took selfies in the past

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History on trial. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.