Turquoise mosaic of a double-headed serpent

South America

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A black and white photo showing a group of friends having a picnic, including Josef Mengele (third from the right).

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How a proto-Indiana Jones rediscovered the Inca stronghold of Machu Picchu

A small group of Argentine troops survey the scene not far from Port Stanley after arriving in the Falklands by helicopter (Photo by: SeM/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

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Historian Caroline Dodds Pennock (Photo by Ellie Grace)

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British soldiers lie on the floor an gumpoint during the Falklands War, guarded by Argentine soldiers

The Falklands War: why did it happen?

Ancient Moai of Ahu Tongariki on Easter Island

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Moai statues at Ahu Tongariki, Rapa Nui’s largest ceremonial structure

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The Demerara slave uprising. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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A page of the Codex Borbonicus, an Aztec folding book painted around the time of the Spanish invasion

What can the Aztecs tell us about themselves? The secrets of their 'indigenous annals'

Former US president Theodore Roosevelt stands on a boat with Cândido Rondon

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'Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs' by Camilla Townsend

New take on Aztec history revealed as winner of the 2020 Cundill History Prize

Queen Elizabeth II at Falkland Islands remembrance service 2007

Was the Queen opposed to the Falklands War?

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Prospectors pan for gold in Siberia during the 19th century.

Where did the major gold rushes of the 19th century happen? And why were people so keen to join the gold rush?

Rutger Bregman. (Rutger Bregman (Photo by Maartje ter Horst)

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Tectonic foliation in metamorphic rocks at Porthleven, Cornwall. (Photo by Getty Images)

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Lieutenant Colonel Percy Fawcett

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