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'The Shipwreck' by William Falconer, c. 1762. Illustration for the verse: 'But, lo! At last, from tenfold darkness born, Forth issues o'er the wave the weeping morn'. (from Gems from the poets, Illustrated by F. A. Lydon. 1860?). W.F, Scottish poet: 11 February 1732 - 1769 (Photo by Culture Club/Getty Images)

Shipwrecked: the 18th-century looters who endured five months of hell . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Vod Camilla Townsend - Aztec myths WL

Video podcast Aztec myths . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Video podcast Aztec warfare . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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

Tracking down the Nazi ‘Angel of Death’: one man’s hunt for Josef Mengele

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

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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)

What if... Argentina had won the Falklands War? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Historian Caroline Dodds Pennock (Photo by Ellie Grace)

Caroline Dodds Pennock “Indigenous Americans were horrified by inequalities in European society” . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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

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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

The magnificent moai – facts about the statues of Rapa Nui

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

What happened to the people of Rapa Nui?

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Pod Thomas Harding WL

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

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Berbice: a slave rebellion that nearly succeeded . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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’