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False rumps & rotten teeth: 400 years of bizarre beauty practices. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The Voynich Manuscript is written in a unique alphabet that has thus far defeated some of the world’s greatest codebreakers. (Photo by Alamy)

History's greatest mysteriesThe conundrums historians want to see solved. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Great ReputationsExamine the contested legacies of key historical figures. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Best of BBC History MagazineAudio long reads

Historical biographiesLife of the week. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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HistoryExtra AcademyThe Regency, with Lizzie Rogers. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Toilets through timeAbsolutely bogging. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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

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My life in historyInternational head of silver at Christie’s. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Eighteen-year-olds who changed history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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How games changed history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Video podcastHidden labs, sex gardens & torture attics: secrets of British royal palaces. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Lines on a map: borders that shaped world history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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

“People have achieved all kinds of crazy things at the age of 18” | Alice Loxton on the teens who've changed British history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Sun gods and goddesses16 solar deities from world history

Quiz: what year is it?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Our long obsession with the end of the world. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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QuizCan you find the odd one out?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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A brief history of the toilet: wiping, washing – plus, who invented the flush?

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Our 2024 ‘30 under 30’ list

Video podcastWelsh mythology: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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

History's greatest cities: Delhi. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Montage of famous assassinations, including Gandhi and JFK.

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50 assassinations that changed the world

Video podcastBritish Redcoats: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

History's greatest cities: Cape Town. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.