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A UFO photographed in New Mexico by a government employee. The image was released by the Aerial Phenomena Research Organization after careful study. It is unknown what the image shows.(Photo by Getty Images)

How UFOs conquered the world – without firing a shot. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Who was Britain’s greatest prime minister? Episode 8: Margaret Thatcher. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Portrait of William III of Orange, found in the collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

How glorious was the Glorious Revolution?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A scene from Perceval, one of the Arthurian romances attributed to Chretien De Troyes

Who was Chrétien de Troyes, and why are his Arthurian romances important?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Wolfson History Prize 2021 special. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Victorian London prison, Newgate. Prisoners in the exercise yard. Engraving by Gustave Doré, 1872 (Photo by Getty Images)

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

Basilica of San Vitale, Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy (Photo by Alamy)

Ravenna: from Roman powerhouse to artistic hub. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Britain’s secret Jewish commandos. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Prisoners exercise and play sport in the courtyard of the Fleet Prison, circa 1872

Timeline: a history of prisons in Britain

The ‘Eye of Providence’, a symbol linked to the Illuminati, stares out from the reverse side of all US one-dollar bills

The Illuminati: 13 questions about the clandestine secret society answered

A portrait of Jane Seymour, queen of England from 1536 to 1537 as the third wife of Henry VIII. Jane is remembered for being the only wife to provide Henry with a son and male heir (the future Edward VI). Jane died on 24 October 1537, most likely from puerperal, or childbed, fever. (Photo by Popperfoto/Getty Images)

Jane Seymour: the queen Henry VIII loved most?

Fern RiddellSex: Lessons from History. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A Roman soldier stands on guard during a re-enaction at Birdoswald Roman fort in Carlisle

QuizHow much do you know about the remains of Roman Britain?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Jodie Turner-Smith as Anne Boleyn. (Photo by Parisa Taghizadeh courtesy of Channel 5)

Jodie Turner-Smith as Anne Boleyn: colour-blind casting and historical accuracy. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

William Blake: “artist or genius, or mystic, or madman”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Illustration of Brunhilda of Austrasia

The real Brunhild? The Visigothic princess behind the Norse saga

Tokyo 2020 Olympic Torch Arrives Japan

Q&AHave the Olympic Games ever been cancelled?

c900 AD, Viking ships invading England. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

5 key Viking discoveries in Britain – and what they reveal about how the Vikings really lived

In partnership with Jorvik Viking Centre

Who was Britain’s greatest prime minister? Episode 7: Lord Salisbury. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

QuizHow well do you know your warships?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The curious tale of an Anglo-Saxon giant. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An aerial view of Tahiti

Jeanne Baret: the first known woman to circumnavigate the globe. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Tulsa race massacre: A man surveys the wreckage of homes in the Oklahoma city of Tulsa, June 1921. Two days of racist violence and destruction left what had been one of the United States’ wealthiest black communities in ruins

The 1921 Tulsa race massacre: the worst single incident of racial violence in US history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The golden age of piracy: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Why are we living longer than our ancestors?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Painting the Tudors: Hans Holbein the Younger. 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. 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'. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The crew of SMS King in its home port following the battle of the Skagerrak, June 1916. (Photo by A Renard/ullstein image via Getty Images)

First World War

Jutland: the battle that won the First World War

Bodiam Castle. (Getty Images)

How to build a medieval castle: 9 top tips