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March 2017

A portrait of James Gordon Bennett, Jr (1841–1918), by Alexis Joseph Perignon, 1867. (Photo by The New York Historical Society/Getty Images)

Q&A Why do we say ‘Gordon Bennett’?

American president Franklin D Roosevelt

Second World War

Life of the Week: President Franklin D Roosevelt

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5 things you (probably) didn’t know about the Dark Ages

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Special offer: Tickets only £5 to join Bettany Hughes for an evening on the history of Istanbul

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Seeking eternity: 5,000 years of ancient Egyptian burial

April/May 2017

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“The idea that pharaohs were worshipped as all-powerful gods is just plain silly”: John Romer on the truth about ancient Egypt . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An acrobat dancer, c1200 BC. (Getty Images)

Love, sex and marriage in ancient Egypt

Giuseppe Garibaldi in Naples, Italy, 1861. (Photo by Universal History Archive/Getty Images)

God, gangs and Garibaldi

Vintage family photo album and documents. (Getty Images)

How to become a local historian

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The Battle of Britain . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

View of Algiers with mediterranean galleys, published in Johannes van Keulen's Dutch Atlas, 1709. (Photo by Culture Club/Getty Images)

When Britons were slaves in Africa

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The Temple Church, London, a late 12th-century church built for and by the Knights Templar. (Photo by LatitudeStock - David Williams/Getty Images)

History explorer: The Knights Templar . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Wrought iron lace adorns many old buildings and houses in the streets of New Orleans. (Getty Images)

My favourite place: New Orleans, Louisiana