Weird and wonderful history

A mosaic depicting the poet Virgil writing the Aeneid. (Photo By DEA / G. DAGLI ORTI/De Agostini/Getty Images)

How to succeed in Ancient Rome

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Victorian burials and the history of psychology . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Top 10 strange history stories

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D-Day landings and the original singing dog: top 10 British Pathé videos

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Looking inside ancient Egyptian mummies

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Top 10 bizarre photo galleries

Ivory figurine of a loving couple, Chinese.

Historical sex objects to feature in classrooms

1,138: The number of London children recorded as dying of “teeth” in 1685. (Illustration: James Albon for BBC History Magazine)

History’s most surprising statistics

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Revealed: how the Georgians taught us to diet 300 years ago

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Historian Miles Russell. (Photography by Philip Hartley for BBC History Magazine)

History explorer Extravagance in Roman Britain: a visit to Fishbourne Roman Palace . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Illustration by Becca Thorne.

Deadly beasts of Tudor England

Robert Cornelius poses for the camera in what is believed to be the world's first self-portrait produced by a photograph, 1839. (Robert Cornelius/Getty Images)

Self-portraits: How people took selfies in the past

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Illustration by Jonty Clark.

Ye olde travel guide: Caracas 1783 . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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First ever kangaroo and dingo paintings to remain in UK

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Top 5 Jane Austen recipes . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.