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Beaumanor Hall

8 lesser-known British codebreakers of WWII
18th century cartoon depicting male and female crossdressing

Princess Seraphina: Britain’s first drag queen
Statue of Thutmose III

4 strongest warrior pharaohs from Ancient Egypt
Henry Winkler holding up his fists while facing a stuffed brown bear

Who is Henry Winkler?
Historic trail marker at the Fort Walsh National Historic Site

The lost chapter of Sitting Bull’s exile in Canada
Image: Yasuke (L) and Fujibayashi Naoe (R) in the Assassin's Creed Shadows key art

‘An incredible sense of reality' in 'Assassin’s Creed Shadows'
Fields of tents at Glastonbury overlooking a stage

The history of Glastonbury
Giuseppe Farina driving in the very first F1 race in 1950

Racing through history: 75 years of F1
Statue of a suffragette holding a banner saying 'COURAGE CALLS TO COURAGE EVERYWHERE'

The suffragette plot to burn down Wimbledon
Painting of Ptolemy II Philadelphus talking with Jewish scholars in the library of Alexandria

The tragedy of the Great Library of Alexandria
Portrait of Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson: The founding father's legacy
An ancient Moai statue on Easter Island

The mysterious legend of the ‘Easter Island heads’
Erik Bard

Who is Erik Bard? The physicist tackling the enigma of Skinwalker Ranch
David Duchony with red and blue lights shining across his face

5 amazing declassified military secrets
A marble relief from around the 1st or 2nd century showing two female gladiators fighting

Gladiatrix: Female gladiators in Ancient Rome
A 16th century mural depicting Jesus (C) in King Herod's (L) court

King Herod: The infamous child killer
A Lockheed U-2 plane in flight

Lockheed U-2: The plane that started the Area 51 legend
A group of men chase a rolling wheel of cheese down a steep hill

10 strange British sports
A bust statue of Vespasian

5 strangest deaths of Roman emperors
A diver explores the shipwreck of the 'Mary Celestia' on the seabed

4 major discoveries made following natural disasters
Katie Kennedy sitting in a large red leather chair

The History Gossip: How Katie Kennedy makes history fun on TikTok
Portrait of King Charles II of Spain

4 biggest royal 'mingers' from history
The tomb of King John I inside Worcester Cathedral

Bad King John I: The worst British monarch in history?
David Duchovny

7 little known facts about David Duchovny
Steven Rinella exploring a glacier in Alaska

The mysterious disappearances of the Alaska Triangle
Painting of Pope Adrian IV

Pope Adrian IV: The only British Pope
Black and white photograph of Sitting Bull

The life and tragic death of Sitting Bull
Two Scandinavian Viking warriors in full armor against dramatic landscape

Famous Viking quotes: Words of wisdom from the Norsemen
An engraving depicting John White returning to the Roanoke colony to find a carving reading 'CROATOAN' on a tree

The mysterious lost colony of Roanoke
Portrait photograph of Sara Forbes Bonetta

Sarah Forbes Bonetta: From slavery to the Queen’s goddaughter
A long passage inside the Great Pyramid in Giza

Is there an underground city beneath the pyramids?
Pope Leo XIV waves to the crowd from the balcony of St Peter's Basilica

Who is Robert Prevost? An introduction to Pope Leo XIV
Steven Rinella in the snowy wilderness with a rifle on his back

Who is Steven Rinella? A closer look at the American outdoorsman
A row of large Fanta bottles on a shelf

Fanta's surprising origins in Nazi Germany
An ancient-looking treasure chest in the middle of a forest

The modern mystery of Fenn’s treasure
Rudolf Höss (R) stands with Josef Mengele (C) and Richard Baer (L)

Josef Mengele: Nazi Germany's 'Angel of Death'