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2022: A year in review
The Colosseum

6 little known facts about the Colosseum
Pharaoh sarcophagus

The hidden tomb of Cleopatra 
Ancient Egyptian mummy's sarcophagus

6 infamous curses from history
William Powell Frith's 1860 painting of Claude Duval, a French highwayman in England, depicts a romanticised image of highway robbery.

The truth about Dick Turpin, England's most notorious higwayman
Wojtek the bear with a Polish soldier

22 little known facts about WWII 
Portrait of Anne Lister and her statue in Halifax

Anne Lister: The secret diaries of 'Gentlemen Jack'
An old fireplace burning logs

How did our ancestors keep warm in winter?
Two hands hover over a luminescent crystal ball

7 historical predictions that came true
Giorgio A. Tsoukalos

9 little-known facts about the 'Ancient Aliens Guy'
A clock counting down to 2023

Major historical anniversaries in 2023 
Medieval pagans dance round a fire

6 pagan festivals we still celebrate today
An illustrated edition of Charles Dickens, a 'Christmas Carol'

Prince Albert and Charles Dickens: The men who invented Christmas
A knight resting a sword on his shoulder

William Marshal: England’s greatest knight
A menorah

The history of Hanukkah
Portrait of Catherine Howard

Guilty or innocent? The 'crimes' of Catherine Howard
Medieval painting of the Battle of Agincourt

Most important medieval battles in European history 
Larry the Cat outside 10 Downing Street. There is a large festive wreath on the door

Larry the Cat: The history of Britain's 'Chief Mouser'
11 facts about Lagertha

11 facts about Viking queen Lagertha

A woman holding a sword and wearing armour standing in a field

5 female medieval military leaders
What appears to be a Templar cross carved into a rock

What's coming up in season 10 of The Curse of Oak Island
Genghis Khan at the coronation of his son

8 brutal acts of Genghis Khan and his successors
Painting depicting the Battle of Grunwald

The Battle of Grunwald: The biggest unknown medieval battle
A large map of the Operation Mincemeat strategy taking up a whole wall

Operation Mincemeat: Britain's campaign of deception in WWII
Image: (L) Wolf Messing, Polish psychic (colourised), (R) Joseph Stalin during the Tehran Conference

Stalin's Wizard: The mystical life of Wolf Messing
Double multiply exposure abstract portrait of a dreamer

The Premonitions Bureau: The British psychiatrist who tried to predict the future
A painted image of Edward I on a sedilla, a recessed seat in Westminster Abbey

5 fearsome warrior-kings of the Middle Ages
Rick and Marty Lagina holding a map

The Curse of Oak Island: Your questions answered
A knight in Knights Templar armour

5 most fearsome medieval armies
A portrait of Emperor Charlemagne the Great by Albrecht Albrecht Dürer

6 of the greatest medieval military leaders
A 15th century painting of the Battle of Sluys

5 most important medieval naval battles
Engraving of the view from the Knightsbridge Road of The Crystal Palace in Hyde Park

Inside the Great Exhibition: 10 things you would have seen
Sir David Attenborough

National Treasure: The life of Sir David Attenborough 
Medieval knights charging into battle

Debunking the biggest myths about medieval warfare
Pirate paraphernalia laid out on a wooden table including a hat, a pistol and two skulls

Dead men tell no tales: 9 painful pirate punishments from history
An abandoned shipwreck in the middle of the sea

4 wreckages lost and found in the Bermuda Triangle