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Venus of Willendorf from multiple angles

6 strangest ancient artefacts in history
Ancient eternal cathedral calendar and clock in Messina. Sicily

Six surprising facts about the Gregorian calendar
Court sketches of Burke and Hare and a Victorian shopfront in the backgroun

Burke and Hare: The Edinburgh killers who sold their victim's bodies for dissection
Painting of Tsar Nicholas II wearing a crown and holding a sceptre

The last Tsar of Russia: A life of Nicholas II
A plate depicting some of the strange carvings in Royston Cave

The mystery of Royston cave: Knights Templar in Hertfordshire?
Ronnie O'Sullivan in 2017

Little known facts about Ronnie O’Sullivan 
Photograph of the Roman Forum

Ancient Rome's greatest buildings
A mosaic of Kaiser Wilhelm II

Kaiser Wilhelm II: The last German Emperor and King of Prussia
A wall painting of Anubis the jackal heading god leaning over a sarcophagus

5 most famous lost tombs of Ancient Egyptian Pharaohs
Peggy's Cove Lighthouse

Did the Knights Templars reach Nova Scotia? 
A pirate looks through a telescope on a ship

The real Captain Jack: The life of infamous pirate Calcio Jack Rackham
Sky HISTORY: A Year In Review

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