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Last Lady standing: The women of the Wars of the Roses
A painting of the Great Fire of London

9 little known facts about the Great Fire of London
The princes in the tower

The mystery of the 'princes in the tower': What really happened?
Ragnarok

Ragnarök: The end of the world and twilight of the Norse gods
Several Tuskegee airmen, Ramitelli, Italy, 1945

The Tuskegee airmen: America's first black aviators
Army officers inspect the wreckage of Messerschmitt

5 facts about the Battle of Britain you might not have known
Andrew Watson with his team mates

Andrew Watson: The first black international footballer who captained Scotland
Aviatrix Amelia Earhart disappeared on On 21 May 1937 never to be seen again

Vanishing act: 6 of history's most mysterious disappearances
Merchant ship

The ship of gold: The '£1 billion' lost treasure of the Merchant Royal
Skinwalker Ranch

Skinwalker Ranch: Top theories to explain what’s really going on
Hitler and his nephew

How Hitler's nephew fought against him during WWII
Pliny watched over by a flying saucer

History's most famous UFO sightings
The death of William II, killed by an arrow in the New Forest.

3 British monarchs whose deaths were more than a little bit mysterious
Aerial view of the Pentagon

'People have a screw loose': The history of 9/11 conspiracy theories
Two civilians walk the streets of New York with smoke billowing behind them

5 ways 9/11 changed the world
A photograph of a Tornado Jet Bomber

'It’s about existing amidst adversity': Q&A with Tornado author, John Nichol
Martin Luther King delivers his 'I Have a Dream', speech before the Lincoln Memorial

Why August 28 Is such an important date in black History
John Jellicoe Blair and an RAF Plane

John Jellicoe Blair and the Black RAF
Photograph of Lewis Latimer and Mary Seacole

The importance of celebrating black British history
Photograph of Walter Tull and fellow WW1 officers

Walter Tull: The Tottenham trailblazer and WW1 hero
A photograph showing Tommie Smith and John Carlos raising their fist on the podium

1968 Olympics Black Power salute
A photograph of Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela Facts
A photo of the ruins of the World Train Centre and Rick Rescorla's grave

Rick Rescorla: The Cornish Hero of 9/11
A photo montage showing a statue of Mary Seacole at St Thomas Hospital, London, alongside one of only two known photographs taken of Mary Seacole, taken around 1873.

The wonderful adventures of Mrs Seacole in many lands
A photo montage showing Malcolm X in March 1964 and the Martin Luther King Jr Memorial on the National Mall in Washington DC, USA.

The lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King: The firebrand and the pacifist
A nun being bricked up behind a wall as punishment

Killing me slowly: 7 of the longest executions in history
A group of African musicians from the painting, the Engagement of St Ursula and Prince Etherius

Black Tudors: The fascinating lives of Africans living in Tudor England
Photo of the 303 squadron

Fighter Boys: The heroic Polish pilots of the Battle of Britain

Lance Reddick

'I never imagined myself doing something like this': Lance Reddick on 'Book of Secrets'
Anna Whitty

WW2 Mystery: Foo Fighters - Anna Whiity Interview
A stylised photo of Chichén Itzá in Mérida, Mexico

5 legendary lost cities of gold from Akakor to El Dorado
Photo of a projector and a World War Two image of a flugzeugträger bombing

WW2 films based on real-life events from The Great Escape to Dambusters
Lost Relic Hunters - Title Graphic

'My job is to listen to objects': Dr Janina Ramirez on Lost Relic Hunters
Photo of the ceiling of the SIstine chapel depicting Adam's creation

How Long it Took to Paint the World's Most Iconic Buildings
The original Gawain and the Green Knight manuscript and a green sword

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: The quintessential chivalric romance
Two ghostly groups of Viking Gods in the morning haze, ready for battle, sky with storm clouds and bright sun

Ásgard and the nine worlds of Norse mythology