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Two women wearing extravagant hats adorned with colourful flowers and eggs

Easter Bonnets: The weirdest Easter tradition you've never heard of
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Ross Kemp

The SS James Eagan Layne dive - 'Ross Kemp: Deep Sea Treasure Hunter' S1
Ross Kemp, Mallory Haas and Neil Brock posing with a piece of copper hull sheath

Ross Kemp: Deep Sea Treasure Hunter - Meet the team
Ross Kemp sitting on a wooden crate

Ross Kemp: From EastEnders and Afghanistan to Deep Sea Treasure Hunter
Rendering of the Titanic on the ocean next to a photo of J. Bruce Ismay, president of the White Star Line - Shutterstock

The Titanic's biggest heroes and worst villains
Ross Kemp

Win a £100 Amazon gift card with Ross Kemp: Shipwreck Treasure Hunter

Easter eggs

The unknown history and symbolism of Easter Eggs
The Easter Island statues

What causes the strongest civilisations to collapse?
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Ross Kemp wearing a wetsuit and scuba diving gear talking to camera

Ross Kemp: Deep Sea Treasure Hunter S1: Official Trailer
King Henry VIII

The 'spare heirs' who were never meant to be king
Hot cross buns on a wooden chopping board

Why do we eat hot cross buns on Good Friday?
Clifford's Tower on a sunny day

The restoration of York Castle: A towering achievement

Person dressed as a golden court jester posing between pillars

No joke! The weird and wonderful origins of April Fool's Day
Rendering of a volcanic eruption

The most devastating and deadly natural disasters from ancient history
A rusty abandoned shipwreck in the sea

The UK's most fascinating shipwrecks
A medieval black steel helmet

Shine a light: Were the Dark Ages really that dark?
Slyvia Pankhurst

The Suffragette and the Emperor: When Sylvia Pankhurst met Haile Selassie
Ross Kemp in full diving gear

Ross Kemp: Deep Sea Treasure Hunter S1: Episode Guide
A mother smiles as her young daughter hides a card and present behind her back

The real reasons we celebrate Mother's Day
Five men in suits holding Oscar statues

The weirdest Oscar acceptance speeches of all time
Ross Kemp wearing a wetsuit on a boat

Ross Kemp on filming Deep Sea Treasure Hunter S1: 'I am as soft as it gets!'

Portrait of an Ottoman Emperor

Seven sadistic sultans from the Ottoman Empire
Large ancient statue covered by sand

5 lost civilisations you've never heard about
A medieval executioners holds a large axe

Hang 'Em Higher: 7 more of history's most famous executioners
The Clayton Barlow knife

60 Seconds of Skill: Sheffield knife-maker Michael May
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Oliver Meeson

60 Seconds of Skill: Pipemaker Oliver Meeson

Watercolour portrait of Ada King, Countess of Lovelace, circa 1840

Ada Lovelace changed computing one hundred years after her death
A female archaeologist excavating an ancient burial site

The most inspirational female archaeologists from history
Sarah Cruddas

Sarah Cruddas: 'The New Space Race'
Professor Alice Roberts

Everything you need to know about Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts
St Patrick on a stained glass window

Five surprising facts about St Patrick
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Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts

Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts: Trailer
The Endurance trapped in ice

A brief history of 'Endurance' and its remarkable discovery
Finnish soldiers aim a large gun in a winter forest

How Finland protected its WW2 independence during the Winter War
Alice Roberts

Meet Professor Alice Roberts host of Curse of the Ancients
Laurence Fishburne

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