Remembering Betty Webb: Bletchley Park and Pentagon code breaker
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Archaeologists can finally publicly discuss the Melsonby Hoard, a collection of Iron Age artifacts that they have been excavating since a metal detectorist found it in 2021
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How a simple tractor conquered the South Pole
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Danish archaeological discovery has raised questions about the origins of the iconic Sutton Hoo helmet, thought for decades to have links to Sweden
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The failure of the land value tax in the UK
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Some of the world's most famous chess pieces, the Lewis chessmen from the 12th century, are coming “home” to Trondheim this spring in a special exhibition
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Stonehenge-like circle unearthed in Denmark – archaeologists suggest ‘woodhenge’ was built between 2600 and 1600BC on similar axis to English stone circle
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Beginnings of Roman London discovered in office basement
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Age of invention: How coal really won
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Coinage and the tyranny of fantasy ‘gold’
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Roman with Scandinavian ancestry lived in Britain between AD100 and AD300, long before the Anglo-Saxons or Vikings arrived research shows
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‘Really incredible’ sixth-century sword found in Kent in the United Kingdom
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Dozens of sites linked to the Viking great army as it ravaged Anglo-Saxon England more than 1,000 years ago have been discovered
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A Man of Parts and Learning - The story behind a portrait of a black intellectual from the 1700s
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Dowding: Man behind 'The Few' | Great British Battle Commanders
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St Andrews researchers discover ‘King Arthur’s Hall’ is five times older than thought
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Archaeologists are investigating the possibility Vikings used shortcuts over land to help them move warships and smaller boats around Scotland's west coast
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German Navy Enigma machine systems were different to the Army, making them tougher to crack. In this video, James Grime discusses the differences and what Alan Turing achieved in breaking the code.
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Stonehenge megalith came from Scotland, not Wales, ‘jaw-dropping’ study finds
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Ernest Shackleton: Famed explorer's Endurance ship gets extra protection
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The Philosophy of Liberty – On Liberalism
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Explore Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest Shackleton's famous Antarctic ship with new "Digital Twin"
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Uncovered: 428-year-old secret dossier reveals Elizabeth I’s network of spies
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Britain’s embrace of the bomb
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Explorer Ernest Shackleton's last ship found off Labrador's south coast, says expedition
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Blacksmiths are reconstructing a Viking ship to better understand the secrets of the navigation of Scandinavian warriors a thousand years ago
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The forgotten Roman roads
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Pigeons in the Arctic: Part III: Sir John Ross’s 1850-51 search for the lost Franklin Bay expedition
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Yorkshire crafts: Drystone wallers
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Medieval historian and game developer, Jason Kingsley CBE, reacts to Manor Lords
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How the Berlin Wall worked
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Britain’s vast network of abandoned nuclear bunkers | Cold War UK
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What happened when you visited a medieval inn?
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Borders book store | Bankrupt
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Salvage of the century: The lost WWII gold of HMS Edinburgh
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Packages seized by the Royal Navy from a Faroese cargo ship bound for Denmark during the Napoleonic Wars opened – previously hidden away in the National Archives
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The Greenwich meridian's forgotten rival
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Welcome to Sealand, the world's smallest state
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If we shoot a 140lb draw weight English longbow from a five story medieval tower, how much further will the arrows go?
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The first US Army Christmas: Washington and the Hessians
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WWII rescue buoys - Secret 'floating hotels' of the English Channel
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Archaeologists reveal life stories of hundreds of people from medieval Cambridge
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How one man rewrote one thousand years of history
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Sinking the Blücher: How an outdated fort stopped the WWII Invasion of Norway
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Journey to EPCOT Center: A symphonic history
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Monica de Wichfeld awarded Blue plaque honour in Derrylin, Northern Ireland – was a leading member of the Danish resistance against Nazi occupation in World War II
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Logo rewind: Discovering the trademarks of medieval Norwich
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Wikipedia’s king who doesn’t exist
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Wreckage likely belonging to a British submarine that sank during World War II was found off the coast of Norway
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A closer look at Kowloon Walled City in Hong Kong, the most densely populated place that ever existed
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