Researchers uncover Stone Age settlement submerged by rising sea levels in Denmark
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Medieval Europeans were fanatical about a strange fruit with a vulgar name that could only be eaten rotten. Then it was forgotten altogether. Why did they love it so much? And why did it disappear?
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Viking longship to sail through Tower Bridge – the Saga Farmann departed Tønsberg in Norway and has been sailing around Europe (with a few land transport gaps)
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The mystery of Winston Churchill's dead platypus was unsolved - until now
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The cure for scurvy, forgotten
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ITA was a 1960s schools experiment that created a whole new alphabet – and left thousands of UK children unable to spell
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The Faroe Islands are the only country that celebrates their World War II occupation
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In the mid-20th century, Britain and Iceland went to war. Sort of. All over the precious resource of cod.
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Was there a Norwegian island of New Zealand? Stewart Island was home to a significant proportion of Norwegian settlers and whalers.
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Why did the UK government nationalise this pub?
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Do not try this at home: Medieval medicine under the spotlight in major new project
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The maid who restored Charles II
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The shipwrecks from John Franklin’s doomed arctic expedition were exactly where the Inuit said they would be
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How the 'Shetland Bus' helped Norway resist Nazi Germany – innocent-looking fishing boats delivered valuable cargo and special agents
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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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The Canterbury Tales, or, how technology changes the way we speak
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Yorkshire crafts: Drystone wallers
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Edinburgh's Beltane Fire Festival, rooted in ancient Gaelic traditions, heralds the beginning of summer and celebrates the cycles of nature. The vibrant event now draws over 8,000 attendees each year.
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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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Salvage of the century: The lost WWII gold of HMS Edinburgh
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