What impact did Thomas Jefferson have on the genesis of US democracy? How did the third president double the country’s size, and what were his thoughts on slavery?

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Female gladiators were a rarity in Ancient Rome, but the role they played was fascinating. Read on to find out more.

Despite being accused of murdering his own wife, children and countless other innocents, King Herod is still known as 'the ...

In the 1950s, the US began test-flying a new spy plane, the Lockheed U-2. A Sky HISTORY series explores how this led to UFO ...

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Ruling the Roman Empire was a dangerous job, but some emperors still met their end in ways defying easy explanation. Here are ...

How was the Met Office founded? The Meteorological Office, known as the Met Office for short, is the UK’s national weather service and was founded in 1854. The original purpose of the organisation was ...

September marks the anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the United States. There are some however who do not believe the official story of events, shrouding the day in a fog of suspicion and ...

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Rather than focusing solely on the identity of the killer, Jack the Ripper: Written in Blood delves into how the Whitechapel Murders fuelled the rise of tabloid journalism in Britain. The series ...

Can ancient history raise modern questions about masculinity? This is the untold saga of the world’s greatest military fighting force, made up of 150 pairs of male lovers, whose story has just been ...