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Margaret of Anjou
25 September 2023Dr. Eleanor Janega continues Gone Medieval’s special series exploring Medieval Queens with a look at Margaret of Anjou, who rose to become a...
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The Bones of Anglo Saxon England
24 September 2023It's the 13th of December, 1642, and Parliamentarian soldiers have just stormed the city of Winchester. They burst into the city's grand cathedral...
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Hammam
24 September 2023With their elaborate domed ceilings and ornate mosaics, these public steam baths were adopted by Muslims from the Greco-Roman world. Stemming from...
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Battle of Little Bighorn
24 September 2023Not one of the US forces led by General George Custer into the attack on 25 June 1876 survived. But the story of 'Custer's Last Stand' as it was...
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The Dead Sea Scrolls: Mysteries of Qumran
24 September 2023Part 1/2. Potentially one of the most important archaeological discoveries ever, the Dead Sea Scrolls - also known as the Qumran Scrolls - are a...
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First Ever Submarine
24 September 2023400 years ago on the River Thames a mad genius showed off the world's first submarine. A crowd of thousands including King James watched as...
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Sex & Scandal in Hampton Court
22 September 2023From Catherine Howard’s affairs whilst she was with Henry VIII, to Charles II’s mistress staging a lesbian wedding as part of a threesome…...
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Sabotage & Secret Weapons: The WW2 Dirty Tricks Department
21 September 2023What is a bat bomb? Why would you cover a fox in radioactive paint? And who are the masterminds behind the Office of Strategic Services, the...
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Emma of Normandy
21 September 2023Matt Lewis continues Gone Medieval’s special series showcasing Medieval Queens with a look at Emma of Normandy, the Norman-born noblewoman...
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Eating with the Tudors
21 September 2023What did the Tudor age understand about digestion? How did this affect what foods people prepared and ate? Was there such a thing as healthy...
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Ramesses the Great
21 September 2023One of the greatest Pharaohs from Ancient Egypt, Ramesses II is renowned for commissioning some of the most iconic architecture and art from...
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Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn
20 September 2023This is the story of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn as you've never heard it before. From their childhoods and courtship through to their union and...
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