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Acclaimed biographer Miranda Seymour explains the remarkable life and accomplishments of pioneering surgeon Vera Gedroits – and why her story was erased
He survived battlefield wounds and conquered an empire stretching from the Mediterranean to India. So when Alexander the Great finally died, why was there no plan for succession?
Older and much bigger than the Parthenon, this white marble monument in modern-day Turkey became the model for ancient Greek temples – but its history is far from peaceful
In the early 20th century, sport came to be regarded as a male-only activity – by men, anyway. As Rachel Hewitt explains, the overlooked history of women’s participation in cricket, golf, wrestling, hockey and even mountaineering is intertwined with the emergence of the suffragist movement
Why would our Iron Age forebears smash craniums and sharpen bones? A forensic archaeological study suggests these were acts of respect
He inherited a vast fortune, only to blow it all within five years on all things sparkly and his love of theatre. A flamboyant character adding colour to the Edwardian age, he is now being celebrated as a lost figure in the history of homosexuality
Erin Maglaque explores the history of the female body – and society's longstanding beliefs about it.
Despite there being no evidence that he existed, belief in an impossibly powerful and wealthy ruler of a Christian empire in the east persisted for centuries and spurred on explorers
Orgies and olive oil. Lucky willies and leather dildos. Polyamory and pigeon-powered love potions. Forget prudish Victorian attitudes towards the ancients, says Dr Jean Menzies, the Greeks and Romans had rich and imaginative sex lives that tell us much about their societies
Not all battles are won by superior firepower or numbers – sometimes sneaky strategies triumph over sheer might. Iain MacGregor recounts five clashes from history when subterfuge, misdirection and manipulation secured victory
Stories of a remarkable birth, promises of salvation and the announcement of “good news” surrounded Rome’s first emperor. Classicist Tim Whitmarsh argues that early Christians adapted elements of this imperial language to explain the significance of Jesus
Tenzing foregrounds the most famous sherpa in the world in his own story for the first time. He was, director Jennifer Peedom tells us, the classic underdog
Toby Green talks about the arrest of Crispina Peres, a powerful slave trader in the west African port of Cacheu, that provides a remarkable window into everyday life in 17th-century west Africa
