#Tutankhamenβs tomb was opened #OnThisDay in 1924.
The discovery reopened arguments about the presumed race of the ancient Egyptians.
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In 1431 #JoanofArc was put to death; in 1456 she was found not guilty. What can the records from these two courts tell us about Joan herself?
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#OswaldMosley attempted to portray himself as a reluctant antisemite. Such a reading is wrong. Hatred of Jews was at the very core of the would-be dictatorβs ideology.
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The East India Company declared war on Burma #OnThisDay in 1824, the opening salvo in a series of conflicts that would see one empire fall, another expand and leave divisive wounds still felt today.
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The introduction of bread rationing by the postwar Labour government threatened a centuries-old tradition and, with it, the national understanding of what England was.
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How likely is it that Alfred the Great sent two emissaries to India in the ninth century?
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A Dutch conspiracy trial at #AmbonIsland in the Indonesian archipelago gave birth to a sadly enduring English word: massacre.
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Shortly after Edward Lee arrived in Europe he found himself embroiled in a bitter dispute with one of the eraβs most famous intellectuals: #Erasmus. He was soon reviled across the Continent.
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Itβs an βopen secretβ that the CIA and MI6 helped topple the government of Mohammad Mosaddegh. Why canβt the British government come clean about its interference in #Iran?
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During the #SecondWorldWar, Berlin scientists discovered nuclear fission. Only one of them got the credit. Why was #LiseMeitner written out of history?
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Itβs an βopen secretβ that the CIA and MI6 helped topple the government of Mohammad Mosaddegh. Why canβt the British government come clean about its interference in #Iran?
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During the #SecondWorldWar, Berlin scientists discovered nuclear fission. Only one of them got the credit. Why was #LiseMeitner written out of history?
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In 1954 a new agency was founded: the #KGB. While less violent and arbitrary than what it replaced, its insidious reach soon permeated Soviet society.
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Mexicoβs disgraced saviour General Antonio LΓ³pez de Santa Anna completed his comeback on 9 March 1839 as the Pastry War came to a close.
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During the #SecondWorldWar, Britain and the Soviet Union worked together in oil-rich #Iran. Cooperation was to degenerate into suspicion at the dawn of the Cold War.
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In this weekβs Miscellanies: #AlfredtheGreatβs embassy to #India.
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Despite numerous attempts by radicals to reform the calendar, commerce usually decides how we measure time.
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Regime change in Iran invites comparisons to the #IraqWar, but there's an important and uncomfortable difference: the toppling of Saddam had widespread public support.
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Red Dawn Over China: How Communism Conquered a Quarter of Humanity by Frank DikΓΆtter is a balanced account of the violent years between Kuomintang and communist rule.
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