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Inside the Roman Baths: Leisure Above, Labour Below
A noisy letter, a metal scraper and the rooms beneath the floor reveal a public institution that brought people together without making them equal.
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Piltdown: The Forged Fossil That Did Not Fool Everyone
The famous hoax lasted for decades, but doubt was present almost from the beginning. Its history turns on the difference between recognising an anatomical problem and proving how an object was manufactured.
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Qin’s Terracotta Army: The Workshops Behind an Emperor’s Afterlife
Individual faces and ordered ranks conceal a second army: the craftspeople, supply networks and administrative systems that made imperial power out of clay and bronze.
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More analysisHistory offers perspective on the questions shaping life today.
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World Audiovisual Heritage Day 2026: Why a Digital Copy Is Only the Beginning
Radio Mogadishu’s endangered recordings connect a current preservation effort to a longer history of fragile media, obsolete machines and the evidence that must travel with a copy.
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The ICC’s Sakharov Prize and the Bargain Made at Rome
The 2026 award recognizes an international court. The Rome Statute explains why recognition, jurisdiction and enforcement remain different things.
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The Birth of the Roman Republic
Explore Rome’s founding traditions, the development of shared government, the struggle of the orders, and the Republic’s collapse and contested legacy.
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The Roman Legion: How Rome Built a Military Power
An illustrated introduction to Roman military success: citizen soldiers, maniples, weapons, engineering, and the long transition to a standing imperial army.
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The Birth of the Roman Republic: A Beginner’s Guide
A concise introduction to the Roman Republic’s traditional foundation in 509 BC, its consuls, Senate and assemblies, and the limits of republican freedom.
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Hector of Troy: Duty, Family and Tragedy in the Iliad
Explore Hector’s family, battles and death in the Iliad, with a clear distinction between Homer’s epic, later art and the archaeology of Troy.
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