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Theda Bara as Cleopatra

Walk like an Egyptian: The Ancient Egypt craze of the 1920s
Aerial shot of the Thornborough Henges site

The history of the 'Stonehenge of the North'
Lupercalia

The pagan roots of Valentine's Day
The Humiliation of Emperor Valerian

8 strangest deaths of history's ancient rulers
A Victorian Valentine's card

5 romantic Victorian Valentine's Day traditions
Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton in 'Cleopatra'

5 great romances of the 20th century 
A sign next to a rose saying 'Happy Valentine's Day'

The strange history of Valentine’s Day cards 
The death of Captain Cook

3 bloody and brutal events that happened on Valentine's Day
Frederick Douglass

3 iconic Black civil rights activists born on Valentine's Day
Dr Brett Lockyer and Professor Alice Roberts standing next to a prosthetic body

Royal Autopsy: S1 Episode Guide
The launching of a German U-Boat

The history of Germany's deadly U-boats
A hammer and gavel

The scandalous trial that paved the way for British LGBT+ liberation
U-Boat Wargamers

The story of the U-Boat Wargamers 
Sam Naz playing Noor Inayat Khan in Liberté

'She smashes stereotypes': Liberté star on Noor Inayat Khan WW2 spy and heroine
A photograph of Nelson Mandela during an event in London, 2006

Major historical anniversaries in February 
Oscar Wilde and Lord Alfred Douglas

6 famous LGBT+ couples from British history 
Sky HISTORY - LGBT+ History Month

What is LGBT+ History Month?
Craig Charles and Sarah Cruddas

10 free episodes you can watch on History PLAY in February 2023
Capture of the Pirate, Blackbeard, 1718, Jean Leon Gerome Ferris, painted in 1920 | Public Domain

The most notorious pirates from Blackbeard to Anne Bonny
Painting print of German sailors standing on the conning tower of a U-boat after torpedoing a British cargo ship.

Germany’s most successful U-Boats from WWII  
A stock image of a clock face overlaid on a graphic of the world

Tick-tock: Everything you need to know about the Doomsday Clock
Seamen raise the White Ensign over a captured U-boat (colourised)

The Battle of the Atlantic: The longest military campaign of WWII
The Execution of Lady Jane Grey by Paul Delaroche (1833).

Nine facts about the 'Nine Days Queen'
Explosion of the Challenger space shuttle

Major historical anniversaries in January 
Casting of Lily Parr on the Football Walk of Fame

Lily Parr: 'The most brilliant female footballer in the world'
Colosseum Key Art

The rise and fall of the Roman Empire: 'Colosseum' trailer
A tip of a bow's prow pointing out of the water

What happened to the USS Cyclops? The ship that vanished without a trace
Otto Frank

Anne Frank's father: The life of Otto Frank 
Noor Inayat Khan

The real-life women who inspired WW2 screen heroines
Jolly Roger flag printed on rusty metal

The 5 most ruthless pirates from the Golden Age of Piracy
Photographs of the Duke of Windsor and George VI

Blood feud: 4 conflicts between royal siblings
Stone marking the site of the Tyburn Tree

The Tyburn Tree: London's historic execution spot
Vikings ships on the foggy water. Misty morning by the sunrise.

5 of the most fierce Viking raids
A 1686 engraving of Mother Shipton

Yorkshire's Nostradamus: The life and prophecies of Mother Shipton
Eerie nighttime image of ancient ruins

6 famous ghosts from the ancient world
Edward Adrian Wilson, Robert Falcon Scott, Lawrence Oates, Henry Robertson Bowers and Edgar Evans at the South Pole

7 reasons Captain Scott's Antarctic expedition failed