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Egyptian mummy close up detail with hieroglyphs in background

5 strangest things found inside pyramids  
Close up image on the face of a Terracotta Warrior statue

6 greatest ancient archaeological finds in history
Statue of Socrates in a thinking pose

'The unexamined life is not worth living': The trial of Socrates
Angel statue holding the Holy Lance

The Holy Lance: 8 facts about the spear that killed Jesus
Anne Frank writing at a desk

The true story of Anne Frank and her diary
Rick Lagina

'It takes more than a shovel': Interview with 'The Curse of Oak Island's' Rick Lagina
Colourised image of Phineas Gage holding the iron rod

How did Phineas Gage survive an iron rod shooting through his brain?
Portrait of Queen Elizabeth

The 8 weirdest British monarch deaths in history
Great Escapes with Morgan Freeman

10 free episodes you can watch on History PLAY in January 2023
A Glass of Wine with Caesar Borgia

The Borgias: 8 facts about the tyrant family of popes and aristocrats
Elizabeth I (L): Robert Dudley (R)

4 biggest British royal scandals
A hangman's noose

8 people executed for high treason in the UK
Stone Spheres of the Diquís

5 strangest things found in rainforests and jungles
Venus of Willendorf from multiple angles

6 strangest ancient artefacts in history
Ancient eternal cathedral calendar and clock in Messina. Sicily

Six surprising facts about the Gregorian calendar
Court sketches of Burke and Hare and a Victorian shopfront in the backgroun

Burke and Hare: The Edinburgh killers who sold their victim's bodies for dissection
Painting of Tsar Nicholas II wearing a crown and holding a sceptre

The last Tsar of Russia: A life of Nicholas II
A plate depicting some of the strange carvings in Royston Cave

The mystery of Royston cave: Knights Templar in Hertfordshire?
Ronnie O'Sullivan in 2017

Little known facts about Ronnie O’Sullivan 
Photograph of the Roman Forum

Ancient Rome's greatest buildings
A mosaic of Kaiser Wilhelm II

Kaiser Wilhelm II: The last German Emperor and King of Prussia
A wall painting of Anubis the jackal heading god leaning over a sarcophagus

5 most famous lost tombs of Ancient Egyptian Pharaohs
Peggy's Cove Lighthouse

Did the Knights Templars reach Nova Scotia? 
A pirate looks through a telescope on a ship

The real Captain Jack: The life of infamous pirate Calcio Jack Rackham
Sky HISTORY: A Year In Review

2022: A year in review
The Colosseum

6 little known facts about the Colosseum
Pharaoh sarcophagus

The hidden tomb of Cleopatra 
Ancient Egyptian mummy's sarcophagus

6 infamous curses from history
William Powell Frith's 1860 painting of Claude Duval, a French highwayman in England, depicts a romanticised image of highway robbery.

The truth about Dick Turpin, England's most notorious higwayman
Wojtek the bear with a Polish soldier

22 little known facts about WWII 
Portrait of Anne Lister and her statue in Halifax

Anne Lister: The secret diaries of 'Gentlemen Jack'
An old fireplace burning logs

How did our ancestors keep warm in winter?
Two hands hover over a luminescent crystal ball

7 historical predictions that came true
Giorgio A. Tsoukalos

9 little-known facts about the 'Ancient Aliens Guy'
A clock counting down to 2023

Major historical anniversaries in 2023 
Medieval pagans dance round a fire

6 pagan festivals we still celebrate today