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Ploughing Up Postwar Britain | History Today

Prewar Britain was dependent on imported food; in 1938, 70 per cent of the cash value of the food consumed

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Evolutionary Study Reveals Why Women Live Longer Than Men

Evolutionary Study Reveals Why Women Live Longer Than Men Around the world, women consistently outlive men by several years, a

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The Practical Mysticism of Evelyn Underhill

In popular history, there are few more challenging subjects than the supernatural and religious beliefs of the past. Even the

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Mexican Day of the Dead – Bittersweet Remembrance of Departed Ancestors

Mexican Day of the Dead – Bittersweet Remembrance of Departed Ancestors The celebrated Mexican Day of the Dead means one thing for

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Amenhotep III Tomb Reopens After Two Decades of Meticulous Restoration

Amenhotep III Tomb Reopens After Two Decades of Meticulous Restoration Egypt has officially reopened one of the most significant royal

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Archaeologists Uncover How Ritual Ceremonies Helped Pave the Way for Chinese Unification

Archaeologists Uncover How Ritual Ceremonies Helped Pave the Way for Chinese Unification Archaeologists have excavated three c. 3,000–2,400-year-old ritual structures

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The Worlds at the Earth’s Core

The path leading from Edmond Halley’s writings on magnetism to UFOs under Brazil is as convoluted as you might expect.

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Was Dunsterforce a Disaster? | History Today

On a bleak morning in January 1918 one of the oddest military formations ever put into the field by imperial

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Mexico Vindicates Woman Long Blamed for Aztec Empire's Collapse

Mexico Vindicates Woman Long Blamed for Aztec Empire’s Collapse For five centuries, La Malinche has carried the burden of being

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The Radical John Wilkes | History Today

On 21 March 1776 the popular politician John Wilkes (1725-97) rose in a packed House of Commons to speak in