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The Shroud of Turin
The Shroud of Turin is believed by many to be the burial cloth of Jesus of Nazareth.
The Spanish Armada
Why did the 16th-century confrontation between England and Spain take place?
Arthur Conan Doyle
How did a young medical student from Edinburgh transform crime fiction forever?
Amelia Earhart
As one of the great pioneers, Earhart was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic
The Spanish Flu
The influenza pandemic of 1918-20 killed at least 50 million people.
Marco Polo
Why are Marco Polo's travels still remembered almost eight centuries later?
The Manhattan Project
The US Government race against Nazi Germany to harness the power of nuclear fission.
Queen Elizabeth the Second: Part 2 of 2
How will the era-spanning reign of Queen Elizabeth II be remembered?
First Emperor of China
How did a teenage king change the course of Chinese history forever?
Queen Elizabeth the Second: Part 1 of 2
Queen Elizabeth II modernised her role while managing a family often thrown by scandal.
