There are lots of features, articles and quizzes covering archaeology and the treasures that have been uncovered in BBC History’s Archaeology section. Archaeology at the BBC is a collection of ...

She was very important and buried with treasures. What are oracle bones? Oracle bones are one of the earliest forms of writing, but who made them, what do they say and why were they made?

Comparing early cars and bicycles to modern cars and bicycles; well-known types of boat from history such as Viking longboats, Egyptian reed boats and European galleons; the history of flight ...

Many toys were different in the past. Let’s look at what they were like 100 years ago. This may be when your great-great-grandparents were alive. Image caption, A bedroom with toys from 100 ...

Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, the eastern province of Pakistan (now known as Bangladesh) and Burma would all fall to communism just like dominoes - one after the other.

We've asked Tigress Osborn, the soon to be chair of the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance (NAAFA) in America, to explore the history of ... reminded that no one’s body is good ...

It’s not just animal and plant remains that can be fossilised. Things like footprints, burrows, eggs and even poo (called coprolite) can be fossilised too. A fossil is the preserved remains or ...

What happened to the Anglo-Saxons and the Vikings? The Vikings and Anglo-Saxons both lived in Britain for many years. Find out what happened to them. An introduction to Viking Britain Learn about ...

This brass figure is believed to be Prince Oranmiyan. Edo legend says that no one in Benin had ever seen a horse before Oranmiyan arrived! In the 1100s the Ogisos lost control of their kingdom.

That a woman could do as good a job as a man! Sometimes, history is shaped by big events like battles or earthquakes. Sometimes just one person changes things, like Henry VIII. When Henry was 18 ...

Some people liked how Akhenaten ruled but others didn't. He outlawed all of the gods except for one called Aten. The people were very unhappy with this change and, after Akhenaten's death ...

She lived on the Farne Islands, off the Northumberland coast. Grace and her father rowed across stormy seas to rescue sailors from a shipwreck on 7th September 1838. The ship, a paddle steamer ...