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Did Aztec civilisation really ‘collapse’? The reality isn’t as simple as you might think

The Spanish conquest might have toppled the Aztec imperial state with startling speed, but unpicking precisely what ‘collapse ...
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Ancient Roman culture would be baffling to modern eyes – and their toilet habits prove it

Ancient Roman ideas of privacy differed radically from our own, and their communal toilets reveal a mindset almost impossible ...
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Beyond the Podcast

Go beyond our Sunday Series podcasts with these curated selections of essential reading from the HistoryExtra and BBC History ...
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Has history’s most famous comet been misnamed for centuries? “The answer is clear,” say historians

David Musgrove reports on new research that casts light on the appearance of the comet in the 11th century, and its depiction in the Bayeux Tapestry ...