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Owain Gwynedd, oil on canvas, Hugh Williams, 1909. National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth.

This large chambered cairn is found on Buzza Hill, a small hill south of Hugh Town on St. Mary's in the Isles of Scilly, UK. It was excavated in the 18th century by the Cornish antiquarian William Borlase, but nothing was found inside. The...

Crowded and uncomfortable air raid shelters became a feature of the urban landscape across Britain during the Second World War (1939-45) as the bombers of Nazi Germany systematically hit cities from 1940. The London Blitz was a particularly...

An army of 250,000 volunteers, both men and women, working in many different services, ensured life went on during the London Blitz, a period of sustained bombing by the German Air Force on the British capital between September 1940 and May...

The Battle of Britain (July - October 1940) was a pivotal air campaign during World War II. It was fought between Britain's Royal Air Force (RAF) and the German Luftwaffe. As Adolf Hitler sought air superiority as a precursor to a potential...

Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) personnel operating a searchlight during the Second World War (1939-45). Searchlights, often with the aid of radar, could help identify enemy aircraft for anti-aircraft gunners to shoot.

From the voyages of the Portuguese navigators under the patronage of Henry the Navigator in the 15th century to the transcontinental expeditions of Henry Morton Stanley in the 1870s, European exploration of Africa gradually transformed European...

A working replica of the Iron Duke locomotive class of steam trains. designed for use on the Great Western Railway lines from the mid-19th century. (Great Western Society's Didcot Railway Centre)

Detail of the temple wall, Esna, Egypt. The temple was dedicated to the triad of Latopolis.

A replica of the North Star locomotive, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-59) for the Great Western Railway, England. The North Star class ran from 1838. (Swindon Steam Museum)