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En histoire, en général, plus c’est ancien, moins on sait de choses. Mais ça ne veut pas dire qu’on ne sait rien non plus ! Et c’est particulièrement le cas quand on parle d’architecture et de constructions en Égypte ancienne : certains disent qu’on ne sait pas du tout comment le ...  Show more

J’en ai déjà parlé, l'Égypte ancienne fait l’objet de nombreux clichés, d’idées reçues, et même de fake news et de théories du complot. Et c’est particulièrement le cas de son architecture ! J’ai eu l’occasion d’en discuter avec Franck Monnier, qui en est spécialiste, lors d’un n ...  Show more

What makes a good Second World War exhibit? How can we best share the story of the Holocaust? Two new galleries dedicated to these seismic events at London’s Imperial War Museum grapple with these questions and others. Historian Keith Lowe spoke to curators Vicki Hawkins, Kate Cl ...  Show more

Throughout history, there have been plenty of hugely destructive, catastrophic moments. And yet somehow the human race managed to live on until today. So how did people in the Medieval period find ways to survive, for example, a siege of their city, or a natural disaster, or p ...

Since the dawn of history humans have been intrigued by the weather. However while it has the potential to sustain or destroy life, our ability to accurately forecast it is very recent. In this podcast I am joined by meteorologists Evelyn Cusack and Noel Fitzpatrick to explain ...

The Second World War officially ended on September 2nd 1945 - and it's estimated that around 3% of the Earth's population perished during the conflict. But what ultimately bought WW2 to an end - and how vital a role did the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki play in obtaining a J ...  Show more