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Youve heard of them in mythology, in history, in holiday promotions. Can you recognize each of these well-known Mediterranean islands from a satellite photo?

Of course, history, unlike historians, cares little about silly things like historical accuracy. Its focused on the big things like mythologising and demonising.

Today in History, 16 July: India conducted its first successful nuclear test, codenamed Operation Smiling Buddha. This event marked Indias entry into the nuclear club and had significant regional and global security implications.

France is at the moment in the grip of riots and defiant gatherings that have caused multiple casualties. Apparent...

One of the most fascinating figures to ever live was born 246 years ago.

When the Corsican general seized power in a coup in 1799, he proclaimed himself a defender of the republican ideals that had come from the revolution. But, as Marisa Linton explains, the would-be emperor did all he could to dismantle them

We won't have to wait long for Ridley Scott's monstrous epic.

The French Revolution was a turning point in European history and marked the end of the Old Regime and the start of a new era of political thought

Despite its ostensible archaism, the coronation of Charles III reflects the thoroughly modern practice of one-man management, argues Mike Macnair