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Battle that Changed the English Language

This video explores the Battle of Hastings through a Google Earth reconstruction, showing how the clash between William of Normandy and King Harold in 1066 reshaped English history. By following troop ...

How the first Bible to include a map helped spread the idea of countries with borders

The map of the Holy Land in Christopher Froschauer’s 1525 Old Testament has the Mediterranean to the east of Palestine ...

London's forgotten WW1 heroes to finally get their own headstones - how to check if you're related

The First World War heroes had been buried in unmarked graves in South London for over a century but will finally get headstones ...

First 'Bible map' published 500 years ago still influences how we think about borders, study suggests

The first Bible to feature a map of the Holy Land was published 500 years ago in 1525. The map was initially printed the ...

First 'Bible map' published 500 years ago still influences how we think about borders

The first ever map in the Bible revolutionised map-making despite being printed the wrong way round, a new study reveals.