Fun, shocking and curious tales from throughout history. From Tony Robinson’s Worst Jobs in History to Suzannah Lipscomb’s Hidden Killers, join us to learn about our history the entertaining way.
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This is an operating theatre from 1822
The Chaos And Suffering In Ancient Egypt's Dark Age | Immortal Egypt | Absolute History
This is a WW2 Dispatch Bike
Bizarre punishments from feudal Japan (Part five)
The Most Disgusting Rural Jobs In History | Absolute History
The history of The Royal Observatory in 59 seconds
How England's Most Barbaric Execution Method Was Finally Banned | The Tower | Absolute History
This is how amputation was performed in 1805
Bizarre punishments from medieval Europe (Part four)
The Unsurprisingly Deadly Job Of A Medieval Sailor | Worst Jobs | Absolute History
One bizarre fact about every US president (Part two)
What Was It Like To Be Tortured In The Tower Of London? | The Tower | Absolute History
How to joust (and not die) like a professional
Bizarre punishments from Ancient Rome (Part three)
The Surprisingly Lethal Life Of Medieval Royal Servants | Worst Jobs | Absolute History
This is how to make medieval carrot puffs
The Sadistic Torturer Of The Tudor Tower Of London | Tales Of The Tower | Absolute History
How to dye clothes in the Tudor era
Bizarre punishments from The Aztec Empire (Part two)
We went mudlarking on the River Thames
The Missing History of Aboriginal Australia | Occupation: Native | Absolute History
What was medieval amputation like?
One bizarre fact about every US president (part one)
These London street lamps are actually stink pipes...
The Bloody Rebellion To Overthrow The Stuart Dynasty | Walking Through History | Absolute History
This is the nasty pigsticker bayonet from WW2
This medieval London church is now a secret oasis
The Spectacular Downfall Of The Bad King John | Walking Through History | Absolute History
London's Southbank: Then and Now
The Worst Ways To Die In History: Scaphism
Why does Scotland call Charles II the two-faced monarch?
What Was Daily Life Like In Bubonic Plague-Ridden London? | The Great Plague | Absolute History
This medieval surgical device was invented to remove an arrow from King Henry V's face
History's ultimate crazy ex-girlfriend
What is a Luckenbooth?
How The Normans Used War And Seduction To Conquer | Walking Through History | Absolute History
This is the oldest building in Edinburgh
Bizarre punishments from Tudor Britain (Part one)
This is the most besieged castle in Britain
What Was Life Like In The Victorian Social Class System? | Secrets of Britain | Absolute History
This is the job of an Ancient Roman Cutler
This invention saved thousands of sailors from shipwrecks
How Queen Victoria Fell In Love With The Scottish Highlands | Through History | Absolute History
Why this building is at the center of the world
Is this the most expensive mistake in history?
This is Captain Dickie's WW2 paratrooper uniform
This was the fastest ship of the tea trade
The Secret Rural Hideaway For Victorian Royalty | Walking Through History | Absolute History
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