In History2 days agoThe tomb raiders who plundered million-dollar potsIt was one of the finest pieces of art ever bought by the Met. But it had come from an Italian grave robber. In 1975, the BBC investigated the global trade in stolen antiquities.2 days ago7 Sept 2026The poisoned umbrella that pointed to a KGB murderIn 1978, Georgi Markov was killed with a poison-tipped umbrella. The following year, his widow and elder brother told the BBC how they were warned about the murder plot months before.7 Sept 202631 Aug 2026The theory that Stonehenge was an ancient computerIn August 1966, a US astronomy professor shared his astonishing findings with the BBC. He believed that the Neolithic stone circle was built to predict eclipses.31 Aug 202617 Aug 2026The US explorers who 'found' a lost, ancient cityIn 1911, a US professor claimed he found the secret mountain stronghold of the last Incan king. 53 years later, a new explorer proved him wrong – and the BBC followed in his footsteps.17 Aug 202610 Aug 2026An insider's account of Nagasaki's atomic bombingThirty years after the bombing of Nagasaki, a US physicist who helped to assemble the bomb revealed to the BBC why the blast couldn't be stopped.10 Aug 20263 Aug 2026The V2 rocket smuggled out of Nazi-occupied PolandIn 1977, the BBC looked back at the summer of 1944, when Allied agents spirited away pieces of Hitler's "wonder weapon" – by hiding them in the apartment of a German officer.3 Aug 202627 Jul 2026The British double agent who taught enemy spiesKim Philby's defection to the Soviet Union was made public on 30 July 1963. In 2016, the BBC broadcast previously unseen footage of a lecture he gave to the Stasi.27 Jul 202620 Jul 2026The macabre kidnapping of Eva Perón's corpseArgentina's iconic first lady died in July 1952. Sixty years on, the BBC looked back at her cadaver's bizarre disappearance – and its 16-year journey around the globe.20 Jul 202613 Jul 2026The nuclear submarine wreck that is a 'time bomb'In 1989, the Komsomolets sank off the Norwegian coast. Four years later, the BBC reported on plans to seal in its torpedoes' toxic plutonium.13 Jul 2026...
