Hegra – lost civilisation in the Arabian desert!
This month, I gazed upon the remains of a two thousand year old civilisation lost…
Hegra – lost civilisation in the Arabian desert!
This month, I gazed upon the remains of a two thousand year old civilisation lost for centuries in the deserts of Saudi Arabia. The second city of the Nabatean civilisation, famous for the tombs built at Petra in what is now the kingdom of Jordan. This was a Nabatean city that rivalled Petra for wealth…
When African-Americans rejected the Democrats
African-Americans are regarded as natural Democrats but up until 1936, many voted Republican as TV historian Tony McMahon discovers
Cryptids – a guide to strange monsters
Cryptids are imaginary creatures that many people believe today actually exist from Mothman to Bigfoot as TV historian Tony McMahon investigates
Suspicious VIP deaths in a plane crash
Many political figures have been killed in a suspicious plane crash – their deaths unexplained to this day as Tony McMahon investigates
The Boer War – ten things you didn’t know!
The Boer War is a forgotten conflict that pitched the British Empire against a group of white settlers in Africa. Tony McMahon investigates.
Six Unlucky Wives of Henry VIII
King Henry VIII had six wives, two of whom were brutally beheaded. What lay behind these multiple stormy marriages? TV historian Tony McMahon investigates.
Napoleon – plotting an invasion of Ireland?
Napoleon plotted an invasion of Ireland on several occasions as a way to weaken Britain as TV historian Tony McMahon discovers
Crazy Cults of the 1920s and 1930s!
The 1920s and 1930s saw a proliferation of crazy cults that shaped the counter-culture of the 1960s and 1970s as Tony McMahon discovers
Confederates who fled to Brazil
Confederates at the end of the American Civil War fled to Brazil where slavery was still legal as TV historian Tony McMahon discovers
Cannibalism – the history of eating human flesh
Cannibalism is the ultimate taboo and Tony McMahon reveals the gruesome history of eating human flesh that still rightly shocks us today
