Lost History – Kruger’s missing millions
After countless claims, rumours and occasional discoveries, the mystery of the whereabouts of Kruger’s treasure from the Boer War prevails.
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After countless claims, rumours and occasional discoveries, the mystery of the whereabouts of Kruger’s treasure from the Boer War prevails.
Why the cause of death of General Charles Gordon’s remains lost in history.
Some violent protest, or “largely peaceful protest” if you’re a BBC journalist, is more disturbing than others. The weekend’s #BLM demonstrations were among them. Not
The recent announcement that a British museum will return two stolen locks of hair from a 19th century Ethiopian king was hailed as an “exemplary
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European museums are under mounting pressure to return the irreplaceable artefacts plundered during colonial times. As an archaeologist who works in Africa, this debate has
I had an interesting exchange yesterday. It wasn’t especially interesting for the substance of the matter — a rather dull debate about history to which
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