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Hungary's first female pilot who conqueried the skies in 1912

Photographer brothers who documented life and people in the late Ottoman Empire

A journey through society of medieval Europe to discover how reading manifested

Meet a remarkable woman and a committed European

The Muslim inventor who may have inspired Leonardo da Vinci

Photographer sisters who chronicled early 20th century life in Suriname

Read about this story of mutual discovery in Part 1 of 'Jesuits in China'

Different reading practices in the Middle Ages

Find your crayons! Sharpen your coloured pencils! And enjoy adding colours in one of the books we have prepared for you.

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Legendary creatures with a single large, pointed, spiralling horn projecting from their foreheads

From handstands to leapfrog

French general, the first emperor of France and one of the world's greatest military leaders

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