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Mudbrick preserves a dog’s footprints for 4,000 years

Around 4,000 years ago, a dog walked across a still-soft mudbrick in what is now western Turkey, leaving impressions that survive today. Archaeologists recovered the brick from a fire-damaged Bronze Age building at Tavşanlı Höyük, preserving a small moment of everyday life within the ruins of an ancient settlement.

Second world war Wartime wrecks harbour bacteria linked to oil breakdown

Auction Garage-kept Spitfire fuselage fetches £18,000 at auction

Josephus preprint reassesses disputed reference to Jesus's resurrection

Houdini book disputes Halloween death date and cause

Pompeii cupboard yields childhood charms and coins

Paris plaque marks estimated site of Daguerre's subjects

1941 T-34 photograph leads searchers to driver's grandson

Pompeii survey suggests ancient drains and wartime craters

Wartime diary illuminates Foerster's aid to Jewish refugees

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Archaeology Hagia Sophia clearance removes 3,000 tonnes of debris

News Previtali triptych reunited after nearly 200 years

Greece Athens museum extension redesigned to preserve historic views

Archaeology Terracotta Army fingerprints suggest women and child workers

Archaeology Ruhr excavations trace early coal-mining tunnel

News Roman camp reveals siege links in northern Spain

News Dodo project identifies potential gene-editing targets

Austria Austrian hopeful proposes returning Moctezuma's headdress

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Inside a Monster - Special Edition

2026 special

Our limited-edition Autumn 2026 promotional issue gives our future readers and distributors a look at what they can expect from We Love History Magazine. This edition is focused on the life and reign of one of the 20th century’s most despicable tyrants, Adolf Hitler. How exactly could one man attain the power to enact the genocide of millions and the ruination of an entire continent, with an entire nation supporting him? Further topics in this issue include the daring female war correspondent Dickey Chapelle, the strange human experiments of a 19th-century French doctor, and the unique story of one of Rembrandt’s most iconic paintings.