Be a historian

A historian is someone who finds out about the past.

Historians use sources. A source is anything from the past that tells us about it. It could be a book, a diary, a letter, or even an old bone.

In every episode, you hear the real words of people from the past. On these pages, you can read their words for yourself. Then you can decide how far to trust them.

The episodes

• Episode 1: RubbishHenry of Huntingdon, Geoffrey of Monmouth, William of Newburgh, Samuel Pepys, The rubbish heap at Durrington Walls
• Episode 2: CandlesHoward Carter’s diary, Howard Carter’s book, 1923, Howard Carter’s book, part 2, 1927, Lord Carnarvon’s question, The tomb robbers’ confession, Herodotus

The links on these pages go to other websites, where the sources are. Ask a grown-up before you visit them.