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1200 BC:

Moses is revered as the greatest of the Old Testament prophets — the man who delivered the Israelites from slavery.

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1327 BC:

The tomb of Tutankhamun was discovered by British archaeologist Howard Carter in the Valley of the Kings in 1922.

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549 BC:

Greek philosopher Pythagoras played a crucial role in the birth of mathematics as we know it.

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1100 BC:

The story of how Samson was betrayed by his lover Delilah is one of the best-loved in the Bible.

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1220 BC:

The Trojan War is perhaps the most famous of all Greek legends.

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1350 BC:

Greek legend tells how Icarus was killed attempting to fly to freedom after being imprisoned on the island of Crete.

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1628 BC:

The story of Atlantis, the island city that disappeared beneath the waves, has fascinated people throughout history.

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2010 BC:

Stonehenge is the most famous, and the most spectacular, of all Britain’s prehistoric monuments.

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2639 BC:

The Step Pyramid at Saqqara in Egypt is thought to be the first monumental stone building in the world.

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3500 BC:

The wheel is probably the single greatest invention in history.

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5500 BC:

The story of Noah and the great flood is one of the Old Testament’s most famous episodes.

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20,000 BC:

It is hard for us to imagine men and women hundreds of thousands of years ago creating art.

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1950 BC:

God's destruction of the twin cities of Sodom and Gomorrah is one of the earliest Bible stories.

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2500 BC:

Early humans were interested in horses for only one reason — food.

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2750 BC:

The Sumerians laid the foundations for more advanced societies that were to follow.

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5000 BC:

Farming was introduced to Britain about 5000 BC — probably by settlers who had crossed from continental Europe.

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6500 BC:

Britain has only been an island for about 6,500 years.

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30,000 BC:

Neanderthal Man is traditionally seen as a sluggish, lumpen, moronic brute — yet he was nothing of the kind.

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