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There are some excellent ancient history titles on the market this year, and you can get your hands on some of them for free by entering Heritage Key's Ancient World in London bloggers' challenge. It's part of our three-month-long celebration of Ancient London, an interactive online and offline event featuring HD video, virtual worlds, competitions and live events.

Thames & Hudson has up for grabs five books from its latest catalogue for whoever can best answer our first bloggers' challenge question: 'Which invaders have had the biggest impact on London?' The winner will also receive 50 bonus HK points to boost their online tally.

Thames & Hudson is one of the biggest names in publishing, with history among its specialist subjects. Its mission includes the challenge to "create a museum without walls" and to make academic research available to the mass market at affordable prices. 

He’s the most famous figure in ancient Egyptian history, but there’s still plenty of mystery surrounding King Tut. Who better to clear up a few of them for us than Dr Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities?

Archaeologists digging in the ruins of the ancient city of Aigai in northern Greece have uncovered a set of human bones not far from the spot where they last year located – according to one expert – the remains of Alexander the Great’s slain teenage son. It adds a further layer of intrigue to a 2,300 year old murder mystery that still looks a long way off being solved.