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Queen Elizabeth had a so-called floating embassy. Prince Harry romped in Vegas. Royal vacations have long been opportunities ...
Archaeologists have discovered the ruins of a large medieval cathedral in the subterranean citadel of Old Dongola, once the ...
Following Spain’s arrival to the Americas, the kingdom began minting copper Maravedis in the early 1500s specifically for ...
First Amendment: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the ...
A blue plaque is dedicated to King Alfred the Great, known for defeating the Vikings at the Battle of Edington in 878.
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In an accidental find, a 10th-century burial site believed to have belonged to a Viking noble family has been discovered in ...
King Midas is the stuff of legend. Ancient Greek tales tell of a Phrygian ruler granted the power to turn everything he ...
He was a minor king, yet Tutankhamun’s tomb might have been the most richly stocked of all in ancient Egypt. Now research is ...
Macbeth was based on a real, 11th-century Scottish king. Shakespeare got his story from the English writer Raphael Holinshed, who in turn got it from several Scottish chroniclers.
King Charles' new Great Seal of the Realm has been unveiled and the royal emblem is just ... one that the British royal family traces back to the reign of Edward the Confessor in the 11th century.
The practice of adopting a new name became ingrained during the 11th century, a period of German popes who chose names of early church bishops out of “a desire to signify continuity," said the ...