The nicknames tracked her life: “the Duchess” as a child, “Lady” as a young woman, “Her Royal Highness” in marriage, “t…
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He became an iconic figure of the Interbellum (from the Latin inter — “between” and bellum — “war”), the roughly twenty-year span between the two world wars. For history it…
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She was the third woman after Joan of Arc and Sarah Bernhardt to be honored with a monument in Paris. When she took her own life, France declared a national…
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A new DNA study by American and Italian researchers suggests earlier conclusions about Pompeii’s victims may be wrong. The team found some bodies had been misidentified. People who were assumed…
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Alexander the Great is one of history’s most remarkable military leaders, famous for toppling powerful states like the Persian Empire and conquering Egypt. He became known for never losing a…
