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Kate Middleton and Prince William Have a Secret Royal Title in Scotland, and It Sounds Straight from a Storybook
Kate Middleton and Prince William are popularly known as the Prince and Princess of Wales, but they have another little-known ...
Smithsonian Magazine1d
The Many Myths of Empress Elisabeth of Austria, the 19th-Century Royal Whose Beauty and Tragic Death Transformed Her Into a Legend
The reluctant empress known as "Sisi" painstakingly crafted her image through portraits and photographs, ensuring she would ...
Hagia Sophia: Secrets of the 1,600-year-old megastructure that has survived the collapse of empires
One of the world’s most famous religious buildings, Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia was extraordinary when it was built in the sixth ...
Greek Reporter2d
Phaistos: The Palatial Mountain Fortress of Minoan Crete
Phaistos where an imposing palace once stood is, perhaps not as well known as Knossos, but a focal point of the history of ...
Royals Gather in Vatican City for Pope Francis’s Funeral
King Felipe and Queen Letizia were seated in the front row of a designated area for heads of state, next to Estonian President Alar Karis, U.S. President Trump, and First Lady Melania Trump. Spain, a ...
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Archaeologists found another Egyptian royal tomb—but who does it belong to?
A royal necropolis—from the Greek words for "city of the dead"—was established near Abydos in about 1839 B.C. with the burial there of the powerful 12th dynasty pharaoh Senusret III.