There is a theory that the city of Troy was located in England and the Trojan War was fought between groups of Celts
Urbano Monte’s authentic depiction of the world in the 16th century, mythical creatures included, assembled for first time since its creation
Documents reveal that China’s first emperor, obsessed with immortality, ordered a country-wide search for an elixir giving eternal life
The Erdapfel, the oldest surviving terrestrial globe, does not show the Americas but it does include the mythical Saint Brendan’s Island
“Battle of the Sexes” portrays Billie Jean King’s tennis triumph, but there was heartache in her life as well
When the Royal Household criticized her Indian servant Abdul Karim, an angry Queen Victoria called it “racial prejudice”
Lin Zhao’s parents learned that their daughter was executed in 1968 only after a Communist Party official asked them to pay 5 cents for the bullet used to kill her