In 1974, the legendary pharaoh Ramesses II was issued a valid Egyptian passport so that his 3,000-year-old mummy could be flown to Paris for necessary repair
Luke’s hideout in the latest “Star Wars” picture is actually an island off the coast of Ireland with an early-Christian monastery
The Molly Brown House in Denver is devoted to the heroine of the RMS Titanic tragedy
The Nightingale floors: a Japanese flooring system which was used for catching intruders
A dance to die for: The mysterious phenomenon of Medieval Europe that drove people to dance until collapse
Visionary architect Antoni Gaudí never managed to finish the magnificent Sagrada Familia because he was hit by a tram and, mistaken as a beggar, left on the street
Hitchcock’s animosity for his former producer, David O. Selznick, inspired the villain in “Rear Window”
Tintagel Castle on the bluffs of Cornwall is revealing its surprising secrets
Disney whitewashed the story of Pinocchio, originally that of an ungrateful and “wretched boy,” hanged for his mistakes
Priceless Manuscripts and Treasures of the World’s Oldest Christian Library
