The Viking reputation has grown immensely in recent decades. Long-held characterizations of these Norse warriors…
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Horatio Nelson is almost certainly the most famous sailor from the British Isles, if not…
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For thousands of years, people have been building religious monuments. This is normally done for…
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HistoryMyths & Legends
The Huge Fleet of Zheng He: An Armada to Conquer the World?
by Bipin Dimriby Bipin DimriThe further we go back through history, the less clear things become. Fact slowly gives…
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Captain Cook is a name well known to many British schoolchildren. The 18th century explorer,…
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Picture a mermaid, and most people will go straight for the Disney depiction of an…