The Hidden Details in 12 Royal Engagement Rings
In the West, the practice of exchanging rings to mark a betrothal dates back to ancient Rome, when noble families would trade ...
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The Tower of Nesle: The Medieval Scandal That Led to the Revival of the Salic Law, Barring Women from the Throne
Alexandre Dumas, the renowned author of The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo, lived a life nearly as eventful ...
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I've tested the Panasonic Lumix S1R II, and it beats its bulky predecessor in almost every respect
Panasonic has rung the changes on this second edition of its full-frame flagship. The Lumix S1R II improves upon the original S1R in every key area, battery life excepted. For me, the most ...
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The Death of Roger II of Sicily
The nephew of Robert Guiscard and son of Count Roger I of Sicily, Roger II succeeded to Sicily at the age of nine in 1105 and took personal control in 1112, when he was sixteen. Subduing all ...
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Philip Chism, convicted of killing Danvers math teacher Colleen Ritzer, denied new murder trial
Philip Chism, convicted of killing Danvers High School math teacher Colleen Ritzer in 2013 when he was a 14-year-old student, will not get a new murder trial or be resentenced, the Massachusetts ...
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King Charles' true feelings on love, Princess Diana's royal ancestry and the interview that left her TRAUMATISED
Through her great-grandmothers, Adelaide Seymour and Rosalind Bingham, she was descended from two illegitimate sons of King Charles II - Henry Fitzroy and Charles Lennox. She was also related to ...
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Archaeologists may have found pharaoh's second tomb
A British archaeologist believes his team may have found a second tomb in Egypt belonging to King Thutmose II. The potential find comes just days after Piers Litherland announced the discovery of ...
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Phila of Elimeia, the first wife of Philip II of Macedon
Phila of Elimeia was a notable figure in ancient Macedonian history, celebrated as the first wife of Philip II of Macedon. Born into the influential Elimeian royal family, Phila was typical of the ...
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When Two Women Fought for the Throne of Alexander the Great
Olympias, daughter of Neoptolemus I, King of Epirus, and wife of King Philip II of Macedon and mother of Alexander the Great, and Eurydice, wife of King Philip III of Macedon and granddaughter of King ...
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When Prince Andrew was besotted with an actress who was 21 years younger - who ended up stealing all his money!
Shortly afterwards she was packed off to a Swiss sanatorium and her son, the future husband of Queen Elizabeth II, did not see her again for five years. Philip's father chose that moment to quit ...
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Virginia Tech hires Philip Montgomery as OC
Philip Montgomery has been hired as the Virginia Tech's offensive coordinator, the school announced. Montgomery is the former head coach at Tulsa who has coordinated at both Auburn and Baylor ...