Cryptozoology is a field of knowledge devoted to searching for and studying animals whose existence is disputed or not proven by science. Such creatures are called cryptids. There’s also cryptobotany ...

Napoleon Bonaparte was a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution. He became Emperor of the French and played a significant role in European history ...

The Merovingian dynasty was the first Frankish line of kings who ruled in Western Europe from AD 476 to 752. Dynasty of Frankish kings descending from Merovech, the Merovingians ruled over Gaul until ...

From the time of the Renaissance forward, these fortresses were renovated into elegant mansions complete with gardens, turrets, and other architectural flourishes. The Latin “castellum” refers to a ...

The public’s perception of black cats has always been negative due to their association with evil and superstition, witchcraft, and curses. In Ancient Egypt, people tended to avoid black cats.

If a doctor “treats the abscess in a nobleman’s eye but causes the loss of the eye,” he would lose his hand. A handful of Egyptian documents describe medicines made from beans, leeks, figs, dates, and ...

A comet is a heavenly body formed long ago during the formation of the solar system from gases, rocks, and dust that have since frozen solid. They travel through our sky, leaving behind lengthy clouds ...

The legendary knight El Cid (“The Lord”) or El Campeador (“The Valiant”), Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar devoted his life to war and passed away on July 10, 1099. Despite his later reputation as a champion for ...

Zoologists from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles praised Game of Thrones for its realistic depiction of dragon wings. In fantasy works, dragons typically have four legs and wings ...

When Charlemagne died in 814, his son, Louis the Pious, succeeded him on the throne. After his death, the Treaty of Verdun confirmed the division of the Carolingian Empire into three kingdoms.

It's unclear how anything on this list can be taken seriously at all. The newspaper referred to the hypothetical ninth planet on the edge of the Solar System. Scientists suggest the possibility of its ...

What seems clear is that if China’s rapid development in space continues at this rate, most other countries will have little choice but to join in. The first landing of a space probe on the far side ...