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In the Netflix series, "Bridgerton," Queen Charlotte (played by Golda Rosheuvel) is a fan of Pomeranian dogs, just like the queen was in real life.

When did lap dogs become popular?

By Benjamin Plackett

Trends, set by royals and movies, help to influence a dog breed's popularity.

Two views of the restored copper statue show its fashionable hairstyle.

Celtic god or 1980s hockey player? Ancient deity statue wears a mullet and mustache

By Mindy Weisberger

A tiny statue of a deity dating to the Iron Age has a surprisingly modern hairstyle.

Remnants of a "submarine" style moonshine still found in South Carolina's Francis Marion National Forest

Abandoned moonshine still linked to Al Capone uncovered in South Carolina woods

By Brandon Specktor

Archaeologists uncovered an illegal 1920s-era liquor still in South Carolina that may have been linked to Al Capone's criminal empire.

This squad of Marines, 2nd Separate Engineer Battalion, Co. B, unloads supplies on Red Beach, Iwo Jima

The Battle of Iwo Jima: A gruesome victory for the Allied Forces

By All About History, Tom Garner

Fought on a tiny volcanic island 76 years ago, this brutal clash between American and Japanese forces defined the horror of the Pacific theater.

Malcolm X pictured in front of the state capitol Hartford, Connecticut, June 4, 1963

Malcolm X: Life and legacy of the fierce civil rights campaigner

By All About History

This political activist and minister challenged the conventions of race and religion during the early years of the civil rights movement.

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In a stained glass window panel in Canterbury Cathedral, Eilward of Westoning is castrated and blinded for stealing to pay off his debts. Thomas Becket then appeared to Eilward in a vision and healed his wounds, regenerating what Eilward had lost.

Stained-glass 'graphic novel' reveals miracles of Archbishop of Canterbury

By Mindy Weisberger

Thomas Becket's miraculous acts — presented "graphic-novel-style" in stained glass — leave Canterbury Cathedral for a museum exhibit.

The mummy of Seqenenre Taa II was first discovered in the 1880s. Even then, archaeologists noticed several prominent wounds on the pharaoh's face.

Egyptian pharaoh was executed on the battlefield, mummy reveals

By Stephanie Pappas

Egyptian pharaoh Seqenenre Taa II seems to have been overwhelmed by multiple attackers on the battlefield, perhaps after being captured and bound.

Excavations have shown that the ruined Neolithic monument at Wuan Mawn in south-west Wales was originally an entire circle of local stones with exactly the same diameter of the very first stone circle at Stonehenge.

Original 'Stonehenge' discovered, echoing a legend of the wizard Merlin

By Tom Metcalfe

The earliest megalithic circle at Stonehenge, now in the southwest of England, was first built in the west of Wales more than 5,000 years ago.

Built in the sixth century, Basilica Santi XII Apostoli ("Church of the Twelve Apostles") housed bone fragments thought to be from St. James the Younger.

Bones of St. James the Younger, one of the 12 apostles, belong to someone else

By Patrick Pester

Bone fragments long thought to have come from St. James the Younger, one of the 12 apostles who may have been Jesus' brother, couldn't have come from him, a new study finds.

The Coldstream Guard takes part in the ceremonial Changing of the Guards at Buckingham Palace in 2016.

Why do the queen's guards wear such tall hats?

By Benjamin Plackett

To scare off the queen's enemies.

Archaeologists in Arctic Alaska have found blue beads (top left) from Europe, possibly Venice, that might predate Christopher Columbus' voyage to the New World.

European beads found in Alaska predate Columbus, controversial study claims

By Laura Geggel

Blueberry-size beads might have traveled more than 10,000 miles from Venice to Alaska in the 1400s.

A portrait of Richard III, King of England from 1483 until his death in 1485.

King Richard III had the 'Princes in the Tower' murdered, historian finds

By Mindy Weisberger

The assassination of two young boys in line for England's throne secured the monarchy for King Richard III, and new evidence links him to their murder.

The grave of a woman in her 20s, crouched around a pot or beaker, was found by archaeologists only a short distance from the Neolithic stone circle at Stonehenge. It is thought to date from about 4,500 years ago.

Ancient graves and mysterious enclosure discovered at Stonehenge ahead of tunnel construction

By Tom Metcalfe

The most famous and ornate of the findings at the Sutton Hoo burial is this helmet, made of gold, silver and other metals.

Who was buried at Sutton Hoo?

By Owen Jarus

A medieval ship burial in England is now captivating viewers of the Netflix drama "The Dig." But who is actually buried at the 1,400-year-old site known as Sutton Hoo?