Mary Rose 'sunk by French cannon'

Did you know U.S. President Herbert Hoover had a dog named King Tut?

You’ll find a picture of Hoover and Tut, and more info, at the Presidential Pets Museum website.

Obama as we knew him… man and boy

Machu Picchu’s far-flung residents

Viking Age triggered by shortage of wives?

Ancient Amazon cities found; were vast urban network

I seem to see articles about Roman emperor Hadrian everywhere I go online these days, and here’s another one:
The ‘peaceful’ Hadrian and his endless wars

Hadrian: Empire & Conflict by Thorsten Opper is available from Amazon.com.

The truth about the Picts

‘Dancing plague’ and other odd afflictions explained

Last czar leads great Russians poll; Stalin is second

Revealed: Britain’s worst monarch

Oldest joke in the world: not funny

(Maybe it’s not funny, but it did make me laugh.)

UPDATE: There are now reports of an even older joke, but there’s nothing royal about it.

 

Doubt over date for Brit invasion

Interesting article about a slave named Oney Judge, who ran away from the household of the first U.S. president, George Washington: A slave’s defiance

From Tea at Trianon: a look at famine in fairy tales.

Biblical text-writing may have poisoned monks

The mystery story of the Maya slowly reveals new twists