Solved: mystery of The Ugly Duchess - and the Da Vinci connection

The sad tale of a swinging king and his dying country

‘Dancing plague’ and other odd afflictions explained

Biblical text-writing may have poisoned monks

From the Raucous Royals blog:

Anne Boleyn and this boy baby business

“As a waypoint on the ancient Silk Road, the metropolis of Palmyra had it all… Water from local wells even contained fluoride, limiting that scourge of the ancients — tooth decay.” But that wasn’t a good thing:
An ancient city’s tale of too much fluoride

“Europe’s ‘Little Ice Age’ may have been triggered by the 14th Century Black Death plague, according to a new study.”

There’s an old theory that Abraham Lincoln might have suffered from Marfan syndrome, but maybe he had ataxia instead.

Secret of ancient Athens plague is being unraveled