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Chilperic I (r. 561-584) strangles his wife, Queen Galswinth, in her bed. Illustration from the Grandes Chroniques de France, between 1375-1380. National Library of France, Paris.

This video attempts to discover more about King Narmer (the first Egyptian King before the Pharaohs). King Narmer reigned as King during the Predynastic period of Egypt.

A generation after the first Thanksgiving, the sachem of the Wampanoag led a coalition of Native American tribes to battle against the ever-encroaching European colonists of New England.

Henry VIII is one of the most famous Kings in history, and that has a lot to do with his six wives and his quest for a male heir. King Henry VIII was born on June 28 1491, and was the son of King Henry VII of England. Henry VIII ruled as...

King Tutankhamun (or King Tut as he is known) spent the early years of his life with the name Tutankhaten and was born in the eleventh year of the reign of his father Pharaoh Amenhotep IV, who is better known as Akhenaten. While he was a...

A conversation between King Guntram I of Orléans (r. 561-592) and his nephew and heir King Childebert II of Austrasia (r. 575-596), artwork by Jean Fouquet from the manuscript Grandes Chroniques de France (Français 6465, fol. 45v.), c. 1455...

King Philip's Death Site - Bristol, Rhode Island - Metacomet was also known as King Philip. He was a leader of the Wampanoag tribe. After some peaceful co-existence with the Pilgrims, conflict broke out in 1675. It became known as King Philip's...

King Ergamenes (also known as King Arkamani I, r. 295-275 BCE) was the greatest king of the city of Meroe, Kingdom of Kush (located in modern-day Sudan) who broke free from Egyptian dominance to help direct a wholly distinct culture. The...

This video describes the life and death of Tutankhamun, Egypt's boy king of the New Kingdom.

Here is the celestial bed from King Tut’s grave at the Egyptian Museum of Antiquities. It is gold-leafed. This is in the original museum building and absolutely mind-blowing!