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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.

The Sumerian King List (abbreviated as SKL and also known as Chronicle of the One Monarchy) is an ancient Sumerian document whose earliest version is dated to Mesopotamia's Ur III period (circa...

King Arthur, Camelot, Excalibur, Merlin, Lancelot & Guinevere and the Holy Grail. These well-known figures and objects and their adventures, quests and love stories are legendary...

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.

Oedipus the King (429-420 BCE), also known as Oedipus Rex or Oedipus Tyrannos ('Tyrannos' signifies that the throne was not gained through an inheritance) is the most famous surviving play written by the 5th-century BCE poet and...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...