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Image of author David Tollen.

An 1864 photograph by Thomas Annan of the Scottish missionary and explorer David Livingstone (1813-73). National Galleries of Scotland

In The Extraordinary Journey of David Ingram, author and recognized archaeologist Dean Snow shows that Ingram was not a fraud, contradicting the longstanding narrative of his life. Snow's careful...

Caucasus region in late 1124 CE.

Robert I of Scotland, better known as Robert the Bruce, reigned as King of Scotland from 1306 to 1329 CE. For his role in achieving independence from England, Robert the Bruce has long been regarded as a national hero and one...

It's a classic underdog tale: David, a young shepherd armed only with a sling, beats Goliath, the mighty warrior. The story has transcended its biblical origins to become a common shorthand for...

A medieval illustration of King David I of Scotland (r. 1124-1153 CE) knighting a squire.

A detail of the bronze figure of the Biblical king David by the Italian Renaissance artist Donatello (c. 1386-1466 CE). The figure was sculpted in the 1420s to 1440s CE. (Bargello, Florence)

Gerard David, The Judgement of Cambyses, 1498 CE, Groeninge Museum, Bruges, Belgium. This diptych shows a scene from Herodotus's Histories: the arrest and flaying of the Persian judge Sisamnes, who was a corrupt judge...

The bronze figure of the Biblical king David by the Italian Renaissance artist Donatello (c. 1386-1466 CE). The figure was sculpted in the 1420s to 1440s CE. (Bargello, Florence)