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An illustration from a 12th century CE manuscript depicting the proclamation of Leo V the Armenian, emperor of the Byzantine Empire from 813 to 820 CE. (Madrid Skylitzes, National Library, Madrid)

Ptolemy V (r. 205-181 BCE) gold octadrachm. (Numismatics Museum, Athens)

In Netflix's The King, Timothée Chalamet stars as real-life king Henry V of England. But Henry wasn't destined to sit on the throne. We explain the combination of chance and skill that led to his ascent...

The newly discovered, partially broken, tablet V of the Epic of Gilgamesh: "the episode of the journey of Gilgamesh and Enkidu." The tablet dates back to the old Babylonian period, 2003-1595 BCE. From Mesopotamia...

Mask of Agamemnon, from shaft grave V, grave circle A, c.1550-1500 B.C.E., gold, 12 inches / 35 cm (National Archaeological Museum, Athens) Speakers: Dr. Steven Zucker & Dr...

On this day in Tudor history, 10th April 1512, Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scots, eldest daughter of the late King Henry VII of England, and sister of King Henry VIII, of England gave birth to a boy who...