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Home of fairies, warrior queens, fairy castles: mystical island in Scotland

Over the centuries, histories and tales have formed around the Isle of Skye. They are still closely intertwined with its…

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Not just Windsor: the most powerful royals of the 21st century

Undoubtedly, the British royal family occupies the first place in terms of influence and debate in the world. Moreover, its…

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Secrets behind the sacred building in Portugal older than Stonehenge

What secrets were discovered by a sacred building in Portugal, which turned out to be older than the famous Stonehenge?

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Caroline of Brunswick: Why King George IV of England hated his wife

Caroline was exiled from Britain for six years after their separation during which time they lost their only child.

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William Dampier: the adventurer who made history

William Dampier was an explorer, pirate and naturalist. He was the first Englishman to visit parts of what is now…

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How Henry VIII became paranoid and tyrant over a fateful knightly tournament

Henry VIII is one of the 100 Greatest Britons and one of history’s most renowned kings. When he reached the…

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Huge shaft belt at Stonehenge was indeed dug by people

The largest prehistoric structure ever found in the UK. That’s how archaeologists described the discovery in June of the curious…

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Why English phone booths are red?

Alexander Bell, a Scottish physicist, invented the telephone, which swiftly achieved international fame and extensive usage.

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10 discoveries made by natural disasters

Natural disasters are often only harmful. It is unlikely that anyone will rejoice in high waves, drought, or strong winds.…

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Why did the ancient Romans depict genitals on millstones: a rare find

During road construction in the United Kingdom, workers uncovered a unique millstone from the Roman Empire by mistake.

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Is there a sunken country at the bottom of the North Sea?

The area located between the British Isles and the continental coast, around the current Dogger Bank, was dry land about…

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Why the Druids were thought to be forest wizards and why the Roman Emperor Julius Caesar wiped them off the face of the earth

Modern society imagines the Druids as fairy-tale wizards, but this is just a myth. These people lived in the British…

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