(Thank you to Dawn for this link!)
The history of vaccination
From Gizmodo: Princesses, slaves, and explosives
A monument to Hephaestion
Magna Carta's U.S. legacy
Anna and the King of Siam
From The New York Review of Books, a look at the true story behind "The King & I," a musical about a British governess and Thailand's King Mongkut.
Visit Royalty.nu for books about Mongkut and governess Anna Leonowens.
Looking for more royal bones
An unknown lady
Elderly mystery woman found buried in coffin near Richard III
(Thank you to Dawn for this link!)
A royal Iron Age burial
A talented spy
A broken civilization
From The Straight Dope: Were the Dark Ages really so dark?