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Facial recognition software suggests the portrait may depict William Shakespeare.
X-ray scans of the Wadlow Shakespeare portrait reveal details beneath several areas of overpaint.
Dendrochronology reveals surprising results about Steven’s portrait of Shakespeare.
The portrait hung above the family TV for 50 years before they realized it might be Shakespeare.
The Black Death may have killed nearly 50 percent of the Europe's population.
In 1347, ships reached Sicily with the Black Death. In a year, it spread across Europe to England.
The haunting journal of Agnolo di Tura reveals the horrors of the Black Plague.
Ancient gravestones in Kyrgyzstan hint the Black Death began long before it reached Europe.
To smuggle her encrypted messages beyond the prison walls, Mary must rely on unconventional methods.
Moments before her execution, Mary had one last message to send to the world.
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Could the discovery of a third portrait of William Shakespeare be a genuine article?
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Historian Jonathan Petropoulos investigates the life of former Nazi art dealer Bruno Lohse.
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