World Mythtory

This one I suspect many (if not most) USians became familiar with the name Fawkes from the character in Harry Potter. I recall one Engli...

Cleopatra is one of the most famous women in the historical record. Pretty much everyone recognizes her name, and is usually able to sp...

For most people, England's King Richard III is a character in a play that was required reading (or viewing) in  High School. With h...

Just to give you a heads up, this Mythtory post is SUPER heavy on pictures.   This is a picture that's been floating around the ...

Canopic coffinette, from the tomb of  Tutankhamen. Thanks to having a honking huge amount of press, King Tut's one of the mos...

This particular Mythbelief is probably one that’s pretty much exclusive to USians, and possibly Canadians. Until the Disney movie c...

Gary Larson, how do I love thee. Let me count the ways… It’s probably one of the most famous phrases in history: “ Qu’ils mange...

Burn, baby, burn. The politics of the Roman Empire were messy, often with multiple legitimate emperors at a time. There were ar...

Jack of All Trades -- providing amusingly incorrect history since the year 2000 Let’s face it; everyone knows that Napoleon w...

Photo credit Wikipedia Most people know three things about Catherine the Great: 1. She was Russian. 2. Her name was C...

I could write pretty much my whole life on the mythtories of this man and his wives. Swiped from quickmeme.com Quick! Pull out a p...