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Who Were the Princes in the Tower?
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Legend has it, King Richard III had his two nephews killed at the Tower of London in 1483.
The Imposter, Lambert Simnel
1:44
The official record states the boy crowned King Edward in 1487 was actually an imposter.
William Hewson’s Experiments and the Craven Street Bones
2:21
Are the bones at Craven Street connected to William Hewson?
The Rise of the Body Snatchers
2:37
Watch how the shortage of human cadavers turned anatomists to the criminal underworld.
Ben Franklin’s Scientific Achievements
3:23
Franklin was curious about the world and he operated in it as a gentlemanly scientist.
The Yellow House
2:54
Vincent began to paint obsessively at the Yellow House.
Did Leonardo Really Invent the Parachute?
4:12
The parachute is one of many inventions attributed to Leonardo but he did not invent it.
The Vitruvian Man
3:01
The “Vitruvian Man,” which Leonardo drew in about 1490, seems to summarize all of his work
An Underwater Dive to see the Sunken Basilica Up Close
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Scientists explore the underwater ruins of a 4th-century basilica.
Evidence of the Iron Age Emerges at Althorp
2:15
Fragments of manmade artifacts found at Althorp may point to an Iron Age settlement.
Ben Franklin’s Scientific Achievements
3:23
Franklin was curious about the world and he operated in it as a gentlemanly scientist.
The Yellow House
2:54
Vincent began to paint obsessively at the Yellow House.
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