AvatarFelicia AvatarAvatarWhat Did Elizabeth I Actually Look Like? This Artist Has a SuggestionSmithsonian Magazine - Meilan SollyDuring her 45-year reign, England’s Elizabeth I carefully cultivated her public image. She did such a good job of managing it that nearly 500 years …
AvatarFelicia AvatarAvatarChina's most famous tree is in danger of being 'loved to death'NBC News - By Mac William BishopBeijing is increasingly focused on environmental issues — a marked shift from its traditional growth-at-all-costs philosophy. HUANGSHAN, China — On one of the world’s most beautiful mountains stands one of China’s most famous trees. A specimen of rugged, flat-crowned evergreen that may be 1,000 years …
AvatarFelicia AvatarAvatarFrench police recover priceless gold relic that contained the embalmed heart of Queen Anne de BretagneThe Telegraph - Henry SamuelPolice have miraculously recovered a 16th century gold case containing the heart of the only woman to have twice been crowned queen of France a week after it was stolen. The theft of the reliquary containing the heart of Anne of Brittany, who was briefly betrothed to the Prince of Wales, sparked …