For nearly seven centuries Norwegian lords ruled Shetland, until they finally pawned the islands to a Scottish king ... in some parts of the Viking world. One famous early Irish text records ...

The famous Boy King pharaoh, Tutankhamun, ruled Ancient Egypt from around 1332 - 1323 BC. He ascended the throne at just nine years old but died unexpectedly at the age of around 18. His tomb was ...

Later in his life the young King Alfred had to hide from the Vikings on a marshy island called Athelney, in Somerset. A famous story tells how, while sheltering in a cowherd's hut, the king got a ...

Edward Herbert, great-great-grandson of the 5th Earl of Carnarvon—the man who bankrolled the discovery of King Tut ... Kyrkjebø, Viking’s go-to soprano, echoed off the ancient columns.