Nearly a quarter of the world drives on the left. But why? There’s a quite reasonable explanation for that. The Ancient Romans drove on the left too. So it was more natural for right-handed people to ride horses on the left. Most people trace the answer back to Napoleon, who decreed that in his empire, everyone would keep to the right.As Nepoleon’s armies conquered more and more of continental... 

For twenty years, Napoleon ruled Europe at his will, till his ultimate defeat in the battle of Waterloo, in 1815. Imprisoned, he was exiled by the British in St. Helena, one of the most isolated islands in the world, in Southern Atlantic Ocean.He mysteriously died there in May 5, 1821. Most historians accept the official explanation that Napoleon died from stomach cancer.Some authorities have accepted... 

The Great Sphinx of Giza is a half-human, half-lion Sphinx statue in Egypt. But the nose of this Great Sphinx at Giza is made conspicuous by its absence. What happened to it? Although popular legend blames Napoleon and his troops during the French campaign in Egypt (1798-1801) for having shot the nose off the Great Sphinx, in fact this story just isn’t true. An article by Ulrich Haarmann, “Regional...