Marina Wang
Marina Wang is a freelance journalist based in Victoria, Canada. She covers science, history and everything else weird and wonderful.
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Hidden beneath a Florentine church, the chamber might have been Michelangelo’s refuge from a death sentence. What was left behind?
Did pointy hats, broomsticks and cauldrons originate with women brewers?
Qin Shi Huang unified China then searched for an elixir that could cheat death.
The enduring myth of a bird reborn from its ashes spans cultures, religions and millennia.
Empress Matilda fought her cousin for the English throne in a succession crisis that tore the kingdom apart.
The ancient game of cuju included acrobatic feats, imperial patrons and a surprisingly gruesome origin story.
As katanas fell out of use, blacksmiths turned to the culinary industry.
Humans around the world have been shaping heads for millennia.
The shape-shifting 'water monster' was a powerful symbol in Aztec mythology.
