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On Tuesday, the Eswatini government said two people who had been deported from the US to the southern African kingdom had voluntarily returned to their home countries: Mauritania and DR Congo.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

Few moguls can now claim they aren’t familiar with Walter and his international sports kingdom, which included the Los Angeles Lakers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

Martin’s fantasy world of Westeros in “House of the Dragon” is a particularly cruel place to be sensitive, whether to the declining fortunes of a kingdom or the machinations of the spirit world.

From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026

Kusman, 86, has dedicated his life to the fortress of Cavustepe in eastern Turkey, and to learning the language of the vanished kingdom of Urartu, to honour its forgotten gods and rulers.

From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026

The souls of the unburied might not pass the river that encircles the kingdom of death, but must wander in desolation, with no abiding-place, no rest ever for their weariness.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

To reach the common ancestor shared by the plant and animal kingdoms, Anderson says researchers must look back to around 1.6 billion years ago.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026

Legend has it that the lion-headed figure protected the country from invasions and was worshiped as a god of war in the ancient Nubian kingdoms of Kush.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026

Yet some traditions have outlived the kingdoms that created them.

From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2026

Around 300 years before the events of “Game of Thrones,” the dragonlord led a campaign, with his sister-wives Visenya and Rhaenys, to conquer six of the seven kingdoms of Westeros.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2026

As conditions worsened, allies from neighboring kingdoms left to join Octavian’s side.

From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby