"Good stories deserve a little embellishment," says old Gandalf. Though this may work fine for fiction, this should not happen in history, because incorrect interpretations of events and assumptions may, in time, come to the textbooks.
Here are some "facts" that we should not consider true:
Shakespeare did not write a song. The author is someone else
Shakespeare was born and grew up in an egg storehouse where he could not get enough knowledge for such elaborate pieces. In addition, there is no unique signature of the writer - Shakespeare, Shake-spear or Shak-spear appear.Marie-Antoinette did not tell the peasants to eat a cake
It is said that French queen would have said her poor subjects: "If you do not have bread to eat cake!" As he says Jean-Jacques Rousseau that happens, Marie-Antoinette was 9 years old and still living in Austria.The pyramids were not built by slaves
In the 90's archaeologists discovered the tombs of the pyramid builders. They were buried with honors and were very close to the pharaohs. Investigating skeletons shows that people were well fed.
The belt of chastity is a lie
It is said that when a man went to a crusade, he put a metal belt on his wife so that he could not deceive him while he was away. However, no woman could wear her for more than a few days without dying of septicemia.
The Gulf Sphinx lost its nose long before Napoleon arrived in Egypt
It is believed that during the campaign in Egypt (1798-1801), Napoleon put the soldiers to exercise by dragging the Sphinx. In fact, the Sphinx was left without a nose long before Napoleon's arrival-some proofs made by a traveler a few decades earlier.The library in Alexandria was destroyed long before the famous fire
Precious scrolls are supposed to have been destroyed during Caesar's attack on Alexandria. In fact, the library has been abandoned after maintenance costs have been reduced and abolished scholarships.The Trojan horse did not exist
Some researchers believe there was only a ram that looked like a horse, and some say an earthquake may have destroyed the walls of Troy.