In today’s History newsletter: Solving one of humanity’s oldest "missing person" cases, learn what really pushed the American colonies to revolution, and a potential prototype Stonehenge. Plus, the forgotten sculptor who confronted American slavery. 

But first: A peek into the personal life of Charlemagne, the first Holy Roman Emperor 

LIONEL LOURDEL/GTRES

Father of Europe. King of the Franks. Who was the man behind these titles? We actually have more insight into his private life than any other Christian ruler of the eighth and ninth centuries.

AGUSTUS MARSHALL, COURTESY SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE

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