A 19th-century illustration of the death of Richard III. | Print Collector/GettyImages. In a 1956 issue of The Oxford Magazine, scholar David Daube posited that Humpty Dumpty was a wheeled siege ...

Humpty Dumpty often presents as an egg in illustrations of the popular nursery rhyme, but you may be surprised to learn the character is something else entirely - and he's not very friendly.

From our earliest childhood memories, we know the sad story. “Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall, All the king’s horses and all the king’s men, couldn’t put Humpty ...

Humpty Dumpty is allegedly not what he’s cracked up to be: Bold claim leaves brains scrambled as deep-thinkers struggle to let go of a childhood fantasy.

In 1871, Humpty Dumpty was referred to in Lewis Carroll’s 1871 book, Through the Looking-Glass, which was a sequel to Alice in Wonderland. In that book, Humpty Dumpty was described as an egg.

Humpty Dumpty is the main character of one of our most well-known nursery rhymes, but some people have been left stunned by a new revelation. The popular children's song has been sung all over the ...

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall, All the king's horses and all the king's men, Couldn't put Humpty together again. He fell off the wall - from the highest high - so high!

Humpty Dumpty is a classic nursery rhymes that will hit Brits across the nation with a sweet sense of nostalgia, but it turns out the eponymous character isn't actually an anthropomorphic egg ...