Barking dogs, harsh guards and brutal imprisonment in a bunker where the USSR never fell
When an English doctor discovered a safer kind of immunity, someone had to spread the word to America
Specimens once thought to be the remains of children or animals are likely a product of the 1800’s “mummy mania”
The film, produced in around 1945, offers a thorough, fact-filled tour of the city
Experiments conducted by a Siberian research team shed light on the neurosurgical methods evident in three Iron Age skulls
The men who participated in a South Carolina sit-in were sentenced to 30 days hard labor in 1961
A centuries-old crypt could hold the answer to the mystery of Cervantes’ missing remains
Female operators and mathematicians play a greater role in the history of computers and code-breaking than most realize
Romans disdained the meal, few ate it in the Middle Ages, but most eat breakfast now
Scientists have mapped the body art of one of archeology’s biggest super stars in hopes to better understand the role tattoos played in early civilization
Aboriginal groups from coast to coast describe walking to places that are now islands
William Gillette is responsible for how we see Sherlock Holmes—but the loss of his single silent film was an unsolved mystery
Restoration efforts reveal the red-painted numbers that would help ancient Romans find their status-dictated seats
A new study finds evidence of trauma experienced by soldiers returning home from combat over 3,000 years ago
Many attempts have been made to diagnose Darwin’s illness, here’s a well-argued possibility
Vintage slides give an etiquette lesson to obnoxious silent movie audiences
The notebooks offer a glimpse into the mind of a codebreaker
Clumsy curators won’t admit who’s behind the irreparable repair
Questions surround the reported discovery of an ancient scrap of the Gospel of Mark
In his First Annual Message to Congress, George Washington outlined the country’s most pressing issues and kicked off a flexible annual tradition
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