Up to 925,000 Jews and Romani were murdered at Treblinka, a Nazi extermination camp near Warsaw, Poland.

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Last Survivor of Treblinka, Final Destination for Up to 925,000 People, Has Died

Samuel Willenberg devoted the rest of his life to honoring those murdered at the camp

The perfectly preserved Bronze Age wheels in the dig go round and round.

Archaeologists Uncovered a Perfect Bronze Age Wheel

Excavations at “Britain’s Pompeii” are on a roll

Did the prehistoric civilization of Easter Island really "collapse"?

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New Evidence Finds That Easter Island Wasn’t Destroyed by War After All

Did islanders really experience a catastrophic “collapse” of their own making?

Mozart and Salieri—rivals or BFFs?

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A German Composer Uncovered a Collaboration Between Mozart and Salieri

Their epic rivalry might not have been all that

This man needs a makeover.

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The Lincoln Memorial Is Getting a Makeover

The four-year restoration will cost a pretty penny

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This Unfinished Film Highlights the Daily Lives of Black Americans in the 1960s

‘The American Negro’ shares stories of black surgeons, mothers and workers

Former Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Thomas Peter Lantos (D-Calif.) and his poodle, Gigi.

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Congress Won’t Pay For Official Portraits Anymore

The government will stop using taxpayer dollars to immortalize lawmakers in the traditional fashion

A rendering of the newly reopened Museum of Neon Art in Glendale, California.

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Glow to This Flickering Tribute to Neon

The past shines at the Museum of Neon Art in Southern California

This kitten, though adorable, was not one of the post office cats.

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A Brief History of Post Office Cats

Mail used to come with a side of meow

Michelangelo painted some of art history's greatest hands.

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Michelangelo May Have Had Arthritis

Researchers used old portraits and letters to study the master’s hands

Hospital Apprentices second class Ruth C. Isaacs, Katherine Horton and Inez Patterson (left to right) were the first black WAVES to enter the Hospital Corps School at National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, MD. Photographed March 2, 1945.

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Photographs Document Some of the First Black Women to Serve With the U.S. Navy

Black women were not allowed to join WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) until 1944

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British Monks Discovered a Curry Recipe in a 200-Year-Old Cookbook

The Portuguese brought the dish to Europe when they began colonizing India

A pre-production sketch of Persephone, a human princess that served as a test run for Walt Disney's "Snow White."

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Snow White Wasn’t the First Disney Princess

Dwarfs, meet Persephone

A 1950s Mountain Dew ad as photographed in Jakes Corner, Arizona

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Mountain Dew Once Had Ties to Moonshine

The original soda named Mountain Dew was supposed to be a whiskey accompaniment

A trumpet recovered from the USS Houston undergoes treatment at the Naval History and Heritage Command's Underwater Archaeology Branch laboratory on the Washington Navy Yard, Dec. 31, 2013.

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A Trumpet Retrieved From a World War II Shipwreck Could Still Hold Its Owner’s DNA

Conservators are trying to identify the sailor who once played it

Students pledged to speak only Latin, Greek or Hebrew in each other's company in this 1712 note.

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Read About Drama, Politics, Breakfast in These Newly Digitized Colonial Documents

An ambitious Harvard University project brings history to life, archiving nearly half a million documents online

This fresco would have been the height of fashion among residents of Roman London.

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Archaeologists Discovered a Roman Fresco Beneath the Streets of London

This ornate, hand-painted wall was once considered to be the height of fashion in Londinium

An archeologist surveys the in-progress excavation of an approximately 4,500-year-old boat.

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Archeologists Find a Rare 4,500-Year-Old Egyptian Funerary Boat

The watercraft is so well preserved that it still has the pegs, ropes and plant fibers that once held it together

Punxsutawney Phil, the weather prognosticating groundhog, makes his appearance during the Groundhog Day celebration at Gobblers Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania.

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A Short History of Groundhog Day

Punxsutawney Phil is part of a tradition with roots that extend back thousands of years

A Lady-in-Waiting of France strums her instrument on this card from The Courtly Household Cards (Das Hofämterspiel), created in c. 1450.

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Lavishly Illustrated Medieval Playing Cards Flouted the Church and Law

Secular and religious officials alike frowned on card playing in Europe’s Middle Ages

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