This Fake Gulag Will Let You Pretend the Soviets Are Still in Power
Barking dogs, harsh guards and brutal imprisonment in a bunker where the USSR never fell
Thomas Jefferson Conducted Early Smallpox Vaccine Trials
When an English doctor discovered a safer kind of immunity, someone had to spread the word to America
Two of the Vatican’s “Ancient” Egyptian Mummies Are 19th Century Fakes
Specimens once thought to be the remains of children or animals are likely a product of the 1800’s “mummy mania”
Visit 1940s Chicago With a Film Discovered at a Garage Sale
The film, produced in around 1945, offers a thorough, fact-filled tour of the city
Scientists Try Out 2,300-Year-Old Brain Surgery Techniques
Experiments conducted by a Siberian research team shed light on the neurosurgical methods evident in three Iron Age skulls
The “Friendship 9” Who Sat At A White-Only Lunch Counter Have Been Cleared
The men who participated in a South Carolina sit-in were sentenced to 30 days hard labor in 1961
Did Archaeologists Just Find Miguel de Cervantes, 400 Years After His Death?
A centuries-old crypt could hold the answer to the mystery of Cervantes’ missing remains
Women Were Key to WWII Code-Breaking at Bletchley Park
Female operators and mathematicians play a greater role in the history of computers and code-breaking than most realize
Mostly the Old And Ill Ate Breakfast Until the Rise of the Working Man
Romans disdained the meal, few ate it in the Middle Ages, but most eat breakfast now
The 61 Tattoos of Ötzi, the 5,300-Year-Old “Iceman”
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
Australian Stories Capture 10,000-Year-Old Climate History
Aboriginal groups from coast to coast describe walking to places that are now islands
Mystery Solved: Footage From a Long-Lost Silent Sherlock Holmes Is Found
William Gillette is responsible for how we see Sherlock Holmes—but the loss of his single silent film was an unsolved mystery
Evidence of a Seating Plan Discovered at the Colosseum
Restoration efforts reveal the red-painted numbers that would help ancient Romans find their status-dictated seats
Ancient Assyrian Soldiers Were Haunted by War, Too
A new study finds evidence of trauma experienced by soldiers returning home from combat over 3,000 years ago
Darwin May Have Experienced Extreme Anxiety
Many attempts have been made to diagnose Darwin’s illness, here’s a well-argued possibility
How to Mind Your Manners at Silent Movies
Vintage slides give an etiquette lesson to obnoxious silent movie audiences
Turing’s Secret Notebook Is Up for Auction
The notebooks offer a glimpse into the mind of a codebreaker
King Tut’s Beard Fell Off…And Was Glued Back on With Epoxy
Clumsy curators won’t admit who’s behind the irreparable repair
Papyrus Found in a Mummy Mask May Be the Oldest Known Copy of a Gospel
Questions surround the reported discovery of an ancient scrap of the Gospel of Mark
The First State of the Union Address: Way Shorter, Way Less Clapping
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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