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Historic Sites of the London Underground Will Soon Open for Visitors
See Churchill’s blitz bunker and the first underwater tunnel ever built
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Historians Identify 35 Descendants of Leonardo da Vinci
Using historical documents and genealogical detective work, researchers have reconstructed 15 generations of Leonardo’s family tree
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A Construction Crew Uncovered the Grave of One of Mexico’s First Catholic Priests
The 16th-century grave was found at the site of an Aztec temple
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Five Fascinating Places to Visit This Obscura Day
Atlas Obscura celebrates all things weird and wonderful worldwide this Saturday
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Lawyers Who Made the Birthday Song Public Domain Take Aim at Civil Rights Anthem
A group of filmmakers want to remove the copyright from “We Shall Overcome”
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New Timeline Zeros in on the Creation of the Chauvet Cave Paintings
Radiocarbon dates help reconstruct the cave’s long history
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The U.S. Finally Has a National Monument That Honors Women’s History
144 Constitution Avenue is now one of the women’s movement’s most significant sites
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Machine Learning May Help Determine When the Old Testament Was Written
Using computer algorithms to analyze handwriting, researchers discover citizens of ancient Judah were much more literate than previously thought
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New Project Uncovers What Americans Knew About the Holocaust
You can help historians learn how newspapers in the U.S. documented the persecution of European Jews
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How Booker T. Washington Became the First African-American on a U.S. Postage Stamp
At the time, postage stamps usually depicted white men
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Researchers Crack Open the Mysterious Plain of Jars
After 80 years, archeologists get the chance to explore the Laotian plateau dotted with giant stone jars
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The New York Slave Revolt of 1712 Was a Bloody Prelude to Decades of Hardship
304 years ago today, a group of black slaves rose up against white colonists in New York
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Neolithic People Were Also Strip Miners
Quarries are changing how archaeologists think about the Stone Age
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Bullet Helps Revive Lawrence of Arabia’s Reputation
A bullet from a Colt pistol found at the site of one of T.E. Lawrence’s most famous battles helps verify the authenticity of his stories
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Horse Poop Helps Unravel the Mystery of Hannibal’s Route Through the Alps
Researchers have found a large deposit of horse manure in the Col de Traversette pass, likely left by the ancient general’s army
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What Mummy DNA Reveals About the Spread and Decline of People in the Americas
Researchers have pieced together how humans spread from Alaska to Argentina and the extent of devastation from the introduction of European disease
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After 36 Years, Archivists Finally Found the Wright Brothers’ Airplane Patent
The missing patent was found safe and sound in a Kansas storage facility
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Archaeologists Spy New Viking Settlement From Space
Space archaeologists think they may have found a second Viking colony in the Americas
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How the Associated Press Became Part of the Nazi Propaganda Machine
New research suggests a backscratch agreement that traded access for control
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