Egyptians Mummified The Beef Ribs And Sliced Goat Meat They Sent on With Their Rulers to the Afterlife
They basted the meat in fat and resin in order to preserve it forever.
There Are 58 Versions of Little Red Riding Hood, Some 1,000 Years Older Than the Brothers Grimm’s
Brothers Grimm may have popularized the tale but they certainly didn’t win any prizes for originality
Conrad Heyer, a Revolutionary War Veteran, Was the Earliest-Born American To Ever Be Photographed
Conrad Heyer fought with Washington in the Revolutionary War
Kraft’s New Natural Cheese Dyes Were the Key Ingredient in a 17th Century Scam
Kraft’s new orange dye was used in the 17th century to trick people into thinking cheese was better than it was
Karl Marx Is the World’s Most Influential Scholar
When compared on equal footing, Marx stands out above the crowd
New Theory: King Tut Died in a Chariot Crash
A new examination of Tut’s remains reveals that he was killed in a horrific chariot accident
The Vikings Had a Taste for Fine Persian Silk
Silk wasn’t the only thing that Vikings got from Eastern lands.
A Billion Dollars of Modernist Art, Stolen by Nazis, Was Just Recovered in Munich
As many as 1,500 pieces of modernist art were just found in a Munich apartment
The Gold Rush Left Behind Mercury That’s Still Contaminating California
Leftover mercury will continue to flush through the environment, eventually making its way into the San Francisco bay, for the next 10,000 years
The Last Time the Red Sox Won a World Series in Boston Was 1918. What Was That Like?
Red Sox fans are partying like it’s 1918.
The Earliest Bike Design Is Getting a Modern, Electric Reboot
What would early bike designers think of this Tron-like reboot of their classic wheels?
This Eagle Statue Is One of the Greatest Romano-British Artworks Ever Discovered
Archeologists in London just turned up a pristine 1,800-year old Roman statue of an eagle devouring a serpent
How One 17th Century Scholar Reconciled Newly Discovered Species And the Space on Noah’s Ark
Here’s how Bishop John Wilkins got all the animals to fit on Noah’s Ark
We Might Soon Know What Ancient Greek Music Actually Sounded Like
Music has been with humans for a very, very long time. But as time marches on, history can lose the records of what that music sounded like
The Very First Americans May Have Had European Roots
Some early Americans came not from Asia, it seems, but by way of Europe
30 Years Ago Today, the U.S. Invaded Grenada
The conflict pit the U.S. military against Grenadian revolutionaries and the Cuban army
Ancient Buddhist Frescoes in China Got Painted Over with Cartoons
he temple affairs head and the the cultural heritage monitoring team lead have both lost their jobs, and the Communist party chief has been scolded
A High Schooler Discovered the Best Fossil Yet of a Baby Tube-Crested Dinosaur
The new fossil, nicknamed “Joe,” sheds light on its species’ characteristic tube-like head formation
This Map From 1812 Is Missing a Whole Continent
Back when America was small, Australia was “New Holland,” and big chunks of the world seemingly didn’t exist
Hotel Builders in New York Might Have Just Uncovered the Colonial-Era Bull’s Head Tavern
Developers in New York City may have just uncovered a tavern visited by George Washington, and written about by Washington Irving
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