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Researchers May Have Just Identified A Rare Portrait Of Anne Boleyn That Was Hiding In Plain Sight For 500 Years
5+ hour, 51+ min ago (425+ words) Public Domain A portrait of Anne Boleyn, the doomed second wife of Henry VIII. As a study in npj Heritage Science reports, researchers began with a collection of portraits by Hans Holbein, who sketched the likenesses of many members of King…...
The Gruesome Death Of Timothy Treadwell, The 'Grizzly Man' Who Was Eaten Alive By A Brown Bear In Alaska
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (1209+ words) Lionsgate Films Timothy Treadwell spent 13 years filming, observing, and interacting with brown bears in Alaska. Timothy Treadwell had a passion for bears. After surviving a drug overdose in the late 1980s, he began spending his summers among the wild bears of…...
Archaeologists Just Found 260 Mysterious Burial Monuments Across The Sahara That Were Built Before The Egyptian Pyramids
4+ day, 5+ hour ago (711+ words) Google Earth An aerial view of a cluster of prehistoric enclosure burials in Sudan's Atbai Desert. In the far reaches of the eastern Sahara, archaeologists have uncovered hundreds of prehistoric burials that suggest an unknown culture once thrived in what's…...
Archaeologists In Saudi Arabia Just Unearthed An Expertly Crafted Collection Of More Than 100 Pieces Of Gold Jewelry That Date Back 1, 100 Years
5+ day, 5+ hour ago (663+ words) Saudi Arabia Ministry of Culture The gold jewelry that was found along an ancient hajj route in Saudi Arabia. During excavations at the Diriyah archaeological site in Saudi Arabia's Al-Qassim region, archaeologists came across a stunning hoard of jewelry from…...
R&B Legend Sam Cooke Was Gunned Down In A Seedy LA Motel " But The Police Never Arrested Anyone
1+ week, 1+ day ago (1549+ words) On the night of December 11, 1964, singer Sam Cooke burst into the main office of the Hacienda Motel in Los Angeles. He was wearing nothing but a jacket and one shoe. Cooke demanded that the motel manager, Bertha Franklin, tell him…...
Archaeologists Just Found A Greek Theater Mask Figurine At An Ancient Worship Site Inside A Croatian Cave
1+ week, 3+ day ago (798+ words) Archaeological Museum of the Dubrovnik Museums The Greek theater mask found in Croatia's Crno Jezero cave in Pelje'ac. While excavating the Crno Jezero cave in Pelje'ac, Croatia, archaeologists came across a 2, 000-year-old figurine wearing a Greek theater mask. Small, scowling,…...
Man Finds Out Los Angeles Has A "Forgotten Underground City." What"s Down There? : "I Bet It Has At Least One Walmart"
1+ week, 4+ day ago (808+ words) A network of underground tunnels once used by streetcars, bootleggers, and corrupt businessmen sits right beneath Los Angeles. This so-called "forgotten underground city" may no longer be quite so forgotten, thanks to a recent video bringing renewed attention to it....
3 Ancient Civilizations Across 3 Continents Built Similar Monuments. Were They Mapping The Stars?
1+ week, 5+ day ago (1016+ words) Raimond Spekking/Wikimedia Commons The Pyramids of Giza are said to align with the belt of the constellation Orion. Many ancient structures offer more questions than answers. While historians and archaeologists can glean a limited understanding of a building based…...
Archaeologists In Australia Discover An Ancient Dingo That Had Been Ceremonially Buried And Tended To By Aboriginals For Centuries
1+ week, 5+ day ago (695+ words) Amy Way The bones of the dingo, which was buried here somewhere between 916 and 963 years ago. In 2000, the ancient burial of a dingo was discovered alongside a river in Australia's Kinchega National Park. This wasn't all that unusual, as dingo…...
An Ancient Roman Phallus Keepsake Was Just Found During Excavations At A Cricket Club In England
1+ week, 6+ day ago (747+ words) Uncovering Roman Carlisle The newly-unearthed penis charm is just one of many Roman-era relics found in Carlisle. Archaeologists in Carlisle, England recently uncovered a small bronze penis pendant while excavating the ruins of an ancient Roman bathhouse. Experts believe that…...