2024-04-26 15:01
Naturalists and scientists investigated ancient sea monsters for centuries – and they discovered something surprising.
The “great sea serpent” spotted by Hans Egede off… Read More
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The past is a mysterious world with its own rules. Explore fascinating stories from the past in Bruce Wilson's blog.
2024-04-11 22:39
During the Siege of Constantinople, the Ottomans rolled out one of the largest cannons in history. But did the cannon topple the Byzantine Empire?
Dozens of cannons bombarded Constantinop… Read More
2024-03-29 15:40
What were buffalo bones used for in the American West? The answer might surprise you.
Enormous piles of buffalo bones littered the West, with many stretching several stories high. Detroit… Read More
2024-03-15 14:53
Belle of society. Confederate spy. Wild West gambler. Newspapers crowned Belle Siddons the debutante outlaw of the frontier.
Belle Siddons, also known as Madame Vestal, was called t… Read More
2024-02-29 19:34
She made more in one night than most gold miners earned in a month. From dance halls to saloons, Klondike Kate proved that women could make a fortune in the Old West.
Klondike Kate Rockwe… Read More
2024-02-16 15:53
The year was 1896. Hungry for entertainment, a crowd of 40,000 people showed up to an empty stretch of land in West Texas north of Waco. They came to watch two locomotives crash into each ot… Read More
2021-05-25 16:59
Michelangelo supervised the excavation of an ancient Greek sculpture – but did he also bury it?
Laocoön and his Sons, the statue discovered in a Roman vineyard in 1506
Franc… Read More
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