This Week In History News, Aug. 18 – 24
Cleopatra’s perfume discovered, hidden da Vinci sketch found under iconic painting, Soviet message in a bottle washes ashore after 50 years. The post This Week...
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2,800-Year-Old Stone Altar May Hint To Biblical War, According To Archaeologists
Part of the inscription appears to mention bronze that was pillaged after King Mesha’s conquest of the ancient city of Ataroth, a war explicitly mentioned...
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500 Years Before Columbus, Viking Explorer Leif Erikson Was Likely The First European To Step Foot In The Americas
Why does Columbus get a holiday for sailing to the Carribean when Viking pioneer Leif Erikson allegedly landed in North America centuries before? Christopher Columbus...
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Scientists Hope To Solve The Mystery Of A Medieval Skeleton Used For Propaganda By Both The Nazis And Soviets
When Ivan Borkovský found the medieval warrior skeleton in 1928, Czechoslovakia had only been a country for 10 years. His troubles had only just begun....
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Meet Tony Spilotro, The Ruthless Mobster That The Mafia Couldn’t Control
Tony Spilotro inspired Joe Pesci’s villain in the movie Casino, but the real man was far worse than the movie let on. Getty ImagesBy age...
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Doctors Have Been Secretly Inseminating Women With Their Own Sperm For Decades
“I would bet a lot of these doctors had power reasons for doing this — mental health issues, narcissistic issues — or maybe they were...
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Was Queen Charlotte Britain’s First Black Royal?
One historian traced Queen Charlotte’s ancestry to a Moorish mistress through six different bloodlines. Wikimedia CommonsThe queen’s portrait by Allan Ramsay, who was a known...
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500-Year-Old Incan ‘Princess’ Mummy Finally Returned To Bolivia After 129 Years
The returned remains marks the first time a significant archaeological artifact has been repatriated to the Andean country. Juan Karita/AP PhotoThe Incan mummy was returned...
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The True Story Of Saint Patrick, The Roman British Slave That Became The Symbol Of Irish Pride
St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, wasn’t Irish, never banished the Emerald Island of snakes, and wasn’t even named Patrick. FlickrThe life of St....