Found inside a glass bottle known as an unguentarium, this concoction was discovered in the form of dried, dark brown flakes mixed with thyme to mask the smell.

An aerialist in the circus at the turn of the 20th century, Maud Wagner broke barriers by both giving and receiving hundreds of tattoos.

Found in the northern Italian region of Liguria, the boy was likely out hunting when he encountered either a cave bear or a brown bear that viciously mauled him to death.

Located in San Pablo Huitzo in central Oaxaca, this astonishing find features friezes, carvings of faces believed to represent the deceased's ancestors, and stone figures wearing headdresses which are thought to serve as the guardians of the tomb.

Discovered at the Marathousa 1 archaeological site, this 31-inch piece of alder wood may have been used to either dig through mud or butcher elephants, bones of which were found just nearby.

Unearthed in the village of Boxgrove, this triangular hammer measuring four inches long and two inches wide was used to sharpen other tools in a process known as knapping.

Known as a "wheel cross," this type of totem was common when the region first began to embrace Christianity in the 10th and 11th centuries.

A former beauty queen from Puerto Rico, Julianna Farrait fell madly in love with Harlem drug trafficker Frank Lucas in the 1960s — then started dealing drugs herself.

Found in the Pietralata district's Parco delle Acacie, this site was continuously developed and occupied from the 5th century B.C.E. to the 3rd century C.E.

Scientists have long believed that most big cats can't meow, but cameras in Brazil's Iguaçu National Park have now recorded mother jaguars and their cubs making "meow-like" vocalizations.