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Researchers In Germany Just Found A Hidden Engraving On The Ornate Sword Of A Renaissance Nobleman

Forged circa 1558, this sword was a type of elite weapon known as a degen that was reserved only for the upper class.

By Ainsley Brown • Oct 30, 2025

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Researchers In Germany Just Found A Hidden Engraving On The Ornate Sword Of A Renaissance Nobleman

Forged circa 1558, this sword was a type of elite weapon known as a degen that was reserved only for the upper class.

By Ainsley Brown • October 30, 2025

This 3,500-Year-Old Disposable Cup Shows Ancient Humans Weren’t Too Green, Either

"We are doing what human beings have always done but we are doing it on an unprecedented scale with materials that are going to take hundreds, if not thousands of years, to biodegrade."

By Marco Margaritoff • Oct 30, 2025

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This 3,500-Year-Old Disposable Cup Shows Ancient Humans Weren’t Too Green, Either

"We are doing what human beings have always done but we are doing it on an unprecedented scale with materials that are going to take hundreds, if not thousands of years, to biodegrade."

By Marco Margaritoff • October 30, 2025

A Metal Detectorist In Germany Has Stumbled Upon The Oldest Coin Ever Found In The Saxony Region

The 2,200-year-old coin is made of 99 percent pure gold and features an animal's face on one side and Celtic symbols on the other.

By Ainsley Brown • Oct 29, 2025

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A Metal Detectorist In Germany Has Stumbled Upon The Oldest Coin Ever Found In The Saxony Region

The 2,200-year-old coin is made of 99 percent pure gold and features an animal's face on one side and Celtic symbols on the other.

By Ainsley Brown • October 29, 2025

Aztec Palace And Home For Hernán Cortés Unearthed Beneath A Historic Pawn Shop In Mexico City

The palace was razed by the Spaniards for materials and used to create a new home for Cortés nearby.

By Marco Margaritoff • Oct 29, 2025

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Aztec Palace And Home For Hernán Cortés Unearthed Beneath A Historic Pawn Shop In Mexico City

The palace was razed by the Spaniards for materials and used to create a new home for Cortés nearby.

By Marco Margaritoff • October 29, 2025

New Imaging Technology Is Revealing Prehistoric Paintings On Finland’s Astuvansalmi Cliff

Using hyperspectral cameras, researchers are able to see subtle differences in the red pigments of the rock art that are invisible to the naked eye.

By Ainsley Brown • Oct 27, 2025

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New Imaging Technology Is Revealing Prehistoric Paintings On Finland’s Astuvansalmi Cliff

Using hyperspectral cameras, researchers are able to see subtle differences in the red pigments of the rock art that are invisible to the naked eye.

By Ainsley Brown • October 27, 2025

A Polo-Obsessed Tang Dynasty Noblewoman Was Buried With Donkeys So She Could Keep Playing In The Afterlife

When the noblewoman's tomb was uncovered in 2012, researchers were stumped as to why she had been buried with the beasts of burden.

By Marco Margaritoff • Oct 27, 2025

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A Polo-Obsessed Tang Dynasty Noblewoman Was Buried With Donkeys So She Could Keep Playing In The Afterlife

When the noblewoman's tomb was uncovered in 2012, researchers were stumped as to why she had been buried with the beasts of burden.

By Marco Margaritoff • October 27, 2025

Inside The Depraved Crimes Of Dean Corll, The ‘Candy Man’ Killer Of 1970s Houston

Known as the Candy Man and the Pied Piper, Dean Corll sexually assaulted and murdered at least 28 young men and boys in the Houston area between 1970 and 1973.

By William DeLong • Oct 26, 2025

Inside The Depraved Crimes Of Dean Corll, The ‘Candy Man’ Killer Of 1970s Houston

Known as the Candy Man and the Pied Piper, Dean Corll sexually assaulted and murdered at least 28 young men and boys in the Houston area between 1970 and 1973.

By William DeLong • October 26, 2025

The Disturbing Story Of Danny Rolling, The ‘Gainesville Ripper’ Whose Murders Inspired The Movie Scream

Over four nights in August 1990, Danny Rolling viciously murdered five college students in Gainesville, Florida — and after he was caught, police discovered these weren't his first killings.

By William DeLong • Oct 26, 2025

The Disturbing Story Of Danny Rolling, The ‘Gainesville Ripper’ Whose Murders Inspired The Movie Scream

Over four nights in August 1990, Danny Rolling viciously murdered five college students in Gainesville, Florida — and after he was caught, police discovered these weren't his first killings.

By William DeLong • October 26, 2025

‘I’m Not Real Sorry For What I Did’: 9 Teenage Serial Killers And The Chilling Crimes They Committed

Some of history's youngest serial killers include Mary Bell, who first murdered when she was 10 years old, and Graham Young, the boy who started poisoning his victims when he was just 14.

By Richard Stockton • Oct 26, 2025

‘I’m Not Real Sorry For What I Did’: 9 Teenage Serial Killers And The Chilling Crimes They Committed

Some of history's youngest serial killers include Mary Bell, who first murdered when she was 10 years old, and Graham Young, the boy who started poisoning his victims when he was just 14.

By Richard Stockton • October 26, 2025

Gilles De Rais, The 15th-Century French Nobleman Who Was Found Guilty Of Torturing And Murdering More Than 100 Children

The right-hand man of Joan of Arc during the Hundred Years' War, Gilles de Rais is best known today as one of history's first documented serial killers.

By Marco Margaritoff • Oct 26, 2025

Gilles De Rais, The 15th-Century French Nobleman Who Was Found Guilty Of Torturing And Murdering More Than 100 Children

The right-hand man of Joan of Arc during the Hundred Years' War, Gilles de Rais is best known today as one of history's first documented serial killers.

By Marco Margaritoff • October 26, 2025