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An Erotic Roman Mosaic That Was Looted By A Nazi Captain 80 Years Ago Was Just Returned To Pompeii

The mosaic was stolen by a Nazi captain during World War II and dates to between the late first century B.C.E. and the first century C.E.

By Kaleena Fraga • Jul 16, 2025

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An Erotic Roman Mosaic That Was Looted By A Nazi Captain 80 Years Ago Was Just Returned To Pompeii

The mosaic was stolen by a Nazi captain during World War II and dates to between the late first century B.C.E. and the first century C.E.

By Kaleena Fraga • July 16, 2025

Welthauptstadt Germania, Hitler’s Plan To Make Berlin The Capital Of His New Empire

In the years leading up to World War II, Adolf Hitler designed a series of massive buildings and monuments that he planned to erect in Berlin after defeating the Allies, making the city the "capital of the world."

By Daniel Rennie • Jul 13, 2025

Welthauptstadt Germania, Hitler’s Plan To Make Berlin The Capital Of His New Empire

In the years leading up to World War II, Adolf Hitler designed a series of massive buildings and monuments that he planned to erect in Berlin after defeating the Allies, making the city the "capital of the world."

By Daniel Rennie • July 13, 2025

The History Of Zealandia, Earth’s Little-Known 8th Continent Beneath The South Pacific Ocean

Today, New Zealand is all that remains of the lost continent of Zealandia — but 30 million years ago, it was a verdant landscape filled with volcanoes and teeming with life.

By Kaleena Fraga • Jul 13, 2025

The History Of Zealandia, Earth’s Little-Known 8th Continent Beneath The South Pacific Ocean

Today, New Zealand is all that remains of the lost continent of Zealandia — but 30 million years ago, it was a verdant landscape filled with volcanoes and teeming with life.

By Kaleena Fraga • July 13, 2025

15 Facts About Cleopatra That Reveal The Woman Behind The Queen Of The Nile

From her love affairs with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony to her powerful army to her savviness as a politician, go inside the real story of Egyptian queen Cleopatra VII.

By Kaleena Fraga • Jul 12, 2025

15 Facts About Cleopatra That Reveal The Woman Behind The Queen Of The Nile

From her love affairs with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony to her powerful army to her savviness as a politician, go inside the real story of Egyptian queen Cleopatra VII.

By Kaleena Fraga • July 12, 2025

A Travel Company In Guyana Is Offering Tours Of The Site Of The Jonestown Massacre, Where 909 Cult Members Died In 1978

The Guyanese company Wanderlust Adventures GY is offering the Jonestown Memorial Tour, a $750 experience that allows visitors to see a replica of the original welcome sign, the memorial plaque that was installed in 2009, and the few small ruins of vehicles and machinery that were left behind.

By Kaleena Fraga • Jul 11, 2025

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A Travel Company In Guyana Is Offering Tours Of The Site Of The Jonestown Massacre, Where 909 Cult Members Died In 1978

The Guyanese company Wanderlust Adventures GY is offering the Jonestown Memorial Tour, a $750 experience that allows visitors to see a replica of the original welcome sign, the memorial plaque that was installed in 2009, and the few small ruins of vehicles and machinery that were left behind.

By Kaleena Fraga • July 11, 2025

Life Inside Taylor Camp, Hawaii’s Hippie ‘Paradise’ That Was Burned Down By The Government In The 1970s

From 1969 to 1977, as many as 120 men, women, and children lived in treehouses on the North Shore of Kauai in a free love community known as Taylor Camp — but locals complained of the wild parties, drug use, and clothing-optional lifestyle that flourished at the commune.

By Kaleena Fraga • Jul 8, 2025

Life Inside Taylor Camp, Hawaii’s Hippie ‘Paradise’ That Was Burned Down By The Government In The 1970s

From 1969 to 1977, as many as 120 men, women, and children lived in treehouses on the North Shore of Kauai in a free love community known as Taylor Camp — but locals complained of the wild parties, drug use, and clothing-optional lifestyle that flourished at the commune.

By Kaleena Fraga • July 8, 2025

Project Iceworm: America’s Cold War Plot To Build A Nuclear City Underneath Greenland

Project Iceworm envisioned a sprawling underground city in Greenland where the U.S. could house 600 nuclear missiles, but the project was shut down after less than a decade.

By Genevieve Carlton • Jun 30, 2025

Project Iceworm: America’s Cold War Plot To Build A Nuclear City Underneath Greenland

Project Iceworm envisioned a sprawling underground city in Greenland where the U.S. could house 600 nuclear missiles, but the project was shut down after less than a decade.

By Genevieve Carlton • June 30, 2025

Scientists Just Reconstructed The Face Of A Stone Age Woman Who Lived In Belgium 10,500 Years Ago

The woman had lighter skin than other hunter-gatherers who lived in Western Europe at the time, revealing that Stone Age humans in the area had a wider range of skin tones than scientists previously believed.

By Kaleena Fraga • Jun 30, 2025

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Scientists Just Reconstructed The Face Of A Stone Age Woman Who Lived In Belgium 10,500 Years Ago

The woman had lighter skin than other hunter-gatherers who lived in Western Europe at the time, revealing that Stone Age humans in the area had a wider range of skin tones than scientists previously believed.

By Kaleena Fraga • June 30, 2025

33 Photos That Reveal What Life Was Really Like In Wild West Mining Towns

From Deadwood, South Dakota to Arizona's "wickedest town in the West," these 19th-century mining settlements were once home to gambling halls, brothels, and some of the frontier's most lawless characters.

By Kaleena Fraga • Jun 28, 2025

33 Photos That Reveal What Life Was Really Like In Wild West Mining Towns

From Deadwood, South Dakota to Arizona's "wickedest town in the West," these 19th-century mining settlements were once home to gambling halls, brothels, and some of the frontier's most lawless characters.

By Kaleena Fraga • June 28, 2025

Oldest Scandinavian Human DNA Found In A Piece Of 10,000-Year-Old ‘Chewing Gum’ From Western Sweden

With a lack of ancient human bone excavations in the region, finding human DNA within this piece of chewed-up birch bark was a huge victory.

By Marco Margaritoff • Jun 27, 2025

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Oldest Scandinavian Human DNA Found In A Piece Of 10,000-Year-Old ‘Chewing Gum’ From Western Sweden

With a lack of ancient human bone excavations in the region, finding human DNA within this piece of chewed-up birch bark was a huge victory.

By Marco Margaritoff • June 27, 2025