Remains of medieval soldier found at bottom of Lithuanian lake, hidden for centuries beneath the mud.
Remains of medieval soldier found at bottom of Lithuanian lake, hidden for centuries beneath the mud.
Category: History and Civilization
The Doomsday Clock – a grim reminder that the human race is not immortal
Called the Doomsday Clock, it hangs on a wall in the University of Chicago. In over 65 years, the time has only changed twenty-one times. Created in 1947, during the dawn of the atomic age, the universally-recognized clock represents the countdown to human extinction. The closer they set the clock to midnight, the closer the…
National Archives photo mystery solved – newly-discovered 150-year-old photos depict Lincoln funeral procession
Experts at the National Archives say it’s long been a mystery – what the photograph depicts, why it was photographed, and where it was shot. But a retired government accountant from Maryland, Paul Taylor, believes the scene was shot on Broadway, outside New York’s historic Grace Church, and that it was shot on Tuesday, April…
