The city of Los Angeles has a reputation for being a pretty wild place, a…
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Orichalcum was clearly something valuable. It appears in Plato’s dialogues as a prized substance second…
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These days we live in a world of cryptocurrencies, NFTs, and contactless payment, leaving many…
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Hidden deep within the lush jungles of Colombia lies a mysterious archaeological wonder known simply…
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ArchaeologyMyths & Legends
Iram of the Pillars: The Lost City of the Sands
by Kurt Readmanby Kurt ReadmanIram of the Pillars seems like something out of an Indiana Jones movie: a lost…
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VideosMajor Crimes in HistoryMyths & Legends
Forgotten Treasures: In Search of Lost Civil War Gold (Video)
In 1863, during the Civil War, a caravan transporting 26 gold bars set out from…
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The legend of Blackbeard the pirate has fascinated people for centuries. He is perhaps the…
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Hidden deep within the vast and unforgiving desert of central Australia lies a mystery that…
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The Songhai Empire was a great trading state found in West Africa that flourished between…
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Archaeology
(In Pics) Strange Artifacts and Sacred Places of South America
by Joseph Greenby Joseph GreenSouth America is, in many ways, the least explored continent on Planet Earth. While our…
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Chryse Island is an island that only exists in its name. Known as the Lemnian…
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You were thinking Tutankhamun, weren’t you? Certainly when modern readers are told to think of…
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Gold is a special material, and for much of human history it seems we have…
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History is a cyclical process. Empires rise and fall, new cultures and customs come into…
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Major Crimes in History
The Greatest Theft You’ve Never Heard of: The 1905 US Treasury Heist
by Bipin Dimriby Bipin DimriIn 1905, the world was shocked at the extraordinary news that the United States Federal…