John Henry “Doc” Holliday was the dentist-turned-outlaw who gambled and gunned his way across the Wild West. But there was one enemy he couldn’t outrun.
In 2024 an international team announced the discovery of cave paintings in Sulawesi from at least 51,200 years ago, predating European cave art by over 10,000 years.
In another lifetime, “Little” Edie Beale might have been as glamorous as her cousin, Jackie Kennedy. But fate wasn’t so kind to her—it was downright cruel.
In 2019, archaeologists were stunned at the discovery of a unique pink granite statue of Ramses II buried in a muddy pit. The statue was unearthed by a man illegally digging underneath the floor of his own home in Giza.
In 2010, art dealer and adventurer Forrest Fenn announced that he’d buried a chest filled with treasure somewhere in the Rocky Mountains. The news set off a mad scramble marked by greed, obsession, and death.
Parks Canada’s underwater archaeology team explored the legendary shipwrecks of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, lost on the ill-fated Franklin Expedition of 1845. Their research added to the body of knowledge one of history’s greatest maritime mysteries.
On May 25, 1965, Muhammad Ali took on Sonny Liston in a rematch of their 1964 fight. The bout lasted barely more than a minute, with Ali’s “phantom punch” knocking Liston to the canvas. To this day many believe that Liston was never hurt, and that the match was fixed.
Young women, barely in their twenties, painted watch dials by day and glowed eerily after dark. Nobody warned them about the danger, but their bosses knew better.
All it took was a jukebox and a back booth to feel like the world was yours. Before smartphones, America's teens ruled diners and drive-ins with loose change and a whole lot of attitude.
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