Category: History
MauerGuide.
GPS device will allow tourists to see the Berlin Wall.
Post date: Monday, April 21st, 2008.
No K8538.
Cuneiform tablet is deciphered and believed to be a Sumerian account of a meteor impact.
Post date: Monday, March 31st, 2008.
Au clair de la lune.
Recording of the earliest known sound is now online.
Post date: Thursday, March 27th, 2008.
Graf Zeppelin.
Divers have discovered the wreckage of Germany’s only aircraft carrier from World War II. (via)
Post date: Friday, July 28th, 2006.
H11.
British submarine from World War I discovered in deep water off the coast of Scotland. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, July 19th, 2006.
Aaron Kosminski.
Polish barber that a detective of the day claims was Jack the Ripper.
Post date: Friday, July 14th, 2006.
The Steri.
Historical graffiti discovered on the cell walls of an Italian prison used to jail and torture religious heretics during the Inquisition. (via)
Post date: Friday, June 16th, 2006.
Muziris.
Archaeologists believe they have found the remains of a fabled city in India that once was a major trading port with the Roman Empire.
Post date: Wednesday, June 14th, 2006.
Cell Track-ID.
Technique that can amplify genetic information from single strands of DNA may prove that Jack the Ripper was a woman.
Post date: Thursday, May 18th, 2006.
Lord Sandwich.
Ship deliberately sunk by the British during the Revolutionary War discovered off the coast of Rhode Island. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, May 17th, 2006.
Dear George.
Text of Iranian President Ahmadinejad’s letter to President Bush.
Post date: Wednesday, May 10th, 2006.
Holy Grail.
Archaeologists have discovered remains of the Knights of Templar in a castle dating back to the Crusades. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, April 11th, 2006.
Trojan War hero.
Archaeologists have unearthed the palace of the Homeric warrior-king Ajax.
Post date: Thursday, March 30th, 2006.
Epic find.
Ancient sarcophagus discovered in Cyprus containing color illustrations of Homer’s poems. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, March 21st, 2006.
Ararat anomaly.
Man who has been searching for Noah’s Ark for 13 years may be close to finding it. (via)
Post date: Friday, March 10th, 2006.
Bronze Age bully.
Archaeologists discover that a massive Mt. Vesuvius eruption buried towns and villages 2000 years before Pompeii.
Post date: Tuesday, March 7th, 2006.
Revelations.
Soviet Union ordered the assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II. (via)
Post date: Friday, March 3rd, 2006.
Gospel of Judas.
Apocryphal manuscript to be published around Easter in which Jesus forgives Judas.
Post date: Tuesday, February 28th, 2006.
Freedmen.
African Americans whose ancestors were Native American slaves are suing to become tribal citizens. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, February 21st, 2006.
Chuiwan.
Ancient paintings may prove that China invented golf.
Post date: Tuesday, February 14th, 2006.
Color of the Cross.
Movie that will portray Jesus as a black man.
Post date: Tuesday, February 7th, 2006.
Achilles’ knee.
King Tut was felled by a sword injury to his knee. (via)
Post date: Friday, February 3rd, 2006.
Memo-rabilia
Western Union has discontinued its telegram service. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, January 31st, 2006.
Unidentified buried object.
Large unknown man-made metal object to be unearthed from a Georgia cemetery. (via)
Post date: Monday, January 30th, 2006.
Eternal City.
Plans discovered for Berlin to be rebuilt in the likeness of St. Peter’s Square after Hitler conquered the world. (via)
Post date: Thursday, January 26th, 2006.
Necropolis.
Archaeologists have found a tomb under the Roman Forum that predates the founding of Rome.
Post date: Friday, January 20th, 2006.
Niall of the Nine Hostages.
Irish king responsible for 3 million offspring worldwide. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, January 17th, 2006.
Ceremonial dental modification.
Tooth ethchings, called furrows, support theories that Vikings made visits to North America. (via)
Post date: Monday, January 16th, 2006.
Zheng He.
Chinese admiral may have discovered America in 1418. (via)
Post date: Friday, January 13th, 2006.
Kill ‘em all.
Secret British documents reveal Churchill wanted Hitler to be electrocuted, Ghandi to be starved. (via)
Post date: Monday, January 9th, 2006.
Caenorhabditis elegans.
Worms that were experiments aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia were recovered alive from the wreckage. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, January 4th, 2006.
Burden of proof.
Italian judge orders priest to prove that Jesus Christ existed. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, January 3rd, 2006.
Monkey business.
Stalin tried breeding apes with soldiers to create an invincible mutant Red Army. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, December 20th, 2005.
Hamoukar.
Mesopotamian city shows evidence of being destroyed by ‘large scale organized warfare‘
Post date: Friday, December 16th, 2005.
Dead zone.
Scientists dive into the Indian Ocean epicenter of last year’s tsunami and find it completely devoid of life.
Post date: Tuesday, December 13th, 2005.
A picture is worth a thousand words.
Animated history of the evolution of the modern English alphabet.
Post date: Tuesday, December 13th, 2005.
Once New Amsterdam.
Subway dig in New York City unearths Pre-Revolutionary War fort. (via)
Post date: Thursday, December 8th, 2005.
Rewriting history.
Alphabet found carved in stone dating from 10th century B.C.
Post date: Wednesday, November 9th, 2005.
Email time capsule.
Send an email to yourself and receive it years from now.
Post date: Monday, November 7th, 2005.
Warmongers.
Nazi racoons are on the loose in the German countryside.
Post date: Friday, October 21st, 2005.
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