Enlarge / A four-wheeled ceremonial chariot discovered by archaeologists near the ancient Roman city of Pompeii. (credit: Archaeological Park of Pompeii) Archaeologists in Italy have unearthed an elaborately decorated, intact four-wheeled ceremonial chariot near the ruins of the Roman city of Pompeii, famously destroyed when Mt. Vesuvius catastrophically erupted in 79 AD, BBC News reports. […]
Enlarge / Vintage engraving (1876) depicting the murderers of the “Princes in the Tower”: King Edward V and his younger brother, Prince Richard, Duke of York. New evidence has emerged that Richard III did indeed order the murders. (credit: Getty Images) England’s King Richard III is at the center of one of the most famous […]
The new Vogue cover model for February’s issue is Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, which in any other (normal-ish?) time would be a huge cause for celebration! But this cover shot that first went out over the weekend is so bad that, well, we’re honestly not sure what on earth to think. Seriously, though, did Anna Wintour have something […]
Enlarge / The Days of Thunder NES prototype source code on these disks sat in his basement for 30 years before being uncovered upon his death. (credit: VGHF) When most people think of preserving video game history, they probably imagine a museum full of boxed consoles and cartridges, or maybe a massive, digital database of […]
Expand / / Detail of a medical treatise in the Tebtunis Temple Library with key words indicated in red ink. (charge: The Papyrus Carlsberg Collection) An global group of scientists employed high-energy x-rays to examine 12 objects from ancient Egyptian papyri and discovered lead chemicals in both black and red inks utilized. Based on their recent […]
Medical historian Lindsey Fitzharris hosts the Smithsonian Channel’s new documentary show The Curious Death and Life of…. Infamous historic cold cases receive a scientific face-lift at The Curious Death and Life Of…, a brand new documentary series in the Smithsonian Channel. Hosted by writer and medical historian Lindsey Fitzharris, every one of those six episodes […]