Turkey Claims It’s Found Saint Nicholas’ Crypt
Archaeologists say the body was not stolen by crusaders in the 11th century and is still located below a church in Demre
Rome’s Colosseum Is Reopening Its Upper Tiers to Visitors
For the first time in four decades, the public will be able to enter the top levels of Rome’s amphitheater
World’s Largest Online Database of Jewish Art Preserves At-Risk Heritage Objects
Take a tour through the Bezalel Narkiss Index of Jewish Art, which contains more than 260,000 entries from 41 countries
How Scientists Decide Which Animal Genomes to Sequence
There are an estimated 8.7 million species on Earth–it’s unlikely scientists will ever sequence them all
Hemingway’s Earliest Piece of Fiction Discovered
The phony travelogue describes a trip from his home in Illinois across the Atlantic to Ireland and Scotland
The Irish Cardiologist Whose Invention Saved LBJ
Frank Pantridge miniaturized the defibrillator, making it portable
Ancient Statue Damaged by ISIS Resurrected in Damascus
Palmyra’s Lion of Al-lāt, as the statue is known, once adorned the temple of a pre-Islamic goddess
The Most ‘Realistic’ Civil War Novel Was Written Three Decades After It Ended
By an author who wasn’t even alive when it occurred
The Hollywood Star Who Confronted the AIDS ‘Silent Epidemic’
Rock Hudson died of AIDS-related complications in 1985
How a Controversial European Architect Shaped New York
Le Corbusier’s ideas arguably helped shape the city more than his own designs
This 17th-Century “Women’s Petition Against Coffee” Probably Wasn’t About Women, or Coffee
It probably wasn’t written by angry, sex-deprived wives–although stranger things have happened
The Perks and Pitfalls of Being a Nobel Laureate: Early Mornings, Performance Anxiety
On the plus side, at UC Berkeley you get free parking
Printer’s Manuscript of the Book of Mormon Sells for $35 Million
Adjusting for inflation, Bill Gates’ $30.8 million purchase of Leonardo da Vinci’s Codex Leicester in 1994 remains the most expensive manuscript sale
The 1982 Tylenol Terror Shattered American Consumer Innocence
Seven people lost their lives after taking poisoned Tylenol. The tragedy led to important safety reforms
Competition Wants You to Turn Cultural Heritage Into GIFs
The latest round of “GIF It Up” seeks the best GIFs made from public domain prints, photos, paintings and more
Why Coco Chanel Created the Little Black Dress
The style icon created a… well…. style icon in 1926
Your Mocha is Named After the Birthplace of the Coffee Trade
The port city of Mocha, in Yemen, was once a vast coffee marketplace
Three True Things About Sanitary Engineer Thomas Crapper
Thomas Crapper’s actual innovation was entirely tangential to the flush toilet
Why You Should Appreciate the Invention of the Bendy Straw
It’s the straw that bends, not the person
Excavations Begin on Paul Revere’s Privy
Archaeologists in Boston hope the outhouse will reveal the diet and detritus of the families that lived on the site
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