Urbano Monte’s authentic depiction of the world in the 16th century, mythical creatures included, assembled for first time since its creation News Lifestyle Strangeness
Evil emerged from Pandora’s jar, not box as we’ve believed, and it might be the fault of Erasmus News Interiors Strangeness
The Yakhchāl was an ancient Persian “refrigerator” that stored food and even ice long before electricity was invented Interiors Strangeness
The Oxford Electric Bell, one of the world’s oldest experiments, is powered by a battery working since the 19th century, but no one knows how News Self-Propelled Strangeness
Eat three eggs per day and no spouse required: the secret to longevity as revealed by one of the world’s oldest humans News Lifestyle Strangeness
Thanks to new imaging technology, archaeologists discover sophisticated network of Maya settlements, concealed by jungles of Guatemala until now Archeology Abandoned Spaces News
Cambridge is gifted a rare 7th century garnet and gold Anglo-Saxon cross discovered in the grave of a teenage girl buried in ornamental bed News Archeology
“It would be easier to seize the moon with your teeth”: The hard-to-build stone sea structure Fort Boyard later used as game-show set Abandoned Spaces
The story of ‘Beauty and the Beast’ is as old as time, though in early versions Beauty’s own family was cold and cruel Interiors Lifestyle News Strangeness Vintage Hollywood
The first people to inhabit North America’s Arctic region are not the genetic ancestors of the modern-day Inuit News Archeology Strangeness
Viking shieldmaidens accompanied men in invasions overseas in far greater numbers than previously believed News Strangeness