Stefan Andrews
Stefan is a freelance writer and a regular contributor to The Vintage News. He is a graduate in Literature. He also runs a blog – This City Knows.
Articles by Stefan Andrews:
The construction of the John F. Kennedy Eternal Flame and grave site costed $2.2 million
Apadana: one of the most authentic remnants of the fallen Achaemenid Empire
Hidden Figures: The stories of three extraordinary women from NASA
The Crystal Palace, which hosted the 1851 Great Exhibition in London, was an architectural wonder of its time
Rothschilds House: The government used it to store part of the national art collections during WWII
A large manor has been found at the archaeological site of Korshamn near the Viking Age proto-town of Birka in Sweden
Charles Darwin’s cousin invented the dog whistle, meteorology, forensic fingerprinting, mathematical correlation and the concept of inherited intelligence
In medieval Europe, narwhal tusks were believed to be the horns from the legendary unicorn, and Vikings were probably selling them for tremendous amounts of gold
When Rudolph Valentino died in 1926, over 100,000 people swarmed the streets of New York City in riots during the funeral and several women committed suicide
The original song ‘The House of the Rising Sun’ is older than New Orleans
