The Incas did not have any alphabetic writing system, but they did have the Quipu
Hunters find a 1,200-year-old Viking sword in remarkably good condition
Frozen in Time: Inca mummies, buried 500 years ago, look as if they died yesterday
Strange: Legendary Mexican wrestler El Santo never removed his mask until 1984-10 days later he died
Great Story: Lavinia Warren’s wedding to Tom Thumb attended by 10,000 in Civil War-era NYC
There was an Iron Age long before people invented iron smelting, thanks to meteors
German woman’s jacket catches fire after she mistakes amber for white phosphorus on beach
Portugal’s pilgrimage site Bom Jesus do Monte has a 580-step spiritual stairway
“Baby farmer” Amelia Dyer murdered as many as 300 babies in Victorian England
Antonio Sant’Elia: The futurist architect whose drawings inspired Ridley Scott’s “Blade Runner”
