Discovered in the Bering Sea, the huge, monogamous Steller’s sea cow lasted only 30 years before being hunted to extinction
William Golding’s literary concepts were inspired by his WWII experience
The Monteleone Chariot: One of the best-preserved Etruscan objects
The Basse Yutz Flagons are two of the finest examples of Early Celtic or Early La Tène Art from anywhere in Europe
136 years after his death a banknote recovered from Billy the Kid’s body goes to auction
Vinegar Valentines were insult cards that helped to promote literacy among the lower classes in 19th century Britain
Surprising ways the American Wild West was different from the way it has been portrayed
Researchers find genetic proof of interbreeding between Neanderthals and Homo sapiens
American writer Kurt Vonnegut wrote his seminal novel Slaughterhouse-Five after surviving the bombing of Dresden as a prisoner of war
Alexander Twilight: The first African American to graduate from college in the United States
