Visiting an 18th-century fountain in Rome could start costing you more than the coin you toss in the water. Italian officials are considering allocating time slots to visit the historic Trevi Fountain to help curb tourists overcrowding the area. Drafted plans reveal the fountain would require timed reservations to be made in advance, limiting the...
President Biden joked he was once “disappointed” to find out his great-grandfather was not part of a violent group that killed bigoted mine foremen. The president spoke about his ancestor, Edward Francis Blewitt, during a rally in support of Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris in Pittsburgh on Monday. “I remember when my great-grandfather...
Never-before-seen photographs capturing a long-lost statue and the decay of the Titanic shipwreck have been released. The RMS Titanic, Inc. team, which is dedicated to preserving the legacy of the ocean liner, spent 20 days at the wreck site over the summer taking over two million images and videos, FOX Weather reported. Researchers ended up...
Our nation’s American flag was flown in battle for the first time, during a Revolutionary War skirmish at Cooch’s Bridge, Delaware on this day in history, Sept. 3, 1777, according to History.com. “Patriot General William Maxwell ordered the Stars and Stripes banner was raised as a detachment of his infantry and cavalry met an advance...
A unique item that is worth thousands was recently found at the bottom of a toffee tin. Wotton Auction Rooms, an auction house based in Gloucestershire, England, recently came across an old coin when evaluating items brought in from a private vendor. Auctioneer Joseph Trinder said the coin is a continental dollar measuring 38 mm...
If there’s one thing for which former President Ronald Reagan is known, it’s his defense of human liberty. He not only stared down the Soviet Union and won the Cold War, but he also defended America’s unparalleled freedom and prosperity from its enemies within. Those enemies worked tirelessly — and still do — to undermine...
A library book that went missing for 50 years has finally been returned. The overdue book, borrowed in the early 1970s, reappeared decades after its due date at the Hopewell Branch of the Appomattox Regional Library in Hopewell, Virginia. “Leaves of Grass” by American poet Walt Whitman was due back to the library on June...
A small ancient tool was unearthed in the canonical gardens of Frombork, Poland, that dates back 500 years. The find was a rare compass made from copper. Its shape slightly resembles that of a wishbone in that it is connected at the top with the two prongs extending into the shape of a letter V....
A rare toy dating to the Viking Age was found during an archaeological excavation in Iceland. Even though the time period the toy comes from is known by researchers, the animal the figure represents is still up for debate. Archaeological research has been happening in the town of Fjörður in Seyðisfjordurr since 2020, Ragnheiður Traustadóttir,...
A boy on a visit to a museum in Israel accidentally knocked over a 3,500-year-old jar, shattering the relic. “There are instances where display items are intentionally damaged, and such cases are treated with great severity, including involving the police,”Lihi Laszlo of the Hecht Museum told the BBC. “In this case, however, this was not...
