r/HistoryUncovered 21h ago

Estimated to be 1,000 years old, this mummy of the "Warriors of the Clouds" people was recovered in the Peruvian Amazon rainforest in 2007.

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r/HistoryUncovered 9h ago

On June 11th 1963, Thích Quảng Đức sat down in the middle of a busy intersection in Saigon, covered himself in gasoline and he then ignited a match, and set himself on fire. It was a protest against Ngô Đình Diệm’s administration for oppressing the Buddhist religion.

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r/HistoryUncovered 1d ago

A Colorized Photo Of Grigori Rasputin With The Last Empress Of Russia And Her Five Children In 1908

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r/HistoryUncovered 2h ago

Archaeologists to EXCAVATE Noahs Ark on Mount Ararat: The Durupinar Formation

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as archaeologists prepare to excavate the remains of Noah's Ark on Mount Ararat, a site believed to be the final resting place of the biblical vessel. The Durupinar Formation, a mysterious boat-shaped formation in the mountains of Ararat, has sparked intense interest among biblical scholars and archaeologists alike. This ancient wonder has been shrouded in mystery for centuries, with many believing it to be the remnants of the ark described in Genesis 6-8. As we delve into the world of biblical archaeology, we explore the significance of the Durupinar site, including the anchor stones and Ashen remains that have been discovered. But what secrets will this excavation uncover? Will it confirm the biblical account of Noah's Ark and the great flood? Join us as we explore the fascinating world of archaeological discoveries and uncover the truth about one of the most enduring stories of all time.


r/HistoryUncovered 2d ago

On June 20, 1970, Dave Kunst set off from Waseca, Minnesota with the goal of becoming the first person to walk across the world. Over the next four years, he would walk 14,500 miles, cross four continents, be shot and left for dead by bandits in Afghanistan, and go through 21 pairs of shoes.

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r/HistoryUncovered 2d ago

Petrified bodies of Pompeii. A large number of people were sheltering in this seaside boathouse.

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r/HistoryUncovered 2d ago

An October 1982 CBS News segment that follows street artist Keith Haring as he draws across the New York City subway system before he's arrested by police.

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r/HistoryUncovered 3d ago

On this day in 1975 a USAF airplane carrying children crashed into a field in Vietnam during the first missions of operation Babylift. Around a half of the plane's occupants passed away.

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r/HistoryUncovered 3d ago

A search and rescue dog being transported out of the wreckage of the World Trade Centre following 9/11.

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r/HistoryUncovered 3d ago

A sharecropper takes a lunch break at his farm, photographed by Dorothea Lange outside of Clarksdale, Mississippi in 1937.

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r/HistoryUncovered 4d ago

In 1958, 14-year-old Caril Ann Fugate and her 18-year-old boyfriend killed her parents and strangled her two-year-old sister to death in their Nebraska home — then went on a multi-state rampage in which they murdered 8 people and killed at least 2 dogs with their bare hands

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r/HistoryUncovered 4d ago

Roland the Farter was a jester in 12th-century England who, every Christmas, performed a simultaneous jump, whistle, and fart for the royal court. In return, King Henry II granted him a manor and 30 acres in Suffolk.

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r/HistoryUncovered 4d ago

A sickly dentist who was a degenerate gambler and was classically educated in four languages, Doc Holliday became one of the most feared gunslingers of the Wild West. He died of tuberculosis at only 36 years old and would later be portrayed by Val Kilmer in the 1993 film Tombstone.

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"He was a dentist whom necessity had made a gambler; a gentleman whom disease had made a vagabond; a philosopher whom life had made a caustic wit; a long, lean blonde fellow nearly dead with consumption, and at the same time the most skillful gambler and nerviest, speediest, deadliest man with a six-gun I ever knew."

Throughout the 1870s and '80s, dentist-turned-gunfighter Doc Holliday more than earned his nickname as the "Deadly Dentist" while he roamed through towns across the Wild West. Gambling and drinking when he wasn't fixing teeth, he developed a reputation in saloons and poker rooms as the quickest draw in the West. He even once leapt across the poker table and sliced an opponent across the belly with a knife before he even knew what hit him.

But his life truly became legend after he followed his friend and sometime lawman Wyatt Earp to Tombstone, Arizona — where they got tangled up with a gang of outlaws and doled out deadly frontier justice during the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Read the truth behind the myths about this iconic Wild West gunslinger: https://allthatsinteresting.com/doc-holliday


r/HistoryUncovered 5d ago

Lepa Radić was a Yugoslav partisan hanged in 1943 by the Nazis. Before her execution, the 17-year-old was offered a pardon if she named fellow resistance fighters. With a noose around her neck, Radić said "Do not surrender to the evildoers. I will be killed, but there are those who will avenge me!"

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Read more of her story here: https://allthatsinteresting.com/lepa-radic


r/HistoryUncovered 4d ago

Red Blanket, a Cheyenne Warrior photographed in the late 1800s.

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r/HistoryUncovered 4d ago

A Three-Year-Old Girl Just Discovered A 3,800-Year-Old Canaanite Amulet At The Biblical Site Where David Defeated Goliath

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r/HistoryUncovered 5d ago

A contestant waits to go onstage during the "Miss Soviet Union" beauty pageant held in Moscow in 1988 — the first pageant allowed after they were outlawed in the U.S.S.R. in 1959.

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r/HistoryUncovered 6d ago

Disturbing Images of the Bison Extermination and Its Impact on Native American Culture in the 19th Century

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r/HistoryUncovered 6d ago

A protestor holds a sign that reads "Drop Acid Not Bombs" during the "Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam" demonstrations on November 15, 1969, in San Francisco. 250,000 people marched through the city that day to voice their opposition to the Vietnam War.

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r/HistoryUncovered 6d ago

American soldiers during the Vietnam War use the barrel of a shotgun to smoke marijuana while stationed at a base camp 50 miles from Saigon in November 1970.

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r/HistoryUncovered 6d ago

Ryugyong Hotel, North Korea's 1,080-foot-tall "Hotel Of Doom" that has sat almost completely abandoned for the last 30 years

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r/HistoryUncovered 7d ago

Soviet peasants listen to the radio for the first time in 1928.

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r/HistoryUncovered 6d ago

A long-lost Gustav Klimt portrait of an African prince has been rediscovered after disappearing in the 1940s. Estimated to be worth $16 million, the painting was done in 1896, when William Nii Nortey Dowuona — who once led the Osu tribe in Ghana — was held captive in a 'human zoo' in Vienna.

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r/HistoryUncovered 7d ago

Footage from the National Country Music Contest in 1972, which was held annually at Whippoorwill Lake in Warrenton, Virginia up until the mid-1980s.

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r/HistoryUncovered 8d ago

In 1745, Benjamin Franklin wrote "Advice to a Young Man on the Choice of a Mistress," in which he advised a friend to court older women as mistresses, who Franklin believed were more agreeable and could be rendered indiscernible from younger counterparts if a basket was pulled over their head.

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Despite his studious reputation, Franklin did not shy away from the salacious. He once wrote a letter titled "Advice to a Friend on Choosing a Mistress," which was considered obscene at that time and wasn't published when his collection of papers was made available during the 19th century. The letter was so wanton that it was referenced in several court decisions that overturned obscenity and anti-pornography laws in the late 20th century.

Read more intriguing facts about one of the most influential men in American history — and his salacious side you definitely didn't learn in school: https://allthatsinteresting.com/benjamin-franklin-facts