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Researchers thought that human error might have been the cause for the pyramids’ odd alignment, but new evidence suggests otherwise. Wikimedia CommonsThe “pyramid” mausoleum of Han Yang Ling near Xian, China. There’s been a massive question mark hanging over the so-called ancient Chinese pyramids that’s stumped archeologists for quite some time. But new satellite evidence may have solved this puzzle, and shed new light on ancient Chinese cultural values. There are more than 40 pyramids at the site and which are fan out along the outskirts of the city of Xi’an, which is located near China’s Wei River....

“Many historians do not deny that on the day of the explosion an agent of the enemy’s intelligence services was present at the station,” said the show’s director. SHONE/GAMMA/Gamma-Rapho/Getty ImagesView of the Chernobyl plant after the explosion. April 26, 1986. With HBO’s Chernobyl drawing renewed interest in the 1986 nuclear disaster that devastated the Soviet city of Pripyat, Russian state TV is now set to produce their own take on the subject — one that claims the CIA was at least partially to blame....

“Nobody would really elaborate on any of the circumstances as to why. The FBI were up there. What their purpose was nobody will say.” NSO/AURA/NSFA telescope on site at the Sunspot Solar Observatory. After being mysteriously evacuated and closed for 10 days, a solar observatory in New Mexico is finally open again. According to a statement, the Sunspot Solar Observatory in Sacramento Peak, N.M. has opened its doors once again, allowing employees to return to work and residents of the surrounding area to return to their homes....

Despite the damp conditions of the tomb it was found in, the Sword Of Goujian is still razor sharp after resting for 2,500 years. Wikimedia CommonsThe Sword of Goujian. In 1965, archaeologists working in China’s Hubei province made an amazing discovery. It was a tomb dating back more than 2,000 years. The find was so old that it reached back to an almost mythical time in Chinese history: the Spring and Autumn Period....

Tilly Devine started out as an impoverished sex worker in the London slums before she moved to Australia, opened a string of successful brothels, and became one of the most violent crime bosses in Sydney. In the early 20th century, Tilly Devine was one of the most powerful women in Sydney, Australia. But she wasn’t a politician or even a successful media mogul — she was a brothel owner and an organized crime boss....

In 1590, every settler in the colony of Roanoke suddenly vanished without a trace. An archaeological study has turned up thousands of artifacts that may prove what happened to them. Wikimedia CommonsJohn White’s depiction of his 1590 expedition to Roanoke Island, when he discovered that the colony had disappeared. The mystery of what happened to Roanoke has puzzled historians for centuries. English explorer Sir Walter Raleigh founded the colony in modern-day North Carolina in 1587, but the settlement ended after all its residents mysteriously vanished in 1590....

When the Eiffel Tower was built by Gustave Eiffel in 1889, it was designed to be the main attraction of the World’s Fair — but most Parisians hated it. Today, the Eiffel Tower is a symbol of romance and beauty in the heart of the City of Lights, but countless critiques were leveled against the structure when it was first erected in the late 19th century. Scores of people across Paris couldn’t comprehend why the Eiffel Tower was built at all....

William T. Anderson became known as the deadliest Confederate raider of the Civil War after perpetrating several horrific massacres in Kansas and Missouri. Wikimedia CommonsWhile the armies of the Union and the Confederacy raged in the east, William T. “Bloody Bill” Anderson fought an altogether different and more savage Civil War. For men like “Bloody Bill” Anderson, the Civil War was much more than a battle to decide the shape of American government or the fate of slavery....

After five decades’ worth of searching, it was a DNA test from 23andMe that finally allowed Melissa Highsmith’s parents to track her down. WE FOUND MELISSA!!!/FacebookMelissa Highsmith with her biological parents. Fifty-one years ago, 22-month-old Melissa Highsmith was kidnapped from her Fort Worth, Texas home by her new babysitter. Now, thanks to a DNA test, Melissa has been reunited with her family after five decades. “It’s overwhelming and incredible to me,” Sharon Highsmith, Melissa’s younger sister, said according to the Fort-Worth Star-Telegram....

The Zozo has allegedly harassed hundreds via Ouija board. But is this demonic force from the spirit world or from our own minds? When Darren Evans wrote about his horrifying experience with the Ouija Board demon named Zozo in 2009, hundreds of people claimed that the same thing had happened to them. The Zozo demon, Evans claimed, had come to him multiple times in various states. The demon sometimes pretended to be a different spirit, lied or tried to convince Evans that it was someone else....

“Today we’re crushing ivory,” an event speaker said, addressing poachers. “Tomorrow, we’re gonna crush you.” On a hot Thursday in the middle of Central Park, nearly two tons of ivory jewelry, statues and tusks were on display. Share Flipboard Email The trinkets were estimated to be worth as much as $8 million. But officials from the Wildlife Conservation Society say that number isn’t accurate, since the elephant lives lost to make them were invaluable....

Usually conspiracy theories are fodder for mocking, but these four true conspiracies will make you question your own world. The Business Plot Imagine the United States of America ruled by a fascist dictatorship. Not the kind your uncle is always complaining about, mind you, but a real one with an actual goose-stepping il Duce type giving orders to the president on all matters of policy. That almost happened in 1933, when a group of American businessmen tried to install a retired Marine Corps general as a shadow dictator to offset the perceived threat of Franklin Delano Roosevelt....

Feast your eyes on these 90s pictures, relics of a simpler time, when people genuinely thought that a Y2K bug would end the world. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: 44 Images That Capture Iconic 1990s Fashion Trends In Full Effect 55 Grunge Pictures That Capture The Height Of Generation X 37 Vintage Library Ads That Perfectly Capture The Joys Of Reading...

Public Domain Pictures The 1960s were a weird time. That’s been pretty well documented. But in case you needed another example, look no further than the C.I.A. project known as Acoustic Kitty. Acoustic Kitty, despite what the name may suggest, wasn’t a kitten singing without heavy instrumentation. Rather, it was a legitimate project by the Directorate of Science and Technology branch of the C.I.A., with the intention to use cats to spy on Soviet embassies during the Cold War....

One American general called the Battle of Iwo Jima “the most savage and the most costly battle in the history of the Marine Corps.” Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: The True Story Behind ‘Raising The Flag On Iwo Jima’ Remains Of 30 World War II Service Members From The Bloody Battle Of Tarawa Uncovered In The Pacific...

Though some have criticized the museum for focusing on such a horrible figure, the curator said it’s important for people to understand why Germans followed Hitler. For a long time after World War II, talking about Adolf Hitler was a sort of taboo in Germany. People would pay tribute to the Holocaust’s six million Jewish victims, discuss the brutal concentration camps and analyze the war as a whole — but focusing singularly on the man at the epicenter of it all seemed almost like validation, and was astutely avoided....

William Earl Moldt was last seen leaving a nightclub in his car by himself in 1997. Two decades later, his remains and car were found submerged in a Florida pond. A former resident snooping around on Google Earth spotted what looked like a submerged car inside a pond. Though it’s not always the case, it turns out that having nosy neighbors can sometimes be helpful. A former resident of the Grand Isles community in Wellington, Florida uncovered the remains of William Earl Moldt — who had been missing since 1997 — after he was looking through the area with satellite images on Google Earth....

She identifies as an “objectum sexual,” meaning that she is attracted to objects. YouTubeAmanda Liberty changed her name from Whittaker after falling in love with New York’s Statue of Liberty. The spectrum of sexual orientations has certainly grown in recent years — in both specifics and social acceptability. According to The Guardian, however, British woman Amanda Liberty’s attraction to a 92-year-old German chandelier didn’t convince press regulator IPSO it warranted legal protection....

The face behind the mask originally belonged to a Scythian warrior; a race made up of skilled horsemen and archers. For the first time in almost 2,000 years, the face of a mummified warrior hidden behind a clay mask has been revealed thanks to 3D scanning technology. The head and the accompanying scan taken at the St. Petersburg hospital will be on display in a new exhibit at the British Museum....

Advanced technology has detected the sketch of a Da Vinci masterpiece hidden beneath the finished product as well as the artist’s own handprints. The National GalleryThe finished painting (left) and Da Vinci’s considerations mid-work in sketch form on the right. Museumgoers at London’s National Gallery have likely walked by and marveled at Leonardo Da Vinci’s 15th-century painting “The Virgin of the Rocks” without a clue as to what lay beneath. As it turns out, for the past 500 years, neither did anyone else....