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Library of CongressAnthony Crawford was murdered by a lynch mob in 1916.
By the time he was in his 50s, Anthony Crawford was one of the wealthiest men in Abbeville, South Carolina. He was a successful farmer and landowner, and the father of 13 children. But Crawford’s wealth was resented by his white neighbors. And on one bloody October d...
South Tyrol Museum of ArchaeologyA trove of prehistoric microbes have been found in the mummified body of Ötzi the Iceman.
Ötzi the Iceman may have died 5,300 years ago, but the mummy is still bringing forth new life today. A recent study of the microbes in and on Ötzi’s body discovered four strains of yeast that scientists believe have b...
Dorthea Lange/Library of CongressA family of Dust Bowl migrants from Oklahoma stands by the side of the road after their car broke down. 1936.
In the 1930s, dust storms moved across the Plain states like a Biblical plague. Crops withered. Cattle choked on dust. And 2.5 million Dust Bowl migrants poured out of the American heartland in one...
Nash et al., Quaternary (2026)The cave painting found at Bacon Hole. The panel on the left shows the original painting, while the image on the right has been enhanced.
More than a century ago, a group of researchers came across a set of red markings in Bacon Hole, a cave in South Wales. They postulated that the markings were cave...
In Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo’s 16th-century novel Las sergas de Esplandián, the character of Calafia is described as a Black warrior queen who rules over the all-women island of California. With her golden armor and armies of griffins, she’s a formidable fighter who wages war against Christendom. And she’s the likely namesake for the state of California.