Sistine chapel dazzles after technological makeover
Hurriyet Daily News - High above the altar in the Vatican's Sistine Chapel, the halo around Jesus Christ's head in Michelangelo's famous...
October 29, 1929 - This Day In History - Stock Market Crash - The Great Depression Followed...
October 29, 1929 - The stock market crashed as over 16 million shares were dumped amid tumbling prices. The Great Depression followed in...
Passing through narrow passages
At least 14 historical passages can be found off İstiklal Avenue, with such evocative names as Çiçek, Atlas, Aslıhan, Avrupa, Rumeli,...
Cache of Historic Newspapers Unveils the Mysteries of Old New Orleans
Collectors Weekly - Whether you’re into comic books, antique jewelry, or vintage motorcycles, it typically takes a lifetime to build an...
The Charge of the Light Brigade, 160 Years Ago
History.Com - On October 25, 1854, the commander-in-chief of British troops during the Crimean War issued an ambiguous order that his...
Archaeologists Unearth Giant Sphinx—in California
Last week, archaeologists excavated an enormous sphinx buried underneath a windswept California sand dune. If it sounds like a story...
Pulling Out All the Stops to Save a 40-Ton, 100-Year-Old World's Fair Pipe Organ
Collectors Weekly - Deep beneath San Francisco’s Civic Center Plaza, in a windowless bunker called Brooks Hall, a 40-ton pipe organ...
Divers Excavate Greek Shipwreck Dubbed “Ancient Titanic”
The History Channel - The shipwreck lies on the bottom of the Aegean Sea, near the island of Antikythera in southern Greece. A group of...
