Nine kings posing for a photograph in 1910.
Standing from left to right: King Haakon VII of Norway, Tsar Ferdinand of Bulgaria, King Manuel II of Portugal and the Algarve, Kaiser Wilhelm …
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The assassination of the Queen of Austria and Hungary in Territet, Switzerland, in 1898
Elizabeth (born as Duchess Elisabeth Amalie Eugenie in Bavaria; December 24, 1837 – September 10, 1898), commonly known as Sisi, was Empress of Aus…
Nemi Ships: A Masterpiece of Roman Engineering and a Testament to Luxury in the 1st Century AD
In the depths of Lake Nemi, beneath the skies of the Roman Empire, two great ships were built in the first century AD during the reign of Emperor C…
Vincenzo Peruggia, the man who stole the Mona Lisa from the Louvre Museum in 1911
On August 21, 1911, the world witnessed one of the most dramatic events in the history of art: the theft of the Mona Lisa, the timeless masterpiece…
Death Masks of Famous People
Death masks, considered unique and somewhat eerie artifacts from the pre-photography era, were once commonly used. Before cameras made these masks …