As part of a massive renovation, the Leonardo da Vinci portrait will get its own gallery space accessible from a separate entrance
Three of the coins are particularly rare: They portray Eugenius, an illegitimate emperor who reigned for just two years in the late fourth century C.E.
The spike's installation marked the completion of the Alaska Railroad in 1923. It's spent most of the time since then in the hands of private owners
Published on this day in 1845, the work used alliteration, internal rhyme and repetition to draw in readers, lending it a dark and melancholic tone
The lentil-shaped objects were unearthed in Hadrianopolis, an ancient city in modern-day Turkey, that once hosted a Roman fortress
The statue was found at Taposiris Magna, an archaeological site where some researchers suspect Cleopatra and Mark Antony are entombed
The Knickerbocker Theater disaster, which took place on this day in 1922, killed 98 moviegoers and injured another 133
The Nazis murdered an estimated 1.1 million people at the death camp in southern Poland before its liberation on January 27, 1945
The blast took place in the middle of the night, allowing the burglars to abscond with four valuable objects connected to Romania's cultural heritage
After police and the nearby bomb squad investigated to the scene, they announced that the weapon was inactive and safe
The Nazi concentration and extermination camp was the site of the largest mass murder in human history
“The Phantom of the Opera” entertained decades of fans—and lives on even after closing
The Norwegian rocket incident, which took place on this day in 1995, marked the only known activation of a nuclear briefcase in response to a possible attack
After discovering the ancient artwork in a suburb of Thessaloniki, Greece, the man surrendered it to the police. Authorities are analyzing the statue and investigating why it was abandoned
Using ground-penetrating radar and laser scanners, researchers identified subterranean structures just a few feet below the ground. The pathways may connect Sforza Castle to a nearby basilica
The unquenchable demand for gold spurred a mass migration and fueled the genocide of Native communities
After spending centuries on a British aristocrat's estate in North Yorkshire, the marble masterpiece will be unveiled in Chicago's Wrightwood 659 gallery later this week
Using ice core samples, researchers linked a natural disaster with a trove of nearly 5,000-year-old artifacts discovered at an archaeological site in Denmark
The artifact, from the first Games held in the United States, reaped the third-highest price ever fetched for an Olympic medal at auction
The flying disc had humble beginnings but has since become an international phenomenon
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