The Earth is so vast, archaeologists are still finding remnants of lost civilizations. Most recently, researchers discovered a Mayan city, hidden in the Guatemalan jungle, which is estimated to have been home to approximately 10 million citizens. The Guardian reports that the researchers used a high-tech aerial mapping technique to find tens of thousands of
Bloodletting was used to draw “tainted” blood from a patient, in the hopes that the disease or infection would be extracted out with it. On Dec. 14, 1799, a doctor was called to Mount Vernon, the home of George Washington. The former president had fallen ill, and was suffering from a fever and a sore
The photograph of a South Vietnamese general executing a young Viet Cong fighter during the Tet Offensive shocked the world. Details that didn’t make the papers paint a different story. It was one of the most iconic photos of the Vietnam War. At the height of the 1968 Tet Offensive, while prisoners were being rounded
Here’s what’s in store for your body after the sweet release of death. Everyone dies. It’s just a matter of time. How each person bites the big one differs, of course, but what happens to your body when you die? Take a look at seven fascinating things that happen to your body after you take