44 Haunting Color Photos Of World War 1, The Tragic Story Of John Denver's Death, And More From History Uncovered

Read some of this week's most popular stories from History Uncovered. [History Uncovered]( [44 Color Photos Of WW1 That Capture The Devastation Of The War To End All Wars]( [Albert Kahn is best known for his "Archives of the Planet" project, which aimed to document every culture on Earth with the newly invented autochrome. But when World War I broke out in 1914, Kahn's photography team also documented the Great War — and ended up capturing some of the earliest color photos of the conflict.]( [Up To 11 Ancient Canoes Found At The Bottom Of A Wisconsin Lake — Including One That's 4,500 Years Old]( [The discovery of a 4,500-year-old canoe used by ancient Native peoples is helping researchers uncover more about the Great Lakes' history.]( [22 Little-Known Facts About The Titanic, From Its 'Unsinkable' Construction To Its Unforgettable Demise]( [Known as "The Unsinkable Molly Brown," this fearless Titanic passenger helped others onto the lifeboats before insisting that her own rescue craft turn back to find other survivors — even threatening to toss the lifeboat's crewman overboard if he didn't do it.]( [Centuries-Old Treasure Linked To An Infamous Conman Found In The Mountains Of Poland]( [According to Polish legend, an 18th-century conman named Anthony Jaczewicz accumulated a vast fortune by convincing visitors to his hermitage that he was blessed with divine healing abilities. Now, amateur historians may have uncovered his trove of silver and gold coins.]( [Prehistoric Tools Found In Maryland Suggest Humans Came To America 7,000 Years Earlier Than Previously Thought]( [According to a new study by Darrin Lowery, prehistoric artifacts from Parsons Island show that humans lived in America 22,000 years ago.]( [Why The Mafia Lived And Died By The Code Of Silence Known As Omertà]( [The rule of omertà is brutally simple: never talk to the authorities about criminal activities of any kind or committed by anyone — even mortal enemies.]( [Nathan Leopold, The Brilliant Teen Prodigy Who Murdered A Boy Just To See If He Could Commit The 'Perfect Crime']( [Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb thought they had succeeded in carrying out the "perfect crime" when they murdered a boy named Bobby Franks and dumped his body in a culvert before mailing an anonymous ransom letter — then police connected Leopold to the crime using a pair of eyeglasses that had fallen out of his pocket at the scene.]( [Prehistoric Rock Art Of Cattle And Boats Found In Sudan Support 'Green Sahara' Theory That This Desert Was Once A Grassland]( [A 2,000-Year-Old Roman Tomb With An Entrance Guarded By Carved Bull Heads Was Just Uncovered In Türkiye]( [Located along the route of a major Roman highway, this site also includes a necropolis and two settlement mounds.]( [The Famous Fighter Plane Of WW2 Ace Richard Bong Has Been Found In The Jungles Of Papua New Guinea]( [A team combing through the jungle of Papua New Guinea found the wreckage of World War II ace Richard Bong's Lockheed P-38 Lightning fighter "Marge."]( [John Denver: A Music Legend Brought Down By An Accidental Plane Mishap]( [He was illegally piloting an experimental aircraft with one tiny flaw — and he never came down alive.]( [Medieval Christians Supplied Pagans With Horses For Sacrifice, New Study Suggests]( [An analysis of 74 horses' teeth from pagan burials reveals that many of the animals originated from Christianized Scandinavia and traveled nearly 1,000 miles before being sacrificed.]( [Qubilah Shabazz Watched Her Father Malcolm X Die — Then Plotted To Kill The Man She Believed Was Responsible]( [In 1995, Qubilah Shabazz was charged with plotting to kill Louis Farrakhan, who she thought was responsible for her father Malcolm X's assassination.]( [Archaeologists In France Unearth American World War I Military Hospital]( [Ancient Drawings Of Stick-Figure Gladiators Likely Made By Children Uncovered At The Ruins Of Pompeii]( [Archaeologists have uncovered charcoal drawings depicting gladiators in Pompeii that were likely made by young children.]( [Listen To The History Uncovered Podcast]( [Andrew Jackson once declared: "I was born for the storm; calm does not suit me." And throughout his life, Jackson was no stranger to close calls. This is the story of the assassination attempt against Andrew Jackson, and how the president somehow beat the odds — yet again — to live another day.]( [Become An All That's Interesting Member]( [For just $4.99 a month, you'll enjoy all our content without ads, receive a quarterly letter from the editor, and get exclusive access to premium podcast episodes.]( [Unsubscribe]( [Web Version]( [History Uncovered On Instagram]( [History Uncovered On Facebook](