Archaeologists Uncover The Oldest Wine In The World, The Story Of The Beatles Drummer Who Was Kicked Out Right Before They Became Stars, And More

Explore this week's most popular stories from History Uncovered. [History Uncovered]( [Jesse Owens Was A Track Hero At The 1936 Olympics In Nazi Germany — Then Faced Racism When He Returned To America]( ["The president didn’t even send me a telegram."]( [The Oldest Wine In The World Has Been Found Inside A 2,000-Year-Old Roman Tomb]( [Archaeologists discovered the world's oldest wine ever found in liquid form inside a 2,000-year-old Roman tomb in Carmona, Spain.]( [Before Ringo, There Was Pete Best, The Drummer Too Handsome For The Beatles]( [Some speculate jealousy was the reason Best was ousted. "He was a very good-looking guy," McCartney admitted, "and out of all of the people in our group, the girls used to go for Pete."]( [The World's Only Set Of Roman 'Lorica Squamata' Armor Has Been Restored To Its Former Glory After 1,500 Years]( [Worn by a warrior in the 15th Legion during the decades just before Rome fell in 476 C.E., this armor was found near a castle along what was the Empire's eastern border in present-day Türkiye.]( [Inside The Life Of Calamity Jane, The Wild West's Most Notorious Frontierswoman]( [A beer-guzzling, tobacco-spitting gunslinger known for her rowdy temperament, Calamity Jane remains one of the most notorious figures in Wild West lore.]( [Experts Have Discovered The Earliest Known Record Of Jesus' Childhood On A Fragment Of 1,600-Year-Old Papyrus]( [This 1,600-year-old papyrus includes a section from the Infancy Gospel of Thomas, telling the story of Jesus' "second miracle" as a boy.]( [14-Year-Old Tanya Kach Ran Away With Her School Security Guard — Then He Held Her Captive For 10 Years](  [Eight Stone Catapult Shots From A 13th-Century Battle Were Just Uncovered On The Grounds Of An English Castle]( [In 1266, Kenilworth Castle was the site of what's believed to be the longest siege in the history of medieval England, and these catapult shots were fired during the violent event.]( [The Gruesome History Of Coffin Births, When A Dead Pregnant Woman's Body Expels Her Unborn Child](  [The Shocking — And Often Tragic — Stories Of The World's Tallest People]( [Standing 8 feet, 11 inches tall, Robert Wadlow was the tallest person who ever lived, and he still holds that record to this day. But tragically, this "gentle giant" died at the age of 22 in 1940 — and his jaw-dropping height was a big reason why he died so young.]( [Archaeologists Just Unearthed An Ornate Dragon Sculpture In A Collapsed Tower On The Great Wall Of China]( [The dragon sculpture likely dates back to the Ming Dynasty.]( [Archaeologists In Spain Just Discovered A Stone Tablet With Carvings From The 'Lost' Tartessos Civilization]( [The 2,500-year-old stone was created by the ancient Tartessos people who lived on the Iberian peninsula between the ninth and sixth centuries B.C.E.]( [Explorers Just Located The Wreckage Of Ernest Shackleton's Final Ship Off The Coast Of Canada]( [Before the Quest sank off the coast of Canada in 1962, it belonged to famed explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton, who died on board during his final voyage to the Antarctic.]( [Did Jeffrey Dahmer's Mother Help Turn Him Into A Monster Or Was He Doomed From The Start?]( [Jeffrey Dahmer's mother struggled with mental illness while raising her son and never recovered from the guilt once his crimes came to light.]( [2,000-Year-Old Temple Of Hercules Where A Ceremonial Chariot Was Used In Sacred Rituals Has Been Discovered At Pompeii](  [The Real Story Of Tommy DeSimone, The Psychotic Gangster Who Inspired Joe Pesci's Character In 'Goodfellas']( [In "Goodfellas," Joe Pesci's Tommy DeVito is a complete psychopath. As it turns out, Tommy DeSimone was even crazier in real life.]( [The Real History Of Who 'Discovered' America That You Didn't Learn In School]( [When America was "discovered" by Italian explorer Christopher Columbus in 1492, Viking navigators had already landed on the New World's shores centuries before.]( [Listen To The History Uncovered Podcast]( [First mentioned by Plato in Timaeus and Critias, the lost city of Atlantis later became a widely debated topic among historians. But could it have been real?]( [Support History Uncovered, Become A 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](