66 Vintage Photos That Capture The Glamour Of Las Vegas' Golden Era, Inside The Tragic Story Of The Lynyrd Skynyrd Plane Crash, And More

Read this week's most popular articles on History Uncovered. [History Uncovered]( [The Rat Pack, Gambling, And Neon Lights: 66 Photos That Capture The Essence Of Old Las Vegas]( [Between the 1940s and 1970s, Las Vegas transformed from a dusty desert town into a glamorous destination complete with luxury resorts, celebrity appearances, and world-famous nightlife.]( [Scientists Reconstructed The Voice Of A 3,000-Year-Old Egyptian Mummy — And You Can Listen To It Here]( ["The idea of going to a museum and coming away having heard a voice from 3,000 years ago is the sort of thing people might well remember for a long time."]( ['We Were Morons': The Tragic Story Of The Lynyrd Skynyrd Plane Crash And How It Could Have Been Avoided]( [On October 20, 1977, a plane carrying the band Lynyrd Skynyrd ran out of fuel and crashed, killing six of the 26 people on board.]( [Inside 13 Ghost Towns Across America, From Zzyzx To 'Helltown' To The Real-Life 'Silent Hill']( [From the 19th-century boomtown of Bodie, California to the real-life "Silent Hill" in Centralia, Pennsylvania, these ghost towns across the U.S. serve as haunting reminders of what life was like there before they were abandoned.]( [The History Of The Winged Hussars, The Elite Polish Cavalrymen Who Fought With Feathers On Their Backs]( [In 1699, a Frenchman in the Polish royal court wrote, "The hussars never halt, they ride their horses at full speed, breaking through everything that's in front of them."]( [35 Chess Pieces Handmade By Holocaust Victims Discovered Beneath The Floorboards At Auschwitz]( [Theodore Roosevelt's Beloved Pocket Watch Has Been Recovered Decades After It Was Stolen]( [Theodore Roosevelt received the watch from his sister and brother-in-law shortly before he went to Cuba during the Spanish-American War, but it was stolen in 1987.]( [A Washington, D.C. Woman Bought A Vase At A Thrift Store For $3.99 — Then Discovered It Was An Ancient Maya Artifact]( [Five years ago, Anna Lee Dozier purchased a vase from the clearance shelf of a Maryland thrift store — then she learned it was actually crafted by the Maya 2,000 years ago.]( [Archaeologists Uncovered An Ancient Egyptian Sarcophagus With A Painting That Looks Eerily Like Marge Simpson]( [In October 2023, archaeologists unveiled an ancient Egyptian sarcophagus with a painting that looks remarkably like Marge Simpson.]( [The Little-Known Story Of Kerstin Fritzl, The Oldest Daughter Of Elisabeth Fritzl And Her Abusive Father]( [It was thanks to Kerstin Fritzl's sudden illness that she and her family were able to escape from their basement prison in 2008.]( [This Medieval Warrior Had His Hand Amputated, Then Replaced It With A Prosthetic Knife]( [Archaeologists have uncovered the skeleton of a warrior in northern Italy from the 6th century who after having his hand amputated, used a knife as a prosthetic hand.]( [A U.S. Prisoner Of War's Remains Have Finally Been Identified From The 1942 Bataan Death March]( [Just months after the Bataan Death March, Joseph C. Murphy died in a horrific prisoner of war camp — and was buried among countless other deceased soldiers.]( [33 Color Photos That Reveal What Vietnam Really Looked Like As A French Colony]( [In 1887, France created a colonial system in modern-day Vietnam, claiming that it was part of "French Indochina." Colonial rule would endure in the region for over six decades — and these striking autochromes show what the country really looked like during that era.]( [Underwater Photos Reveal Sunken German U-Boat From WW2 In Never-Before-Seen Detail]( [The Nazi submarine was found in 2006 and is believed to have been sunk in March 1945 when it hit a mine nine miles off the coast of Cornwall.]( [Remains Of A Woman Who Fought Alongside A Storied Order Of Medieval Warrior Monks Were Just Found At A Spanish Castle]( [Meet "Squeaky" Fromme, The Woman Who Followed Charles Manson And Tried To Kill A President]( [Fromme was one of the youngest Manson Family members, but her criminal exploits didn't end with Manson's arrest.]( [2,000-Year-Old Tattoo Gun Made With Cactus Spines Identified As Oldest Tool In Northwestern America]( [This discovery is a full millennium older than prior tattoo tools discovered in the area.]( [Listen To The History Uncovered Podcast]( [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](