11 Historical Treasures That Were Uncovered At Thrift Stores, Where Was Jesus Actually Born, And More From History Uncovered

Explore our most popular stories this week. [History Uncovered]( [11 Priceless Historical Artifacts That Somehow Turned Up At Thrift Stores And Flea Markets]( [From Qing dynasty jars to a Fabergé egg made for the Russian royal family, these historical treasures were purchased in thrift stores for far less than their true worth.]( [44 Pictures Of America's Brief But Passionate Love Affair With The Mall]( [Travel back to a time when hanging out in front of Spencer's Gifts or the food court was the coolest way to spend your Saturday.]( [Robert Ford, The 'Cowardly' Outlaw Who Killed Jesse James]( [After Robert Ford shot and killed outlaw Jesse James in Missouri on April 3, 1882, he toured the West and performed paid re-enactments of the murder.]( [A Metal Detectorist In Denmark Has Uncovered A 2,500-Year-Old Sword That Was Bent During A Sacrificial Ritual]( [During his first outing, metal detectorist Claus Falsby uncovered a trove of artifacts from 500 B.C.E. in a bog near Veksø, including a ritualistically bent sword.]( [Where Was Jesus Christ Born? Here's What The Historical Evidence Says]( [Most Christian leaders and scholars believe Jesus Christ was born in Bethlehem — but his exact birthplace in the Holy Land remains a mystery.]( [5,000-Year-Old Structures Discovered In Iraq Provide Evidence Of The First-Known Government Collapse In History]( [Ruins of the 4th-millennium B.C.E settlement at Shakhi Kora in Iraq have revealed the rise of centralized government — and then its sudden and apparently deliberate dismantling.]( [Orphan Trains: When Some 200,000 Children Were Sent To Live With Poorly-Vetted Foster Parents Out West]( [Between 1854 and 1929, thousands of orphaned, abandoned, or homeless children were sent via "orphan train" from crowded eastern U.S. cities to rural foster homes.]( [People Have Been Unknowingly Living On Top Of The Largest Mayan Monument For Centuries]( ["This area is developed. It's not the jungle; people live there. But this site was not known because it is so flat and huge. It just looks like a natural landscape."]( [Hanged, Drawn, And Quartered: Inside The Grisly Execution Method Reserved For Britain's Worst Traitors]( [The hanged, drawn, and quartered execution method was first devised in 13th-century England to punish men found guilty of high treason — and it was only abolished in 1870.]( [Archaeologists In Crimea Uncover 1,600-Year-Old Crypts Filled With Jewelry That Once Belonged To Wealthy Women]( [Archaeologists excavating the Almalyk-dere necropolis on Crimea's Mangup plateau uncovered two crypts filled with jewelry that once belonged to rich women.]( [The Blood-Soaked Story Of The Gemini Twins, The Deadliest Killers In The Infamous Mafia Crew That Murdered 200 People]( [Although Anthony Senter and Joey Testa were both sentenced to life in prison in 1989 for committing at least 11 gruesome murders, they were released on parole in 2024, much to the horror of their victims' families.]( [Archaeologists Have Uncovered History's Oldest Known Alphabetic Writing On Cylinders Found In A 4,400-Year-Old Syrian Tomb]( [Four clay cylinders found in a 4,400-year-old Syrian tomb at Tell Umm-el Marra feature the oldest known alphabetic writing in the world.]( [Edward Winslow, The Pilgrim Who May Be The Reason We Celebrate Thanksgiving Today]( [Born on October 18, 1595, Edward Winslow was an important member of Plymouth Colony and served as the colony's governor three times.]( [Listen To The History Uncovered Podcast]( [On August 30, 2013, Bryce Laspisa called his mother to tell her he was pulling off the road to get some sleep before continuing his journey home — but he was never heard from again.]( [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](