35 Photos Of The Pinup That Scandalized Mid-1900s America, Archaeologists Uncover 2,500-Year-Old Greek Helmets, And More From History Uncovered

[History Uncovered]( [2,500-Year-Old Helmets Worn By Ancient Greek Warriors Found Among The Ruins Of An Acropolis In Italy]( [Archaeologists believe that the Etruscan helmet found here was ripped from the head of a fallen soldier by a Greek warrior as a trophy during the historic Battle of Alalia in the 6th century B.C.E.]( [The Astonishing Story Of Wilm Hosenfeld, The Nazi Who Risked It All To Save Jews From The Holocaust]( [When Wehrmacht Captain Wilm Hosenfeld discovered emaciated Jewish pianist Wladyslaw Szpilman hiding in an abandoned building in the Warsaw ghetto in 1944, he didn't arrest him — instead, he asked him to play him some Chopin. The two then developed a close bond that prompted Hosenfeld to save Szpilman from the Holocaust, in a story later immortalized in “The Pianist.”]( [33 Little-Known Facts About Black History That Illuminate The Overlooked Corners Of The Past]( [In late 1800s Montana, 60-year-old "Stagecoach Mary" Fields became the first Black woman to deliver mail in America. Standing six feet tall and capable of fighting off a pack of wolves single-handedly, this gun-toting, whiskey-swilling freed slave was one of the most feared figures in the Wild West.]( [Inside The Baffling Deaths Of Two UFO Hunters Found On A Hill In 1966 — With Lead Masks Over Their Eyes]( [The Lead Masks Case has baffled authorities for more than 50 years — and some believe extraterrestrials may be involved.]( [35 Titillating Photos Of Bettie Page, The BDSM Model Who Helped Usher In The Sexual Revolution]( [By transitioning from a mostly innocent lingerie model to a bondage and fetish icon, Bettie Page helped spearhead the American sexual revolution.]( [Inside The True Story Of Brandon Teena Only Hinted At In 'Boys Don't Cry']( [The Praetorian Guard Was Supposed To Protect Roman Emperors — But They Executed Over A Dozen]( [For 300 years, the Praetorian Guard was the only military unit allowed to carry weapons within the ancient city center of Rome — giving them nearly unlimited power.]( [These Siblings Just Pleaded Guilty To Killing A Teen In 1993 After Their Accomplice Confessed On TV]( [In 1993, Curtis Culver, his sister Shanna, and their friend Brian Hawkins lured 19-year-old Frank McAlister to his death.]( [Archaeologists In Peru Just Discovered A 16th-Century Grave Where Human Spines Were Mounted On Sticks]( [Archaeologists discovered 192 sets of reassembled spines 120 miles south of Lima, each consisting of four to 10 vertebrae threaded onto a reed pole.]( [Meet Donald Marshall Jr., The Indigenous Canadian Man Who Spent 11 Years In Jail For A Crime He Didn't Commit]( [On May 28, 1971, two men attacked 17-year-old Donald Marshall Jr. and his friend Sandy Seale in a park in Sydney, Nova Scotia, killing Seale in the process. But the police didn't believe Marshall when he told them what happened — and instead charged him with the murder.]( [The Brutal Story Of 'Bloody Bill' Anderson, The Civil War’s Most Vicious Confederate Guerrilla]( [In September 1864, Bloody Bill Anderson and his men raided a train full of Union soldiers in Centralia, Missouri. They stripped the men naked, shot them dead, then mutilated and scalped them.]( [Unsubscribe]( [Update Subscription]( [History Uncovered On Instagram]( [History Uncovered On Facebook](