The Isthmian Script of Ancient Mesoamerica
By Emilia Wellesley · Published May 6, 2026 · Updated May 6, 2026 In 1902, a farmer named Pedro Mimendi was breaking ground in a tobacco field in the Tuxtla foothills of Veracruz when his plow turned up a hand-sized lump of jadeite shaped like a shaman with a duck’s bill. Around the figure ran […]
The Lost Franklin Expedition
By Emilia Wellesley · Published May 6, 2026 · Updated May 6, 2026 What Was the Lost Franklin Expedition? The Lost Franklin Expedition was a British naval voyage that left England in May 1845 under Sir John Franklin (1786-1847) to chart the final unmapped link of the Northwest Passage. Two reinforced ships, HMS Erebus and […]
The Baigong Pipes: Natural or Manufactured?
By Emilia Wellesley · Published May 6, 2026 · Updated May 6, 2026 What Are the Baigong Pipes? The Baigong Pipes are a cluster of rust-coloured tubular formations in the slopes and caves of Mount Baigong, about forty kilometres southwest of Delingha in the Qaidam Basin, Qinghai Province, China. Reported by the Chinese writer Bai […]
The Imperial Regalia of Japan
By Emilia Wellesley · Published May 6, 2026 · Updated May 6, 2026 What Are the Imperial Regalia of Japan? The Imperial Regalia of Japan, known in Japanese as Sanshu no Jingi, are three sacred objects: the sword Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi, the mirror Yata no Kagami, and the jewel Yasakani no Magatama. They are first attested in […]
The Journeys of Alexander the Great
By Emilia Wellesley · Published May 6, 2026 · Updated May 6, 2026 What Were the Journeys of Alexander the Great? The journeys of Alexander the Great were a single continuous campaign of roughly twelve years, running from his crossing of the Hellespont in spring 334 BC to his death in Babylon on 10 or […]
The Death of Marilyn Monroe
By Emilia Wellesley · Published May 6, 2026 · Updated May 6, 2026 What Happened to Marilyn Monroe on the Night of August 4, 1962? Marilyn Monroe died at 12305 Fifth Helena Drive in Brentwood, Los Angeles, on the night of August 4, 1962, of acute barbiturate poisoning. The Los Angeles County coroner ruled the […]