The Pietroasele Treasure: late 4th century hoard of Gothic gold artifacts discovered in an ancient grave in Romania
The thumbscrew was a notoriously effective torture device used in medieval times to get a prisoner to confess
Designing tomorrow – the futuristic “New York world’s fair“ in 1939 was one of the most expansive American world’s fair of all time
Cross Bones Graveyard: unconsecrated memorial to the prostitutes in London since the late medieval period