The explanation for sightings of the Flying Dutchman, and perhaps alien craft, could be Fata Morgana
The Egyptian Museum staffers who secretly reattached the beard of Tutankhamun’s golden mask with glue will stand trial
Lana Turner’s gangster boyfriend pulled a gun on Sean Connery. It didn’t end well.
Jimmie Nicol: The drummer who replaced Ringo Starr and lived as a Beatle for two weeks in 1964
Cylinder seals: The way to sign documents with style in ancient Mesopotamia
Notorious pirate Benjamin Hornigold once attacked a merchant ship only to steal the crew’s hats
James McNeill Whistler, enraged with his rich patron, painted him as a peacock made of money
Tyrus Wong, lead artist of Disney’s cherished “Bambi,” never saw his own mother again after age of 9
More mystery on Amelia Earhart, with rival theories of Japanese capture or a castaway’s lonely death
A historical Wyoming mining hamlet called Aladdin, population 15, was sold for $500,000
