Miners In Siberia Uncover A Mummified Prehistoric Woolly Rhino, Inside The Wild Life Of '80s Legend Rick James, And More From History Uncovered

Read this week's most popular articles on History Uncovered. [History Uncovered]( [Gold Miners In Russia Just Stumbled Upon A Mummified Woolly Rhino — And Its Horn Is Still Intact]( [The woolly rhino is just the fifth ever found with its soft tissues preserved.]( [Why The Real Paul Vario Was Even Scarier Than His 'Goodfellas' Counterpart]( [Though "Goodfellas" portrays Paulie Cicero as a calm, strategic mob boss, his real-life counterpart Paul Vario had a hair-trigger temper. One night, Vario became so enraged at a restaurant waiter for spilling wine on his wife's dress that he tried to attack the waiter on the spot. After the other waiters blocked Vario's path with pots, pans, and knives, he waited for the restaurant to close and then sent his men to beat all the waiters with baseball bats and pipes.]( [Druids, Aliens, And Merlin: Unraveling The Many Theories About Who Built Stonehenge]( [The ancient Britons who constructed Stonehenge seemingly did so to track solstices and other solar events, but nobody knows exactly who they were or how they dragged the massive megaliths across the English countryside.]( [Why The Life Of 'Super Freak' Rick James Was Even Crazier Than His Music Implied]( [Rick James was supposed to attend a "big party" at Sharon Tate's home on the same day that she and four others were murdered by Charles Manson's followers in 1969 — but fortunately for James, he was terribly hungover and decided not to go.]( [There's A Hidden Drawing Underneath The 'Mona Lisa' That Shows She Almost Looked Very Different]( [Underdrawings have been found on two other Leonardo da Vinci paintings: "The Virgin of the Rocks" and "St. Jerome."]( [Madeleine Astor, The Pregnant Teen Who Survived The Titanic And Inherited Her Millionaire Husband's Fortune]( [At 18 years old, Madeleine Astor married John Jacob Astor IV, got pregnant, and then became a widow when her new husband died on the Titanic.]( [The Life And Death Of Pat Garrett, The Old West Sheriff Who Shot And Killed Billy The Kid]( [After receiving a tip that Billy the Kid was hiding out at a ranch in Fort Sumner, New Mexico, Sheriff Pat Garrett snuck inside the home and hid in the shadows — and later ambushed the outlaw, shooting and killing him around midnight on July 14, 1881.]( [Medieval Cemetery Filled With Dozens Of Skeletons Found Right Underneath A Hotel Garden In England]( [When a Texas couple purchased The Old Bell Hotel in Malmesbury, they knew they were buying a piece of history — but they never expected a medieval cemetery.]( [Archaeologists In Türkiye Unearth A Persian Pot Of Gold That Was Buried 2,400 Years Ago]( [The hoard of Persian darics found in the ancient city of Notion dates to the fifth century B.C.E. and may have been buried by a soldier just before he met with great misfortune.]( [Archaeologists Uncover A Silver Amulet Containing The Earliest Mention Of Christ In Bulgaria]( [A small silver sheet, worn as an amulet and inscribed with references to Christianity, was discovered in Bulgaria.]( [This Bronze-Age Sword Was Found In Denmark — And Is Still Sharp After 3,000 Years]( [Dating back between 1100 and 900 BC, the sword was still sharp and the fine details were still clearly visible after being uncovered in Svebolle, Denmark.]( [An Ancient Roman Cinerary Urn Has Been Found Sitting In A Farmhouse Garden In Northern Italy]( [John Fisher's Plane Disappeared During A WW2 Bombing Mission. Now After Eight Decades, Volunteers Have Uncovered Fragments Of His Crash]( [Lieutenant John Fisher was just 21 years old when his plane crashed near Suffolk, England, during a top-secret mission in August 1944.]( [Shipwreck Hunters Discover The 17th-Century Wreckage Of A Barbary Pirate Ship In The Strait Of Gibraltar]( [The 17th-century ship once belonged to Barbary pirates and sank in the Strait of Gibraltar while carrying stolen goods hundreds of years ago.]( [Archaeologists In Türkiye Unearth An Ancient 'City Of The Dead' With Winding Streets And More Than 100 Tombs]( [Archaeologists excavating the ancient city of Tios in Türkiye discovered a necropolis dating back to the 5th century B.C.E. that was once used by Romans.]( [The Mysterious Life Of Gertie Davis, The Only Known Child Of Harriet Tubman]( [After escaping from slavery, Harriet Tubman became a "conductor" on the Underground Railroad, helping dozens of enslaved people escape the South — but far less is known about Gertie Davis, the girl that Tubman and her second husband adopted in 1874.]( [A Marble Head Of Zeus Was Just Unearthed At The Ancient City Of Aphrodisias In Western Türkiye]( [Listen To The History Uncovered Podcast]( [On August 8, 1974, President Richard Nixon gave a televised address unlike any that a U.S. president had ever given before. 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