What Really Happened To The Library Of Alexandria, The Tragic Story Behind The 'Ugliest Woman In The World,' And More From History Uncovered

[History Uncovered]( [The Library Of Alexandria Was The Center Of Knowledge In The Ancient World — So What Happened To It?]( [The Library of Alexandria in Egypt held all the knowledge of the ancient world and at its height, it may have contained over 400,000 texts.]( [Archaeologists In Germany Unearth A 17th-Century Japanese Samurai Sword In A Berlin Basement]( [The short sword is called a wakizashi and was likely created during the Edo period.]( [Meet Mary Ann Bevan, The 'Ugliest Woman In The World' Who Supported Her Family By Joining A Sideshow]( [She developed acromegaly in her 30s — and it would change her life forever.]( [Researchers In Norway Uncover A 2,500-Year-Old Graveyard Containing 39 Small Children]( [The Life And Crimes Of Johnny Torrio, The Mob Boss Who Taught Al Capone Everything He Knew]( [Johnny Torrio helped build the Chicago Outfit, served as a mentor to Al Capone, and co-founded the National Crime Syndicate.]( [12,000-Year-Old Carvings Found At Göbekli Tepe May Be The Oldest Lunisolar Calendar In The World]( [The supposed lunisolar calendar found at Göbekli Tepe in Türkiye may have been created after a comet strike some 13,000 years ago.]( [The Story Of Ed Gein — The Killer Who Used Human Body Parts In Strange Ways]( [Ed Gein's grisly crimes became the inspiration behind infamous horror characters like Buffalo Bill, Norman Bates, and Leatherface.]( [Archaeologists In Norway Unearth Human Remains From A 17th And 18th Century Whalers' Cemetery]( [Archaeologists have identified at least 800 burials from 17th and 18th-century whalers in Svalbard, Norway.]( [The Story Of 1950s Heartthrob Sal Mineo, 'American Film's First Gay Teenager' Who Was Tragically Stabbed To Death]( [Sal Mineo rose to fame through his "troubled teen" roles in films like "Rebel Without A Cause," but his career ended abruptly with his murder in 1976.]( [A New Study May Change Everything Experts Thought They Knew About One Of History's Oldest Board Games]( [A study of boards for the "Game of 58 Holes" found on the Absheron Peninsula in Azerbaijan challenges the theory that it originated in Egypt.]( [Melting Glaciers In Norway Just Revealed 1,700-Year-Old Arrowheads At A Reindeer Hunting Site]( [In addition to the arrowheads, archaeologists found 40 stone hunting blinds that ancient hunters used to hide from reindeer.]( [Inside The Violent Life Of Clyde Barrow, The Outlaw Partner Of Bonnie Parker]( [One-half of "Bonnie and Clyde," Clyde Barrow committed robberies and murders with Bonnie Parker until they were killed by a posse of lawmen on May 23, 1934.]( [Researchers Decode 3,800-Year-Old Babylonian Astrological Tablets And Find Ominous Warnings]( [Newly-translated Babylonian astrological tablets inscribed 3,800 years ago have revealed ominous warnings about plagues and war.]( [Massive Hoard Of More Than 1,500 Medieval Coins Unearthed In Germany's Black Forest]( [The coin hoard discovered in Glottertal, Germany, contained some 1,500 coins which were largely minted in 1320 in France, Germany, and Switzerland.]( [The Haunted History Of Georgia's Lake Lanier, The Site Of Hundreds Of Drownings And Unexplained Tragedies]( [Since Georgia's Lake Lanier was created in 1956, an estimated 700 people have died within its waters, leading some to believe the reservoir is haunted.]( [A Fisherman Just Uncovered A 14th-Century Virgin Mary Statue In A Spanish River]( ["I noticed the stone was square – which is odd in a river – and then I looked at its lines, at the cape and at the shape of the head. And I said to myself: 'There's something here.'"]( [Previously-Unseen Files From The Jack The Ripper Case Are Being Made Public For The First Time]( [Inspector Joseph Henry Helson's files on the Jack the Ripper case have been made public after 136 years, including suspect photos and two of the killer's letters.]( [Listen To The History Uncovered Podcast]( [Natalie Wood died off the coast of California's Catalina Island on November 29, 1981 — but some say her drowning may not have been an accident.]( [Become An All That's Interesting Member]( [For just $4.99 a month, you'll enjoy all our content without ads, receive a quarterly letter from the editor, and get exclusive access to premium podcast episodes.]( [Unsubscribe]( [Web Version]( [History Uncovered On Instagram]( [History Uncovered On Facebook](