Have Explorers Just Uncovered Amelia Earhart's Airplane, The Ongoing Mystery Of The Lost City Of Atlantis, And More

Explore this week's most popular stories from History Uncovered. [History Uncovered]( [Was Atlantis Real? Here's What The Evidence Says About The Existence Of This Fabled Lost City]( [In 360 B.C.E., Plato wrote about the lost city of Atlantis that sank into the Atlantic Ocean thousands of years ago, but where was Atlantis — and did it ever even exist?]( [Amelia Earhart Vanished 87 Years Ago — Now Ocean Explorers Say They May Have Located Her Airplane]( [Meet Gale Cleven, The Brave 100th Bomb Group Pilot With 'A Heart As Big As Texas']( [Gale Cleven earned the Distinguished Service Medal for his heroics in one particularly deadly World War II mission, but he failed to go to London to pick up his reward. "Medal, hell, I needed an aspirin," he later said. "So I remain undecorated."]( [This Ancient Jade Mask Was Just Discovered In The Pyramid Tomb Of A Maya King]( [Inside The Brutal Murder Of Yeardley Love, The UVA Lacrosse Player Beaten To Death By Her Ex-Boyfriend]( [University of Virginia lacrosse players Yeardley Love and George Huguely were known to have had a tumultuous, on-again, off-again relationship that lasted over two years. In February 2010, Huguely was seen placing Love in a chokehold at a party. And in late April, Huguely sent a furious email to Love, including the line: "I should have killed you." Just days later, he did.]( [He Was The Best Samurai Japan Had Ever Seen — And He Defeated His Toughest Opponent With An Oar]( [Miyamoto Musashi is best known as a formidable swordsman, but he was also a talented painter and writer who penned "The Book of Five Rings."]( [How Al Capone Rose From Brooklyn Street Thug To "Public Enemy No. 1" In 44 Pictures]( [The spectators at Al Capone's trial in 1931 were so scared of violent retribution from the mobster's crew that they covered their faces with hats in order to remain anonymous.]( [This Ancient Roman 'Toilet Spoon' Was Just Discovered By A Metal Detectorist In Wales]( [44 Powerful Photos From The Bloody Battle Of Okinawa, The Last Major Clash Of World War II]( [The 82-day clash ended with the deaths of approximately 100,000 Japanese soldiers, 20,000 Allied troops, and as many as 150,000 civilians — half the island's population.]( [Discover Hegra, The Ancient City Built By A Lost Civilization In The Saudi Arabian Desert]( [Carved into the rocky cliffs of Saudi Arabia, the city of Hegra has sat untouched for some 2,000 years. With architecture that reflects Assyrian, Egyptian, and Phoenician influences and inscriptions written in Nabataean, Lihyanite, Thamudic, Latin, and Greek, this ancient city is as eclectic as it is mysterious.]( [Become An All That's Interesting Member]( [For just $4.99 a month, you'll enjoy All That's Interesting without ads, receive a quarterly letter from the editor, and get exclusive access to premium podcast episodes.]( [Unsubscribe]( [Update Subscription]( [History Uncovered On Instagram]( [History Uncovered On Facebook](