Before the Tangshan Earthquake, Strange things
Odysseus is a literary figure in Odyssey written by Homer. He rejected the comfortable life of a Greek king and made a promise to help another Greek leader, Menelaus, in the war
Odysseus became tired of the war and the delay in Troy. He
The Greeks built a giant wooden horse so that their soldiers could hide inside
Those who make great discoveries must often overcome many challenges along the way — as was the case with the explorer Christopher Columbus.
Columbus insisted
It was Sunday December 7, 1941. It looked like it would be a normal day
The terrible scene of the attack, which was hatched by Japan and caused great loss, left a deep impression on Louis Russell. In response to the surprise attack and the famous address
Today, the USS Arizona lies
The Oscars are held every March in the city of Los Angeles. Many of Hollywood’s biggest
However, on March 8, 2000, someone stole the fifty-five Oscar statues that were made for that year’s ceremony. Soon after, the trucking company
A few days later, Willie Fulgear was looking for some boxes in a garbage can near his home in the Koreatown district of Los Angeles. Willie was moving out of his apartment and he needed boxes
Finally Willie Fulgear received
Nicolaus Copernicus was very frightened when he found all his calculations led to the same
Copernicus collected observations of the stars and used all his mathematical knowledge
The Christian Church rejected his theory,
The horse-head bronze statue lost from Yuanmingyuan in 1860
The statue was one of 12 Chinese zodiac animals(生肖). But they
The horse-head statue is so far the first animal-head statue
The statue will be
Seven of the 12 statues
A deafening boom roars through Pompeii's crowded marketplace. The ground shakes
Nearly 2,000 years ago, Pompeii was a busy southern Italian city. But in 79, the nearby Mount Vesuvius volcano erupted. Almost overnight, Pompeii and many of its 10,000 residents disappeared under
Pompeii was basically forgotten until it
After the volcano first erupted shortly after noon, the thick ash turned everything black. Some residents escaped the city, while others took shelter in their homes. But the ash kept
Pompeii may be ancient history, but scientists are pretty sure Mount Vesuvius is overdue for another major
When the Titanic was built, people assumed it would never sink. So,
The Titanic set sail on 10 April 1912. “I had wanted to set foot on the Titanic ever since it was built,” said Molly Brown, a Titanic
Explorer Robert Ballard
Mount Vesuvius is an active volcano located just east of Naples, Italy. It is the only volcano on the continent of Europe that