If we’re going to travel through the past, you’ll need to acquaint yourself with some of the events we’ll witness. Otherwise, you could inadvertently create a paradox that results in neither one of us being born.
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Virgin of the Rocks: Two paintings, one ripped Baby Jesus
Leonardo da Vinci’s Virgin of the Rocks exists in double, and demonstrates how Baby Jesus was focused on fitness.
The Laocoon: Rome’s buried and botched disaster of a statue (VIDEO INSIDE)
Laocoön and His Sons is the most famous statue from Ancient Rome. Now in the Vatican, it spent centuries as a botched disaster.
Pompeii’s exploding skulls and the failed rescue of the volcanic victims of Vesuvius (VIDEO ADDED)
The volcanic eruption of Vesuvius didn’t come all at once. But for one group of locals, rescue came just moments too late.
Head of a Faun: Michelangelo’s first work, stolen by Nazis (VIDEO ADDED)
Michelangelo’s first work, the Head of a Faun, really was stolen by Nazis. Probably. No clickbait.
The Ancient Egyptian Tomb of Seti I, discovered and trashed by a circus strongman (VIDEO INSIDE)
The Tomb of Seti I may be the most spectacular in the Valley of the Kings — or in all of Ancient Egypt, for that matter. But it could have been even more so, if not for The Great Belzoni.
Vanished from History: The giant Golden Menorah, still visible on the Arch of Titus in Rome
We know it existed. We can literally see an image of it right now on one of the most famous structures in Rome. But where is the Golden Menorah of Jerusalem?
Sainte-Chapelle: Home of the Crown of Thorns, curtains of stained glass, and Arnold Schwarzenegger
Even the world’s biggest Arnold fan wouldn’t build a home for one of his relics quite as impressive as Sainte-Chapelle, built to hold the Crown of Thorns.
The Battle of the Centaurs: Sculpted by a 16-year-old Michelangelo, showing the most hardcore wedding brawl in history
The Battle of the Centaurs may not be the most well known piece of Greek Mythology, but it may be the bloodiest and most brutal. And that’s saying something.
The Antikythera Mechanism: An Ancient Greek computer, designed to see into the future
Did the Ancient Greeks really build a computer called the Antikythera Mechanism? They may not have had electricity, but they still managed what many once believed was impossible.
The Cannibal Hymn: Beneath a collapsed Pyramid lies an ancient text, telling of how Pharaoh cooks and eats the gods
Hunting gods, roasting gods, chewing gods. Yes, the “Cannibal Hymn” is exactly what it sounds like, and it’s not as unusual as you might think.
Botticelli’s Birth of Venus: Hair painted with real gold, by an artist who fell under the spell of a crazed monk
Botticelli’s Birth of Venus tells a tale of golden hair, a fake name, castration, gangs of creepy kids, naked ladies, and unrequited love.
Pantheon Columns: 120,000 pounds each of solid granite, brought all the way from Egypt
The structure is known for being the best preserved piece of Ancient Rome, but the Pantheon columns are the real story here. Were they moved by elephants? Probably not, but let’s just pretend.
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