Heart Of Darkness: The 1972 Andes Flight Disaster

Heart Of Darkness: The 1972 Andes Flight Disaster


January 28, 2025 | Samantha Henman

Heart Of Darkness: The 1972 Andes Flight Disaster


The Andes flight disaster—or the Miracle of the Andes—might be one of history's most harrowing survival stories.


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Researchers suspect a structure uncovered by a Myanmar earthquake may finally validate ancient mentions of a water palace.

Sometimes history doesn’t get “discovered” so much as it gets tired of hiding. In Myanmar, a powerful earthquake cracked the ground open near an old royal landscape—and suddenly there were stairways, platforms, and brickwork where there used to be ordinary earth. Now researchers are asking a delicious question: did this accidental reveal just breathe new life into ancient mentions of a royal “water palace” that people have argued about for ages?
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Chief Red Cloud defeated the U.S. Army through strategy and unity, forcing one of the only Native victories in American history.
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Using search interest, ordering trends, and national pizza data, we looked at what each state reaches for most when pizza night rolls around.
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Archaeologists have just unearthed the largest ever Winged Bull in Nineveh, Iraq—a 6-meter tall behemoth of royal power.

Discover the largest Assyrian winged bull ever found—a six-meter-tall lamassu unearthed in Iraq. Explore how this monumental sculpture reveals the power, artistry, and grandeur of ancient Mesopotamian palaces.
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The earliest kingdoms of Korea were a mystery until gold & pottery were found in April 2025, uncovering a hidden artistic brilliance.

Gold ornaments and pottery from ancient Baekje tombs reveal Korea’s early cultural brilliance, elite burial traditions, and far-reaching trade connections.
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