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Toghrol Tower is a 12th-century monument, located in the city of Rey, Tehran province, Iran. Tuğrul Tower is near Rashkan Castle. The 20-metre-tall (66 ft) brick tower is the tomb of Seljuk ruler Tughril I, who died in Rey in 1063. Originally, like other monuments of its time, it was capped by a conical dome (گنبد, gonbad), which collapsed during an earthquake.

Rockefeller's father was a snake-oil saleman. The tycoon’s father, William Avery Rockefeller, was a traveling snake-oil salesman who posed as a deaf-mute peddler and hawked miracle drugs and herbal remedies. The smooth-talking huckster dubbed “Devil Bill” alternately fathered children—including the future industrialist—with his wife and mistress, the couple’s live-in housekeeper. The itinerant William Rockefeller also lived a double life posing as an eye-and-ear specialist named Dr. William Levingston, and in 1855 he secretly married another woman.

This was one of FDR's first acts of mass thievery. It's mind-boggling that anyone considers him America's savior when he basically took the people's money away and gave them back just enough not to revolt.

The Fortress of Athens in 1877 This is a hand-colored stipple engraving by Emrik & Binger, published in 1877 in the Dutch travel magazine "De Aarde en haar Volken" (“The Earth and its Peoples”). It offers a panoramic view of the most iconic monuments of the Acropolis, as they...See more

A stunning perspective of the Sphinx reveals a metal hatch concealing an opening atop its head, igniting intrigue about the hidden tunnels and chambers that lie both inside and beneath.

Anglo-Saxon silver-gilt plated disc brooch, 6th-7th century AD. Excavated at Wingham in Kent, England.