Iraq Retrieves a 2,800-Year-Old Stone Tablet from Italy

A 2,800-year-old stone tablet has been returned to Iraq by Italy and put on display in the country after nearly four decades. The tablet is inscribed with complete cuneiform text, which is a system of writing used in ancient Babylon.

The Codex Sassoon: 1,100-Year-Old Hebrew Bible Sells for $38 Million

The Codex Sassoon, a 1,100-year-old Hebrew Bible and one of the oldest surviving biblical manuscripts, was sold for $38 million at an auction in New York. The leather-bound parchment volume contains a nearly complete Hebrew Bible and was purchased by former U.S. Ambassador to Romania Alfred H.

Mona Lisa Painting: Italian Historian Solved the Mystery of the Bridge

The Italian historian Silvano Vinceti claims to have solved the mystery of the bridge in the Mona Lisa painting, located in the province of Arezzo, Tuscany and is called the Romito di Laterina.

Boston Marathon Bombing: Black Day in American History

Boston Marathon Bombing on April 15, 2013, a pair of homemade bombs detonated in the crowd watching the Boston Marathon. The attack killed three people and injured more than 260 others. The bombings shocked the world and sparked a massive manhunt that lasted for days.