AvatarSteve JohnsonThe Dramatic Life and Mysterious Death of Theodosia Burrverified_publisherAtlas Obscura - Hadley MearesThe fate of Aaron Burr’s daughter remains a topic of contention. In 1869, a vacationing doctor named William Gaskins Pool was called to help an ill …
AvatarSteve JohnsonArchaeologists condemn National Geographic over claims of Honduran 'lost cities'verified_publisherThe Guardian - Alan YuhasMore than two dozen archaeologists and anthropologists have written an open letter of protest against the “sensationalisation” of their fields, with one accusing National Geographic of reverting to “a colonialist discourse” in announcing researchers had found two city-like sites in the deep jungles …