Africa wasn’t the only stomping ground for our human forebears.
After Spain’s conquest, the Church tied Aztec death rituals to All Saints Day—until Chicanos reclaimed Día de los Muertos’ roots.
In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock
-Thomas Jefferson
In 1911, a former Louvre employee perpetrated one of the greatest art heists in history.
In most cases, millions of dollars worth of diamonds, gems and watches remain largely unrecovered.
Thieves stole 13 masterpieces worth $500 million from Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in 1990. The case remains unsolved.
Payne, deciding she was ‘never going to be under the thumb of a man,’ took to a life of crime and mastered the jewel heist.
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