For years, it wasn't completely clear where Philip II was buried, along with other Alexander the Great family members. Archaeologists have solved that mystery; they made a major finding relating the ...

Mount Rushmore hides a secret room few people know about. Behind Abraham Lincoln’s carved face sits an unfinished chamber cut ...

Billionaire hedge funder Kenneth Griffin was the buyer of record-breaking copies of the 13th Amendment and the Emancipation Proclamation.

In July 2024, Griffin purchased a late Jurassic-era stegosaurus skeleton for a record-setting $44.6 million. Griffin has given millions in charitable donations to a variety of cultural institutions, ...

Billionaire hedge fund manage and Palm Beach resident Ken Griffin's most recent purchases include rare copies of the Emancipation Proclamation and 13th Amendment, both of which were signed by Lincoln.

Griffin paid a record $13.7M for the 13th Amendment and $4.4 million for the Emancipation Proclamation. Both documents were signed by Abraham Lincoln.

Originally issued by Lincoln during the Civil War in 1863, the proclamation declared enslaved people in the Confederate states to be free. This version, signed in 1864, had been expected to sell for ...