The stone walls of Matera do not whisper history—they press it into the air. The scent of damp limestone still clings to cave ceilings carved thousands of years ago, while narrow passages funnel light exactly where ancient families needed it most. Long before electricity or plumbing, people here shaped homes directly into rock faces to create a settlement that never stopped evolving. Archaeological research over the last several decades has revealed that Matera's cave dwellings, known as the Sassi, are among the longest continuously inhabited regions on Earth. These findings challenge old assumptions about early human life, showing adaptability and social structure that lasted from the Paleolithic era through modern times.
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In 1918, Fanny Kaplan tried to kill Vladimir Lenin. He survived, and not long later 15,000 people died in the mass slaughter known as “the Red Terror.”
Ever since the Royal Navy ship HMS Hussar went down in New York's East River in 1780, people have been trying to recover the wreck and the treasure hoard it was rumored to contain.
Orson Welles actually believed that he had supernatural powers, and the thought of using them absolutely terrified him.
Jackie Kennedy Onassis was engaged before she met JFK, but she broke it off because she found her fiance "immature and boring."
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