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27 Fascinating And Interesting Facts About Heinrich Schliemann

Heinrich Schliemann was a German businessman and a pioneer in the field of archaeology. He was an advocate of the historicity of places mentioned in the works of Homer and an archaeological excavator of Hissarlik, now presumed to be the site of Troy, along with the Mycenaean sites Mycenae and Tiryns. Take a look below…

25 Fascinating And Interesting Facts About Otto Lilienthal

Otto Lilienthal was a German pioneer of aviation who became known as the “flying man”. He was the first person to make well-documented, repeated, successful flights with gliders. Take a look below for 25 more fascinating and interesting facts about Otto Lilienthal. 1. Newspapers and magazines published photographs of Lilienthal gliding, favorably influencing public and…