Workers restoring the former house of Russian merchant Averky Kirillov uncovered a trove of silver coins from the Time of ...

When Mauna Loa volcano erupted in November 1935 and threatened the local water supply, officials dropped bombs to divert the ...

Archaeologists uncovered this astonishingly well-preserved Zapotec tomb in San Pablo Huitzo in central Oaxaca thanks to an ...

For three years, Hannah Upp lived peacefully on St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands. She loved her work, and was loved by ...

Recently, a 34-year-old man in Mexico was admitted to the hospital due to intense pain he felt in his stomach after drinking ...

Known as "Il Principe," a boy unearthed in northern Italy's Arene Candide Cave in 1942 was killed by a bear nearly 28,000 ...

After using the "Relative Erosion Method" to uncover how old the Great Pyramid of Giza is, Alberto Donini suggests it may date to 22916 B.C.E.

Albert Einstein was one of the greatest physicists in history. But for years, parts of his private life remained hidden — including the fact that he had a daughter, Lieserl Einstein. Why was Lieserl a ...

In 1913, 11-year-old Sarah Rector became the richest Black girl in America. She had been born into poverty as a member of the Muscogee Nation in Oklahoma in 1902, and received, as did every member of ...

It was a clash between ancient rulers that reverberated through history. In 530 B.C.E., a warrior queen met the king of Persia in battle. And only one walked away. By any measure, the Persians should ...

On June 30, 1971, a Soviet retrieval team anxiously awaited the return of the Soyuz 11 cosmonauts in a remote region of Kazakhstan. A nearby recovery helicopter spotted the scorched parachute of the ...

“Oh, you’re just blowing smoke up my ass,” is something you might hear someone say when they think you’re just telling them what they want to hear. But in 18th-century England, blowing smoke up your ...