Later, when the BBC nature program aired, a cave explorer named Tim Fogg contacted Dr. Evans and explained that he had spotted similar spiders in caverns across Ireland and Northern Ireland. Fogg ...

Archaeologists working in the town of Montaione, near Florence, Italy, recently announced the discovery of a miniature statue depicting the Greco-Roman hero Hercules. Standing just 20 inches tall, ...

When the Polish Treasure Hunters Association “Husaria” and the Triglav Historical and Research Association set out to search a forest north of Warsaw on Nov. 3, 2024, they hoped to locate a Roman-era ...

On November 12, 1966, in Clendenin, West Virginia, a group of gravediggers working in a cemetery spotted something strange. They glanced up from their work as something huge soared over their heads.

In the 1980s and 1990s, the death sentence of a Texas woman named Karla Faye Tucker triggered a worldwide controversy. No one had any doubt about her guilt — in 1983, Tucker had murdered two people ...

One incredibly well-preserved 5,600-year-old mummy is now upending much of what we thought we knew about Ancient Egyptian embalming. A new study published in the Journal of Archaeological Science ...

Neal Cassady never published a book in his life. Yet he’s considered one of the most prominent figures of the Beat Generation — and a crucial influence on the work of Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg.

Henry II, who served as King of England from 1154 to 1189, is born in Le Mans, France. Henry was the first king of the House of Plantagenet, which would rule for the next 300 years. He was known for ...

From Jack the Ripper to Jeffrey Dahmer, history is full of tales of vicious murderers. However, few of these stories are quite so disturbing as that of Amarjeet Sada, who is widely considered to be ...

Archaeologists from Selçuk University recently discovered several mosaics depicting aquatic animals during excavations at the remains of Herakleia, an ancient city found at the western foothills of ...

The Shroud of Turin, or the Holy Shroud, is believed by some to be Jesus Christ’s burial garment. The centuries-old linen cloth appears to bear the faint image of a crucified man who endured horrific ...

Bread has been a common staple for many cultures around the world since ancient times. But have you ever wondered how bread from, say, thousands of years ago would have tasted compared to sliced stuff ...