The wreck of the Nossa Senhora do Cabo, a Portuguese treasure ship seized by pirates in 1721, has been identified near ...

Though John Adams was old and ill when he died, the curious timing of his demise sparked countless unusual theories.

This practice of deactivating previous pharaohs’ statues was not a rare one in ancient Egypt. Because the people considered pharaoh statues to be a kind of living entity, the statues would be severed ...

The earliest canopic jars, dating back to Egypt’s Old Kingdom (circa 2686–2181 B.C.E.), were fairly simple in design. They were carved from stone, without any real defining features or inscriptions.

Archaeologists in the Czech Republic’s South Moravia region made a rare discovery earlier this year: an 1,800-year-old bronze wrist purse once worn by a Roman soldier, believed to be the oldest ...

Over 30,000 years ago, prehistoric humans made the journey from Taiwan to Japan, crossing 140 miles of open sea. Scientists have long been baffled by how they managed to do so with the tools and ...

Like many musicians, Luther Vandross had his vices. While other performers often turned to drugs or alcohol, however, Vandross’ Achilles’ heel was junk food. Tragically, his self-proclaimed “obsession ...

Still, the gem’s origins aside, questions remain about this astonishing medieval ring. Researchers aren’t sure exactly who once owned the ring, and they’re not sure how it was lost. What is known is ...

Ball's Pyramid is uniquely composed of basaltic rock, characterized by a dark color and fine-grained texture, which has proven to be remarkably durable over the millennia. The most striking feature of ...

Liviu Librescu’s life was bookended by tragedy. As a Jewish child in Romania during World War II, Librescu was forced to grow up in a labor camp and a ghetto at the height of the Holocaust. He ...

Archaeologists in Turkey have announced the discovery of a massive library in the ancient city of Stratonikeia. Excavations have been ongoing for the past five years, and now researchers have mapped ...

Utility workers in Peru discovered the remains of a 1,000-year-old pre-Inca mummy in the city of Lima. The workers found the mummy while digging trenches to expand the city’s natural gas network. The ...