As researchers discover overlooked tattoos on mummies from around the world, it's prompting new insights about some of the ...

The first thing you notice about The Strange and Unusual in Kingston, Pennsylvania, is the skeleton figure dangling jauntily from the sign—as if it’s inviting you to join the world’s most macabre ...

Researchers uncovered a 2.75–2.44 million-year-old site in Kenya showing that early humans maintained stone tool traditions for nearly 300,000 years despite extreme climate swings. The tools, ...

The practice of placing swords upright in graves represents a powerful symbolic gesture. Unlike the more common Viking Age practice of ritually breaking or bending weapons before burial, these ...

After the latest dig season, archaeologists announced a wealth of treasure surfaced from the popular tourist destination, ...

Chinese magic mirrors are these mind-boggling artifacts that have been around for centuries. Basically, they're made of ...

The Yup’ik community was spared the widespread devastation wrought by the remnants of Typhoon Halong on its neighbors further ...

When most people picture Egyptian pyramids, they imagine gold treasures and mummy-filled chambers straight out of an ...

The Zond 1 probe was the second Soviet spacecraft to reach Venus, and the first lander to have been sent there. However, ...

The Grand Egyptian Museum is finally nearing its grand opening after two decades of anticipation. The museum, located just ...