The object has archaeologists stumped. It’s made with bamboo, a plant that is not native to Switzerland (but was introduced ...

In 1882, the British Museum acquired a clay tablet that had been discovered in southern Iraq, not far from the ancient city ...

The hoard features historical figures from the time period, such as William the Conqueror, Edward the Confessor, and Harold ...

Linda Napolitano was a typical housewife living in Manhattan with her husband and two children. But everything changed on Nov. 30, 1989, when she claims three gray bipedal creatures abducted her from ...

Throughout the 17th century, Europe was repeatedly ravaged by war. The Thirty Years’ War, for instance, raged across Central Europe and claimed some 8 million lives. Towns across the region were ...

On August 21, 1986, a catastrophic event now known as the Lake Nyos disaster unfolded at Lake Nyos in Cameroon. A mix of carbon dioxide and water droplets, previously trapped in the lake’s depths, ...

In 2020, an archaeological team embarked upon an ambitious project in the Saudi Arabian desert. Their mission was to study the evolution of ancient oasis settlements in the area, ultimately leading ...

In 2010, a man named Larry Ray moved into his daughter’s dorm at Sarah Lawrence College in New York. He befriended her roommates, enchanting them with tales about his time in the U.S. Marine Corps and ...

In 1975, the U.S. Mint in San Francisco produced 2.8 million proof sets — coins for collectors, not for circulation — marked with an “S.” But at least two of these coins lacked the “S” mark. Now, ...

In July 1715, 11 Spanish ships sank in a hurricane off the Atlantic coast of Florida, and more than 300 years later, divers visited the site to pull artifacts from the wreckage. Now, the Florida ...

In 2013, the trial of Jodi Arias captivated America. The petite young woman was accused of murdering her ex-boyfriend, Travis Alexander, in an extremely gruesome fashion. Not only that, but her trial ...

The Zapotec people believed they knew where to find the underworld: beneath their feet in the ancient Mexican city of Mitla. The existence of caverns and chambers under the town — and under the Church ...