Take Marcus Antonius Exochus, whose story is told on his tombstone. Though much of his life and death remains a mystery, it ...

At any given time, there are countless secret government operations underway in the United States. While this has always been ...

This is the story of Gianni Versace’s life, murder, and legacy. Born on Dec. 2, 1946, in Reggio Calabria, Italy, to a poor family, Gianni Versace was fascinated by fashion from a young age. He grew up ...

In 1988, two scuba divers off the coast of Bulala, Sicily discovered the wreck of an ancient Greek ship from the 5th century B.C.E., later named “Gela II.” The ship was initially explored in 1995, and ...

One of history’s most notorious gangsters, Gambino family boss John Gotti was known as “The Dapper Don” because of his expensive clothes and ability to eloquently handle himself on camera. His ...

Translator Eric Shahan recently published English-language versions of four centuries-old texts passed down by the samurai that detail how they carried out the suicide ritual of seppuku. Translated ...

Over the past six months, archaeologists have unearthed more than 50 well-preserved Viking skeletons from graves found in Åsum, Denmark, near the city of Odense. Now, analyses of these skeletons could ...

An unsuspecting farmer in Türkiye’s Eastern Anatolia region recently made a groundbreaking discovery: a nearly 1,000-square-foot mosaic from the Late Roman or Early Byzantine period just beneath the ...

Octopuses off the southern coast of Israel have formed a fascinating bond with the local fish population, and the two species are now teaming up to track down prey. This strange collaboration has ...

Richard Ramirez’s death was supposed to happen in an execution chamber. The California serial killer known as the “Night Stalker” had been sentenced to death for his murder spree, which lasted between ...