Recently, researchers Olena Veremeychyk and Olga Antowska-Gorączniak took a closer look at eight medieval discs discovered ...

Off the coast of southeastern Spain in 1994, archaeologists made a rare discovery: a largely intact Phoenician ship dubbed the Mazarrón II lying on the ocean floor. Over the past 30 years, the ship ...

The examination of a 99 million-year-old fossilized millipede trapped in amber is bringing scientists to rethink the evolution of the entire millipede species. According to a study published in the ...

Japanese history is filled with epic tales of warriors, but few have stood the test of time as well as the story of samurai Miyamoto Musashi — and his duel with Sasaki Kojirō, one of Japan’s greatest ...

Deep within a French cave, researchers may have uncovered the world’s oldest 3D map. While exploring the Ségognole 3 cave just south of Paris, scientists found engravings on its floor resembling the ...

In 793 C.E., Vikings attacked a monastery on Lindisfarne, an island off the English coast. This marked the beginning of the Viking Age — and, seemingly, the influx of Scandinavian DNA into Britain.

Corporations, musicians, and even game designers faced allegations of dabbling in Satanism in the 1980s and 1990s as Americans seemed to see the devil around every corner — but why? In 1983, police in ...

During work on the A47 roadway between Wansford and Sutton in the United Kingdom, archaeologists discovered a 1,500-year-old, hand-carved Roman coffin made of stone that weighs about 1,650 pounds — ...

While excavating a site ahead of planned development in Brittany, France, archaeologists made several exciting discoveries. They unearthed evidence of ancient roads, a hamlet, and molds used to make ...

While on a hike with his family in Israel’s Negev region, 11-year-old Zvi Ben-David noticed something unusual near the banks of the Besor River. The object — which less discerning eyes might have ...

In a bizarre case of rivalry and animal cruelty, a Texas teenager is accused of poisoning her rival’s show goat last October. Aubrey Vanlandingham, a 17-year-old cheerleader at Vista Ridge High School ...