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We grew up with them and yet there is more to the story than what we know. So how well do you know the truth behind these misconceptions?

Photographs capture memories, but black and white photos sometimes don't bring the moment back to life for the ...

Archaeologists made an incredible discovery when they found two very ancient chariots, and a hoard of well-preserved artifacts, ...

What makes this 4,000-year-old tablet so unique is the fact that the list blends apparently mythical pre-dynastic rulers ...

On 28 June 1914 Gavrilo Princip shot and killed the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne. ...

What's causing the eerie noise detected deep under the Atlantic ocean? And who invented the mysterious computer discovered ...

Overlooking the Konya Plain in Turkey lies the remarkable and unique ancient city of Çatalhöyük, the largest and ...

A team of archaeologists have discovered twenty-five well preserved quipus, an ancient form of record-keeping used by the ...

The final resting place of a 50,000-strong Persian army which was swallowed up in a cataclysmic sandstorm in ...

General George Patton, a pivotal figure of World War II, is considered one of America’s brightest generals. But ...

One of the most impressive sights you cannot find anywhere else in the world is Mount Rushmore in ...

It is so anomalous among the Dead Sea Scrolls – its author, script, style, language, genre, content, and ...

Not far off the coast of the village of Atlit in the Mediterranean Sea, near Haifa in Israel, ...

In Norse mythology, Ragnarok is a series of apocalyptic events that will define the end of the world, ...

When entering the mandala-like exhibition currently presented at the Asian Art Museum, worlds of history and meaning draw ...

Jordan Lloyd's meticulous colorization of black-and-white photos brings the viewer right into the American Civil War, Times Square ...

In a mysterious pyramid in China's Qinghai Province near Mount Baigong are three caves filled with pipes leading ...

Original article by Janna Graber at GoWorldTravel.com Secret night meetings, underground railroads and painful battles that tore a ...

From ancient cisterns and water systems to mysterious caves, underground crypts, subterranean temples and even entire cities built ...

A team of Estonian scholars believe they have finally discovered the long-lost location of Vlad the Impaler, the ...

Cyprus was the first country to produce wine in the Mediterranean and wine has been an intrinsic part ...

Turkey is a predominately-Muslim country but the Cappadocia region is abundant with Christian history and although the religious ...

With Jules Rimet having successfully hidden the World Cup trophy under his bed during the Nazi occupation of ...

With the World Cup about to kick off, there are many out there who have no idea about ...

Out of place in time? Mike Mikesell broke a diamond saw blade cutting through a rock at a ...

A team of archaeologists excavating tombs in western China uncovered the remains of two nomadic herders and a ...

Chris Chappell of China Uncensored answers questions about China on a variety of topics—from the dense haze that ...