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The findings could radically change world history. Some experts are excited, others scathingly criticize Ruskamp's work.

At 8:15 local time on August 6, 1945, a blinding light flashed above the 7th largest city in ...

As ISIS extremists set out to destroy Iraq's history and culture, including irreplaceable books and manuscripts kept in the ...

There are far stranger fossils out there than dinosaur bones. Here are some of the most bizarre specimens ...

A wrecked ship believed to be from the Revolutionary War Era was found off the coast of North ...

Cultural institutions are steeped in history and tradition, but they are also uniquely placed to take advantage of ...

Scientists have discovered concrete-like rock in a dormant volcano in Italy, and say it may explain why the ...

Cannibalism isn’t what it used to be.

Did the Chinese beat Christopher Columbus to the New World by many, many centuries?

Could all these eye witnesses have been simply delusional? Dr. Micheal Grosso doesn't think so.

Mystery surrounds the most famous pair of lovers in ancient history.

A rare genetic defect causes some people to be born with hair all over their bodies. Fewer than ...

On April 8, 1665, around 2 p.m., fishermen anchored near Barhöfft (then in Sweden, now in Germany) reported ...

Prehistoric Europeans told legends about powerful, mysterious female makers of European stone tombs called dolmens and cromlechs.

I remember reading as a kid about Benjamin Bathurst, David Lang, and Oliver Larch. All three have strange ...

The majority of European men are descended from just a few Bronze Age male ancestors, says a genetic ...

The oldest known crown in the world, strangely decorated with vultures and doorways, was found among objects like ...

Round natural pearls are rarely found in nature. So when archaeologists uncovered a 2000-year-old near-round pearl on the ...

"In a dream I saw a table where all the elements fell into place as required. Awakening, I ...

They had dug through 11 layers of limestone, each separated by a bed of sand mixed with clay, ...

Oopart (out of place artifact) is a term applied to dozens of prehistoric objects found in various places ...

Archaeologists have discovered the earliest stone tools found to date.

Did a Native American set foot on European soil long before we previously thought?

The holy man, Manu, built an ark with pairs of animals on it, directed by the heavens to ...

Researchers have made a breakthrough in understanding exactly how ancient dinosaurs evolved into modern birds.

These 19th century inventions will blow you away.

A BBC documentary shows scientists revealing that most of the 800 ancient Egyptian animal mummies they scanned do ...