In 1710, workers constructing a crypt underneath Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France discovered a curious Roman artifact. Dubbed the “Pillar of the Boatmen,” the limestone column featured depictions ...

From Jack the Ripper to Jeffrey Dahmer, history is full of tales of vicious murderers. However, few of these stories are quite so disturbing as that of Amarjeet Sada, who is widely considered to be ...

Earth has seven continents: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia. At this moment in history, that is fact, but it wasn’t always the case. Hundreds of millions ...

Archaeologists working in the town of Montaione, near Florence, Italy, recently announced the discovery of a miniature statue depicting the Greco-Roman hero Hercules. Standing just 20 inches tall, ...

For the first time in history, archaeologists have mapped an entire ancient Roman city using ground-penetrating radar. According to The Guardian, the buried town of Falerii Novi contained a bathhouse, ...

Archaeologists excavating the ruins of Donggung Palace near Gyeongju, South Korea, recently came across a unique flushing toilet that was likely used by a crown prince of the Silla Dynasty some 1,300 ...

Boston, Massachusetts is the most famous Boston in the U.S., but it’s not the only city to bear this name. In Ohio’s Cuyahoga Valley, there was once another Boston. Abandoned in the 1970s and recently ...

A new discovery in western India has stunned archaeologists and hinted at the existence of a previously unknown ancient civilization. According to the BBC, a pair of explorers found thousands of rock ...

The oldest known instance of ritualistic cannabis burning has been discovered on a limestone altar in Israel’s Tel Arad shrine. According to Science News, the cannabis was mixed with animal dung to ...

Few people know just how close the world came to a nuclear war better than Stanislav Petrov. On Sept. 26, 1983, Petrov was a few hours into his shift as the duty officer at Serpukhov-15, the secret ...

Archeologists have discovered what appears to be a medieval board game in a 13th-century Russian castle. The game was found in a secret chamber within the Swedish-built Vyborg Castle, located near the ...

While the significance of pollination — and pollinating insects — has become common knowledge, scientists have long struggled to estimate when the phenomenon of pollination first began on Earth. A ...