Africa is splitting apart and, in five to ten million years, will become two separate continents divided by a new, sixth ...
In the 1920s, members of the Osage Nation living in Oklahoma faced a terrifying series of brutal killings. Known as the Osage Indian murders, these crimes were driven by greed, as the perpetrators ...
In 2023, workers in Bellaghy, Northern Ireland made the chilling discovery of a set of eerily preserved human remains buried deep in a bog. Now, further analysis has revealed that the body belonged to ...
A metal detectorist recently made a fascinating discovery on the west coast of the Isle of Man: a 2,000-year-old “divination spoon” used by Iron Age people to foresee the future. Just 27 other ancient ...
After studying the samples, Dr. Evans determined that the cave spiders had been hijacked by a fungus he dubbed Gibellula ...
Genetic testing has ended a 20-year debate between a Native American tribe and the U.S. government over the origins of the world’s oldest natural mummy, which has now finally been laid to rest. The ...
Tammi Terrell’s voice became a symbol of R&B and soul in the 1960s, immortalized through her unforgettable duets with Marvin Gaye. But behind her powerful music was a life marked by hardship, abuse, ...
In May 1777, during the Revolutionary War, a brigadier general anxiously wrote George Washington a letter about a British raid that had just occurred in Danbury, Connecticut. Though the British had ...
Archaeologists in Egypt recently announced the discovery of the long-lost tomb of King Thutmose II — the first royal burial chamber to be unearthed since Howard Carter found the tomb of King ...
Like most gods in the Aztec pantheon, Tezcatlipoca is difficult to define in a succinct manner. He was a multifaceted figure, embodying a variety of concepts ranging from the night sky to conflict and ...
Around 500,000 years ago, a sinkhole opened in Florida’s Big Bend region. Hundreds of animals met their deaths in its depths, and their remains were eventually entombed in sediment. In 2022, two ...