The wreck of the Danish flagship Dannebroge, which was sunk by the British during the Battle of Copenhagen in 1801, has been ...

A paleontologist snorkeling in a subterranean stream in Bender's Cave found the remains of a giant tortoise and a massive ...

This eight-inch Roman phallus carved from bone was found among relics being cataloged by the Valkhof Museum in Nijmegen, ...

The Bronze Age axe found in Burg im Leimental, Switzerland, is more than 3,000 years old, and may have been left as a ...

Fred Noonan vanished alongside Amelia Earhart over the Pacific Ocean in 1937, and some believe that he may have made a fatal ...

This 2,100-year-old lead projectile found in the Golan Heights is inscribed with an ominous warning translated as, "Learn you ...

A bronze weapon found in Kletzke, Germany appears to date back to 1390, which would make it the oldest-known handgun ever ...

The myth of Ganymede describes his abduction by Zeus in order to be a cupbearer of the gods, while later interpretations of the story described it as a tale of male same-sex desire. A beautiful mortal ...

In 1971, the schools in Durham City, North Carolina, were still segregated. But in an effort to desegregate them, the school district put two bitter enemies in charge of running a 10-day community ...

One of the most bizarre conspiracy theories that has emerged in recent years surrounds an alleged ancient civilization known as the Tartarian Empire. While Tartary was a real place, the modern myths ...

For four short years after developing the first atomic bomb in 1945, the United States was the sole nuclear power in the world. But in 1949, the Soviet Union tested its first atomic weapon, rocketing ...

There is no short supply of theories about who built the pyramids. Many suggest that slaves kept by the ancient Egyptians were forced en masse to construct these magnificent ancient wonders. Other, ...