For more than a century, a peculiar physical condition known as ectrodactyly has afflicted the Stiles family. The rare congenital deformity makes hands look like lobster claws as the middle fingers ...

Tudor Close in Rottingdean, East Sussex, England, purportedly inspired the mansion in the board game Clue, or Cluedo.

The headdress, discovered at the Eilsleben settlement, suggests that Neolithic people traded with Mesolithic hunter-gatherers.

Eleven-year-old Touren Pope was hunting for rocks in southwest Wyoming when he came across the fossil of a soft-shelled ...

Workers restoring the former house of Russian merchant Averky Kirillov uncovered a trove of silver coins from the Time of ...

When Mauna Loa volcano erupted in November 1935 and threatened the local water supply, officials dropped bombs to divert the ...

After using the "Relative Erosion Method" to uncover how old the Great Pyramid of Giza is, Alberto Donini suggests it may date to 22916 B.C.E.

For three years, Hannah Upp lived peacefully on St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands. She loved her work, and was loved by ...

This prehistoric piece of alder found at the Marathousa 1 archaeological site in Greece might be the earliest wooden tool ever found.

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 ...

The 19th century was the golden age for con men. Quacks could ride into town and promise that a swig of their medicine could cure any ailment. These charlatans became known as snake oil salesmen. But ...

There’s plenty to interpret in the Bible, but on one point, the book is quite clear. After Jesus Christ was condemned to death by Pontius Pilate, the Christian Messiah was crucified at a place called ...